Research summary .

The film genre I researched was a mixed between horror and  psychological thriller, the two films that I analysed were natural born killers and se7en.


The first film that I researched was "se7en", The titles where in a very crooked and white and progressively got bolder.  This very much portrayed a scruffy handwriting effect connoted the characters personality which seemed deranged.

The music is a Trent Reznor Song this is from the heavy metal genre, it sounds very metallic and scratched . This music very much tells the audience the films genre. It creates a very manic and twisted atmosphere.

The character in this scene is very mysterious, the only thing for the audience to see is the characters hands.Which are organising his inhumane activities.This leaves the person as a mystery and the endorses the plot to find the killer and creates a ideal plot for this genre.




The props used in this title sequence are all in the semantic field of a organised serial killer. Such images as books, tools and gruesome photo's of victims. This gives the audience a insight on the activity's he underlays, so this leaves no shock when the plot is introduced.
Metalic tools are dominantly used in this clip which are used by the killer in dramatic and weary ways. This makes the audience consider different use of the tools and changes there ordinary state of thought. Books are frequent in this title sequence to show the killers intelligence and sets the psychological thriller genre.

The short takes of the objects builds The Proairetic Code also builds tension, referring to any other action or event that indicates something else is going to happen, getting the reader to guess what will happen next. Also the random images suggest a semantic code This code refers to the way images or music might be used to mean something in addition to the 
thing it shows.


The director starts the sequence with a series of long takes to build up the tension, as the clip progresses the cuts and shot time become a lot vigorous and random. The shot time is very shorter and camera behaves very unpredictable. Many images pop up for a slit second on the screen as a form of a cut; this is aform of montage editing. The images flashed are very much unrelated to the film but reinforces the films genre of a psychological thriller as it effects the audience imagination theses images are enigmas


Natural born killers.

The second film that I researched was natural born killers. The title scene is very basic as the jazz style text centres a sunny background smeared by blood which connotes there bloody mentality. However the casting text is very different. It's very basic and appears randomly. The reason of this is not distract the audience from what's happening behind it.


The music changes from classical music, to dialogue, to rock and roll track. This is because in scenes change so rapidly. The classic music is perfect to connote and romantic to sleazy and the different changes in there life and emotions.. The last track used in called “Rock N Roll Nigger" (Flood Remix) - Patti Smith” this is a very upbeat track and connotes the mayhem that is their life, it also gives the rebellious and criminal effect that they are.

The two characters that are dominantly shown in this clip are the two main killers, Mickey and Mallory: outcasts, lovers, and serial killers who are glorified by the mass media and become celebrities and portrayed like the modern day Bonnie and Clyde. Also the other   
characters shown in this are the victims of these killers, this is just a male at the start who was murdered. 

The lighting in this sequence is very random but very much directed towards the two main characters to show that they are centre of attention. The props used are very basic too, the majority of the sequence is filmed in the car. A green screen is very widely used as it shows the usual images and video's the couple is driving though. Mickey is always shown to be carrying a handgun which shows and reminds the audience of his brutal ways.

The Hermeneutic Code refers to any element of the story that is not fully explained and hence becomes a mystery to the reader.  (Enigma Code) The purpose of the author in this is typically to keep the audience guessing until the final scenes when all is revealed and all loose ends are tied off and closure is achieved,this is very much the title sequence as the images used are sequence. The audience doesn't know what's reality and what's fiction. This is very good as the title sequence is very questionable.

The cinematography is very basic in the clip but very effective, at the beginning the a medium shot is used to show the couple dancing, however the rest of the clips in this sequence are high angle shots and point of view shot’s from the back of the car.