Title Research: Kill Your Friends

Title Research: Crime Genre

   I am researching the opening sequence of the movie, "Kill Your Friends". This movie is a part of the crime genre. I found it on watchthetitles.com. Here are the research questions I answered:

   1. How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film?
There are 12 titles displayed during the opening sequences to this film.

   2. What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?
The images with the best look at the titles are prioritized in the opening sequence.

   3. What connotations do the images carry?
The images carry the different meaning of a messy room maybe after a party with the high amounts of alcohol and drugs shown.

   4. How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?
The genre is reinforced through symbolic and technical codes since it sends the viewers the conventional themes of the genre. Alcohol and drugs are symbolic of the crime genre, since it usually appears in it. The technical codes are represented through the up close camera work at the symbolic codes, and the genre is reinforced with this.

   5. How does the film establish an enigma from the outset?
This film establishes an enigma from the outset since it makes you wonder why there is a girl laying naked on a couch with alcohol all around her.

   6. What strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience?
The creative use of the camera movement and the location of the titles in the opening sequence are used to appeal the target audience to the film.

   7. How has technology been used effectively?
Technology has been used effectively used with the camera angles, camera movements, transitions, and editing techniques. The camera angles are effectively use to present the titles the best in the room. The transitions go in and out of flashbacks, but the camera movement is still fluid with it. The editing use of the flashback effects and the music/sounds are used effectively as well.