Researching of Different Horror Title Sequence Videos

Leatherface Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1990. The first thing the audience sees is a scroll of information that explains what happened before the movie while it is being read out to the audience, it gives a lot of information on the backstory so the audince will understand what this movie is about. We then cut to some one being beaten and then we are cut to another shot of someone screaming and the sound of a hammmer coming down. From this we can tell the film is horror and while be quiet graphic and will a jumpy and sudden sort of film. The Title is then shown is a stereotypical horror style of writing.The back to the person that was beaten which the girl is now being dragged across the floor with blood all over her face. The next few shots are either the productuon team names credited on a black background to then change into someone cutting the face of the the women that was beaten, to then having the flesh of the face on a tale while the the serial killer cuts into it evenmore and stitches the face.The light for this is dark and the only light is from a lamp of the table. The music is slow and creepy to start with then it picks up to a fast tempo during the rest od the shots. From all of this we can learn that this film is about this figure cutting people up and that its a horror so the filming will be dark and errie and not bubbly and light hearted. The target audience aimed for this sort of film would be 18-40 simply by how graphic the shots used in the title sequence.



I thought Star Wars would be a good contrast compared to Texas Chainsaw Massacre as they both start the same way. In Star Wars it starts with the theme music and the title that appears on a background of space. This is a clear indictor that this film is a sci-fi. Then we see a scroll of words explaining the backstory of the film like Texas Chainsaw Massacre. They both are completely different genres and one is horror and the other is adventure/Sci Fi.
Star Wars opening title scene works better as the theme music is very well knwon to it builds up a hype for the film more. The music is loud and dramatic right from the start which would immediately caught the audiences attention. The title sequence is clear and simple and it doesn't give much away about what will happen in the film and just a backstory of what happened. This leads the audience to watch more of the film. There is no props or actors or anything like that included in the title sequence.