Analysis of a Horror   Opening Titles (2)

The second opening titles that I decided to analyse was "The Omen" The Video to this is shown below: 

Q.)How Does the title sequence establish genre, character and narrative?

When looking at the opening titles to "The Omen" we can see straight away that is in linked in with the genre of horror. With this is mind we can see that for the credits of the title it has used the colours of white and black which are not really cheerful colours, representing the darkness and mystery of this title. However, we can see the white in this does stand out with the black making it bold and easy to read, however it is still giving us the genre of horror. When focusing on the music that is used in this opening title is linked in with the sound of the devil, almost showing it like a hymn of the devil worshiping linking this in with religion. When focusing in on the music we can see that it is loud and is kind of in your face throughout the sequence creating the feature of your eyes being glued to the screen thinking that something is going to happen throughout the title giving it the sense of false tension building. In the title we can see a small child in the background surrounded by the colour of red which could represent blood or evil, making it a dark title making it mysterious. When see the child it would makes us think of them being harmful and playful, however focusing on the title we can see that this child could be linked in with the idea of the devil because of the cross that has been shadowed from him and the devil links to horror, showing the child could be the main character within this film creating the tension questioning for the audience and wanting them to find out what is going to happen and who he is and what the horror genre is based around.

Q.) How does the title sequence attract an audience's interest?

This would create interest for the audience whilst watching this opening title because it is showing the idea of mystery with the colours that have been presented within the opening, the audience are wanting to want to find out what is going to happen within the film because as we can see the opening title is not giving a lot away of what the film could be about only giving hints of what it could be about with the idea of religion and the devil linking together because of the use of black and red which links in with the devil and for the audience to want to find out what this genre of horror has got to do with the child being located throughout the titles this is giving mystery, yet again with the idea of the questioning for the audience and the interest for them being wanting to find out what is going to happen and why these specific hints have been given within the opening titles.

Q.) What do you consider to be the target audience of this film and why?

The target audience that I would consider this film being for is the age from young adults looking around 15 to 18 and the older audience who enjoy the mystery of horror films. I think this because it uses violence and swearing with things in the film including death features for young children even though the film includes a child this would be more for young adults who enjoy the expected horror films and the older generation who like the mystery side of horrors and to find out what is going to happen throughout the film.

Q.) Who are the producers of this film and why is it evident to the title sequence?

The producer of "The Omen" is Harvey Bernhard. When looking at other work by Harvey he has done a couple of other horror films along with the other sequels of the Omen. Examples of his other films were "The beast within" and "The Lost Boys" When focusing on the other films we can see that he links in with the idea of including young children or teenager within a horror films of his I suppose this is they way he sees horror including these different ages and who possibly the age of audiences they would be aimed at. We can see that is work is evident within the title sequence because we can see the different colours of red and white which he has also used in the Omen title sequence that we have analysed, from looking at this we can see that he likes to use the idea of darkness and mystery within his opening title sequences which show he is the producer of this.