How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film?
The movie The Final Destination was the second movie we chose to research. There was a total of 21 titles displayed throughout the 1 minute and 29 seconds. We found this beginning sequence on watchthetitles.com
What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?
The whole beginning sequence of the movie is based on humans getting killed in different ways. In the beginning the director uses an x-ray kind of vision to show the animations. He or she displays humans getting killed in multiple ways. It ranges from a person getting nails stuck in their head to someones head getting sliced open vertically. For the animations it's not always a whole persons skeleton being killed. The director uses blood splatter to represent a person being killed. For example, there's a scene in the beginning sequence where a train is coming and the audience can assume it hit a person because what followed was blood splatter coming toward the screen.
What connotations do the images carry?
The connotations of the images show that the movie following it is going to be scary or about death. The images show something that people are scared of which is death. This means the beginning sequence makes the audience feel scared or anxious.
How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?
The animations shown in the beginning sequence reinforces the genre through symbolic codes.
The images in the beginning give people that scared feeling which reinforces the genre. The director made sure to include animations that go with the movie because it would not enforce the genre whatsoever if they showed animations of bunny rabbits in the beginning sequence.
What strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to it's target audience?
The target audience for The Final Destination is anyone that is ages 16 and up. The movie leans toward people that enjoy scary or gory movies. The animations of people dying help to keep the audience engaged or actually want to see the movie.
How has technology been used effectively?
A bunch of different angles have been used in the beginning sequence which helps keep it less boring which will in-turn keep the audience entertained. The art of animation has also been effectively used. This got the point that the movie will be gory an scary across without it being too gory. Editing was a good part of the beginning sequence because it goes hand and hand with the animation. This just made the sequence more appealing.
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