Opening Title Analysis (wording) By Afsara Tasnim

As we were coming to an end of our editing process, we started looking at different horror films and in particular focused on the wording of the opening titles. We already have  rough idea from our previous research of the style and the movement but now we'd just like to get the words right.
The Eye opening scene-

Lionsgate (production company)

 Paramount vantage (production company)

Lionsgate and Paramount Vantage present

JESSICA ALBA

ALESSANDRO NIVOLA

PARKER POSEY

RADE SERBEDZIJA

RACHEL TICOTIN

OBBA BABATUNDE

DANNY MORA

CHLOE GRACE MORETZ

CASTING BY

NANCY NAYOR BATTINO, C.S.A

AND KELLY MARTIN WAGNER

MUSIC BY

MARCO BELTRAMI

MUSIC SUPERVISOR

JAY FAIRES

COSTUME DESIGNER

MICHAEL DENNISON

EDITED BY

PATRICK LUSSIER

PRODUCTION BY

JAMES SPENCER

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

JEFFREY JUR , ASC

LINE PRODUCER

JACK MURRAY

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

MIKE ELLIOTT

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

PETER CHAN

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS

ROY LEE

DOUG DAVISON

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS  

MICHAEL PASEORNEK

PETER BLOCK

TOM ORTENBERG

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

DARREN MILLER

PRODUCED BY

PAULA WAGNER

DON GRANGER

MICHELLE MANNING

BASED ON THE CHINESE-LANGUAGE

MOTION PICTURE “THE EYE”

(aka “GIN GWAI” AKA “JIN GUAI)

BY JO JO YUET –CHUN HUI,

OXIDE PANG AND DANNY PANG

SCREENPLAY BY

SEBASTIAN GUTTIRREZ

DIRECTED BY

DAVID MOREAU AND XAVIER PALUD

THE EYE:
Findings

1. ·     The names of  cast members are written in a big bold font
2. ·      The main actors and actresses name is shown at the beginning of the film opening by itself 
3. ·      The font fades in and fades out
4. ·      The music also prepares the audience for the genre of the film which is horror. 

The opening sequence of "The Eye" is really long which explains all the credits that were shown in the beginning of the film. The credits only start to appear at the disequilibrium of the story when everything is at it's pace. The credits appear slowly following by the still calm music that plays in the background. The font is white and the names of the cast members are shown in capital letters. Also, when the text appears, it fades in and fades out.

       THE GRUDGE

 COLUMBIA-A SONY PICTURES ENTERTIANMENT COMPANY

GHOST HOUSE PICTURES

WHEN SOMEONE DIES IN THE GRIP OF A POWERFUL RAGE…

A CURSE IS BORN.

 CURSE

THE CURSE GATHERS IN THAT PLACE OF DEATH.

DEATH

THOSE WHO ENCOUNTER IT WILL BE CONSUMED BY FURY.

FURY

SAM RAIMI AND COLUMBIA PICTURES present 

A GHOST HOUSE PICTURES PRODUCTION
A FILM BY TAKASHI ZIMIZU
THE GRUDGE
JASON BEHR
KADEE STRICKLAND
GRACE ZABRISKIE
ROSA BLASI
RYO ISHIBASHI
YOKO MAKI
TAKAKO FUJI
WITH CLEA DUVALL
AND BILL PULLMAN
CASTING BY NANCY NAYOR BATTINO
KELLY WAGNER
EDITOR JEFF BETANCOURT
MUSIC BY CHRISTOPHER YOUNG
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
IWAO SAITO
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
HIDEO YAMAMOTO
CO-PRODUCERS
MICHAEL KIRK
AUBREY HENDERSON
SHINTARO SHIMOSAWA
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
JOE DRAKE
NATHAN KAHANE
CARSTEN LORENZ
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
ROY LEE
DOUG DAVISON
PRODUCED BY
SAM RAIMI
ROB TAPERT
TAKA ICHISE
BASED ON "JU-ON: THE GRUDGE"
  WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY
TAKASHI SHIMIZU
SCREENPLAY BY
STEPHEN SUSCO
 The opening sequence of "The Grudge" is also very long but here the font used for the credits has some character to it. The style of the font looks archaic and old fashioned which gives it simple yet sinister look. The 3 factual statements tells the tale in summarised sentences.