Tittle Research: The Land of the Lost

The second title sequence Hannah and I researched was the title sequence of "The Land of the Lost". This title sequence is located on www.watchthetitles.com  and is a title sequence of an action movie.

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

There was 25 titles in total. The first title was movie title. Then, it was followed by: Directed by Written by, Based on, Produced by, Produced by , Executive producer , Executive producers , Director of photography, Production designer, and Edited. After the Edited by title, it was followed by 5 actor titles, Casting by, Music by, Co-producers, Costume designer, Visual effects supervisor and Creature design by. The last three titles were A Sid & Marty Krofft Production , A Mosaic Production and A Brad Silberling Film. 

We noticed the all titles were capitalized. The title that was not white were Directed By because it shows who directed the movie. We noticed most of the titles were not perfectly align and the position of the titles would alternate from the left side of the frame to the right side. Also, the actors' and the production companies' were titles were the same size font. Most of the titles consist of a smaller text of the occupation and a larger text of the person performing the job. 

2. What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?
The primary image that was prioritized in this opening sequence is the a man in a suit/ sci-fi creature  because there were multiple times were this image would show up.We think this image prioritized because we feel like this character is crucial or has significance to the plot. Usually, the directors would foreshadow or emphasize an image to hint to the audience of a deeper meaning. The other images that were prioritized was the journey. Throughout the opening sequence, the audience follows a journey to different climates with different animal. We think these images foreshadows the journey and adventure the main characters will follow.

3. What connotations do the images carry?
The images carry a connotation of action-packed and curiosity feeling. These feelings are maintained throughout the opening sequences. The background music enhances the expedition to be more action-packed. The images ignite a sense of curiosity because there are unknown creatures and habitats that are unusual to the audience.

4. How is the genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?
The main elements that reinforced the action genre was the non-diegetic sounds and the transitions. As we previously mentioned, the expedition was accompanied by fast paced music. This reinforces the genre because in most action movies, the music is fast paced and intense. The transitions reinforced the genre because of their speed. Most of the transitions were about 5 seconds. This helps develop and foreshadows the fast paced and intense scenes in action movies. From an audience perspective, the fast paced transitions help the audience feel the adrenaline rush of discovering these locations. The different locations and creatures symbolizes the different interdimensional worlds.This was achieved through the different color designs for each location. In the mountain location, the color scheme is blue tones while in the jungle location, it has green tone. 

5. How does the film establish an enigma from the outset?
This film was able to establish enigma from the outset by the fast paced transitions and locations. The As we previously mentioned, the fast paced transitions help transition into the different locations. This sparks curiosity in the audience because the most audiences are not knowledgeable on different climates and organisms. The fast-paced transitions also allows the audience to experience the adrenaline rush of exploration. The fitnal way the film establish enigma is the subtle clues and organisms. For instance, in one of the scenes, there are eggs hatching. This establishes enigma because it creates a mystery on the creature inside the egg.  The audience can deduce the creature is dinosaur-like because of the footprints. The other moment in the outset that establishes enigma through mystery is the words "BEWARE OF SLEESTALK". Although it is a subtle detail on the tree, it leaves the audience to question: Who and what is a sleestalk?

6. What strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience?
 Strategies that are used to ensure the film appeals to it target audience are the  70's design and the comedians. The film might appeal to the older generation because the movie is capturing the 70's design and feel which is the same design used to produced the "The Land of the Lost" Tv show. If the film production recaptures originality of the tv show, older audiences would be targeted because they would reminisce about their memories. The film appeals to the younger generation because of the cast of characters. One of the main character is Will Ferrall and Anne Frield . Younger generations might watch the movie because it contains these comedians.

7. How has technology been used effectively? You want to consider camera angles, transitions, and editing technique? 
During this particular opening sequence, it was more focused on the expedition than the actors.Most of the opening sequence was wide-shots and medium-close ups to close-ups. Some of the angles were either eye-line or low angles to show how big the world is.  In the opening sequences, it consists of cutaways and graphic images to demonstrate and foreshadow the journey and sequence of events. The primary editing transitions that are used in this opening sequence is graphic matches, action matches and zooms. An example is when the images are transitioning to an arctic/ mountain climate to a nest to emphasize the T-Rexes. Graphic matches were used to transitions from the hole of the mountain to the inside of a nest. In this opening sequence, there is not a significant amount of reaction-shots,  eye-line matches, and shot-reverse-shot because there wasn't conversations.