Friday, January 31, 2020

Title research: The King of Comedy

Movie: The king of comedy (1982)
Website: Art of the Title

1. How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film?
19

2. What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?
In the beginning, there was a shot of a lady banging and screaming at the window, then after all the titles were shown, the same shot was shown

3. What connotations do the images carry?
I have not watched this movie so 'm not completely sure what these images were showing.

4. How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?
 Genre is reinforced because it is showing a lady with a crazy hairstyle, yell out the window to paparazzi taking photographs of her while she is trying to get them to stop.

5. How does the film establish an enigma from the outset?
The title sequence gives the audience questions like who is this lady, why doesn't she want photos taken, what are the photos being taken for, and etc.

6. What strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience?
The strategies used are, since a lot of questions are being raised from this lady's actions, it would make the audience want to finish the movie to answer these questions.

7. How has technology been used effectively? You want to consider camera angles, transitions, and camera techniques.
There was camera angles such as over the shoulder shot and wide shot used.

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