Analysing Opening Title Sequences - American Horror Story: Asylum Unfinished

American Horror Story: Asylum

These are the first notes that I got after watching the opening titles to 'American Horror Story: Asylum'. 

The pace of movement is quicker in contrast to the first season, this could have been done to represent the theme and nature of the show, as this is set in a mental asylum. This OTS is also longer than the first seasons, this could be implying that this is the better season as there is more screen time for the OTS. This is following the same order as the first season, this is following a pattern 

Analysing Open Title Sequences - American Horror Story.

American Horror Story Opening Title Sequence

American Horror Story: Asylum, Opening Title Sequence

Above are the opening titles to American Horror Story Season One. 

Below are the notes that I made about the opening titles for both season one and also season two, which is called Asylum. 

The notes that I first made when I watched the opening titles were very basic, however they outline the order that things usually go in, I noticed a pattern in both of the opening title sequences that also occurs in the third season that I have watched, however I have not done an analysis on the opening titles for this season which is called ''American Horror Story: Coven'' I will do an analysis of this when I have done a few more on different films and tv shows so that I have a wide range of genres that I have analysed. I will do this so that I can start to notice any patterns correlating in general OTS. I think that after this I will start to move onto the 'Film Noir' genre so that I can watch the opening title sequences and see if the same patterns apply to them too. After watching the first one again I noticed that the lighting is very minimal, however when there is lighting this is very strong and shows parts of objects at a time. This has been done I think to increase mystery and suspense, this is effective as this is bringing an interest into the show and this is going to gain viewers. This is a good technique to use as if the OTS is strong then this is going to gain lots of viewership as this is usually the first thing that is seen, as this is the opening titles. It is important that the OTS represents the show as this is showing what it is going to be like and show the theme. I think that the OTS for all three 'American Horror Story' series represents the show well as this is a dark themed show, with mystery and suspense in their story-lines. The OTS for the first season includes parts of the show in them and links to the show well. I am going to be analysing other opening title sequences in other posts so that I get a better understanding of the general order in opening titles. I am thinking of analysing; The Walking Dead, Seven, Game Of Thrones, Captain America, Dexter and Hannibal. 

Analysing previous photographs.

Last year (2013-2014) for my AS Photography I studied the genre Film Noir, for this I took a series of photographs, this is a few of them here. With these I tried to represent the genre using two characters from the genre, one being 'Femme Fatale.' For this I tried to use strong lighting on the aspects of the photographs that I wanted the eye to be drawn to. I think that I did achieve this, however I think that for my film this year I am going to use more dramatic lighting, but also have minimal lighting. For my film I have an idea of what I want to do, this idea does not involve many people, and the faces will not be seen and so the focus of what I want is going to be hands and other objects that they are holding, therefore I need to take into consideration how I am going to do this, and take inspiration from these photographs from last years photograhy project. I will improve my use of lighting so that it has a better effect on the film overall. I think I would also like to use film cameras in this and possibly use a photo taken on a film camera for the promotional poster that will be advertising the film, so for this I need to think carefully about the amount of lighting I am going to be using, this however does need to be similar to the film. I would also like it to be darker, unlike these photographs, this is because I think that this will give a better effect on the viewer and look more like a Film Noir opening titles. The lighting here is very bright and does not highlight and important aspects, apart from where I have edited it, this needs to be thought about when I am going to be filming and editing my video for the opening titles. I think that I need to do more research into the type of lighting in the Film Noir genre so that I can have the best possible video I can make. I think that the lighting is best for the third photograph, so I will try to stick to this one the most, as I like the shadows in this photo, I think this because this adds a sense of drama to the scenario, this is what I want in my opening titles. 

Continuity Task - Unfinished.