Choice and Connotations
Insidious
This is the title for 'Insidious'. The horror film is about a young boy and the paranormal experiences that he and his parents become involved in. The title is in the colour red, a colour which is often used in the horror film genre, it is mostly used to symbolise blood and distress. The points of the font make the title more attention-gripping and intriguing, the black background also adds to the mystery of the film, demonstrating how you cannot see in the dark, and what may be lurking there. The smudging of the font also leads to the theory of dissembling and purposely altering the writing.
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Saw
This is the title for the first Saw film, it is about victims of a serial killer, Jigsaw, who forces them to play gruesome games to stay alive and be freed. The title is a very blunt example of what happens in the movie, 2 fingers that have evidently been cut off acting as the number '2' for the title as it's the seconds movie of the series, also showing the obvious nature of the film. The colour of the dead fingers is also the same colour as the grungy title, showing the use of the colour of dead flesh. Above the title there is a line of pointed metal, which could be assumed to be a chainsaw which aso explains the use of intense tools used as torture and game pieces for the film.
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The Woman in Black
This is the title for "The Woman in Black' film which is about a mourning ghost who kills children due to the painful loss of her deceased son of years ago, where an unknowing lawyer goes to the house of the ghost and experiences paranormal happenings. This title shows the eerie nature of the film, with the use of font which resembles old handwriting. The handwriting is smudged, which could be an example of distress and distortion of the writing. The background is also pitch black, which adds to the feeling of the film, showing the emptiness and the blank space which can resemble the darkness of the film and the dark places which can make people feel panicky, uncomfortable and anxious.
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