Title Design Research: Glass

 How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film? Which ones?

There were 13 titles displayed. The production companies, actors, casting director, music director, music supervisor, costume designer, editing directors, production designer, director of photography, executive producers, producers, writer, and director were all the types of titles shown.

What connotations do the images carry?

This opening sequence made me feel unsettled. Starting with a kidnapper that seemed jovial toward his victims is a juxtaposition that would make anyone pause and question what they're looking at. Then it transitions to the boys on the sidewalk, a slightly more normal and casual scene that settles the audience before pulling the rug out from under them by having the man that was assaulted follow them home and attack them. This ends with an eerie sentiment and foreboding for the victims.

How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?

(serious: kidnapped girls, following boys home, mysterious: who and why, horror: kidnapping and assault.) The mystery is immediately established as the man walks into the room from the darkness. The stakes are also established from the kidnapping and from the other man following the boys home, but what sets this apart from being the opening to a horror movie is the attack the man uses on the boys. It would have been easy to use a typical horror like death with a gruesome weapon or even a ruthless choking but the boy was simply thrown against the wall. This highlights how the focus over the movie isn't on the violence.

What conventions are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience?

As the first character comes into the shot, he emerges from darkness, a very typical trope for antagonist or villain characters. Audiences watching a thriller expect conflict, and the villain shows conflict by appearing from darkness and kidnapping girls but acting joyful. The sidewalk in the next scene was urban, a very normal and recognizable setting seen in many thrillers.



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