To see the conventions of the titles in a horror movie I analysed the opening sequence of The Descent. From this, the main convention I noticed is when the names of the cast are coming up there are no accompanying words such as "starring" or "featuring" just the solitary names appear. Another aspect I noticed was that the titles run the whole way through the opening, they are not all together at one time. A further convention I observed in the opening of The Descent was the fact that the titles were appearing in all the different places around the screen, however they are always placed out of the way of the action and what is happening on screen. In The Descent white capital letters are used for all the writing on screen in order to ensure it stands out and can be seen and a medium sized font is used to ensure it is not obstructive.
We took all of this into consideration when constructing our film opening.
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