Thriller Title Research

Undisclosed Desires

Is the title of our Thriller.

We chose this name because based on my research of Thriller titles, I came up with the theory that all the director's and writer's have limited their vocabulary by only one or two words with a maximum of 4 syllables.
For example:
¹Clo-²ver-³field
¹The-²Vill-³age
¹Si-²lent-³Hill
¹The-²Happ-³ening
¹The ²Stran-³gers

Along with what I had said earlier, in order to have done my title designs for the far future, I would have have to analyse other film covers in order to get the same outcome, a scared but thrilled audience after having watched our film [although it only lasts approximatelly two minutes].  My research is on the text, foreground and background of film covers.

 

The text used on the cover of a VHS Tape box or DVD case is extremely important as it mainly highlights what genre a film is.  Here are a few examples that I thought were interesting and deserved a consideration - I decided to analyse the 5 films mentioned above [for the syllable theory]:

Test at top of cover

EXAMPLE 1: Cloverfield [2008]

Sans-serif ["a sans-serif typeface is one that does not have the small features called "serifs" at the end of strokes"]

Upper Case [always used at the beginning of a sentence - (as a sign of the start of a sentence after a full stop (.)]

[Title] White on a green background Green symbolises sickness/illness and possibly disease based on how you look at it - creature attacking lively city? - denotation by the director? - however it could also be a connotation] - futhermore the Statue of Liberty blends in with its background, creating a little contrast between the different saturation levels of green, nevertheless, because this famous landmark does not have any head, it elaborates the seriousness of the raid.



Text at top of cover

EXAMPLE 2: The Village [2004]
Serif ["a serif typeface is one that has the small features called "serifs" at the end of strokes"]
Upper Case [always used at the beginning of a sentence - (as a sign of the start of a sentence after a full stop (.)]
[Title] White/Yellow on a Black background Highly contrasting, prolonged serifs are similar looking to branches [as seen in the foreground] - sunlight trying to go through slits or holes - as they would go through a wooden shed/bungalow in an isolated village?
Eclipse around night - symbolises that what might shock the viewers, happens at night, the only time in the day that vision is limited and therefore when more attacks are commited on innocent people - stereotypical view on Thrillers?


Text at top of cover


EXAMPLE 3: Silent Hill [2006]

Serif ["a serif typeface is one that has the small features called "serifs" at the end of strokes"] Exaggerated serifs - exaggerated proceedings/storyline?

Upper Case [always used at the beginning of a sentence - (as a sign of the start of a sentence after a full stop (.)]

[Title] White text with red outline on a beige background [little girls forehead] White symbolises innocence and peace [← connotation, denotation?] and red symbolises danger, love (and passion).  Danger is portrayed when on their way to Silent Hill [the town] and once in the town, the little girl leaves, the mother is so worried, that she goes to look for her, her love is too big for ther daughter

Text at bottom of cover

EXAMPLE 4: The Happening [2008]

Sans-serif ["a sans-serif typeface is one that does not have the small features called "serifs" at the end of strokes"]

Upper Case [always used at the beginning of a sentence - (as a sign of the start of a sentence after a full stop (.)]

[Title] White on a blue and black background White symbolises innocence and peace.  In this case, the peace was in the city before "the more urgent dilemma hits the planet" and the innocence of this film would revolve around the people of the world or on the other hand, where it had started, in Central Park.  Blue symbolises how cold the city must have turned after the unexplicable event had happened [or the soul of the city, slowly dying - denotation of the director?]  And the black connotates the darkness of the consecutive events that have changed the world, or it could tell us, as an audience that everything that had happened, happened in the dark.
 

Text at bottom of cover

EXAMPLE 5: The Strangers [2008] 

Serif ["a serif typeface is one that has the small features called "serifs" at the end of strokes"] Exaggerated serifs - exaggerated proceedings/storyline?

Lower Case [always used after the upper case, usually formulates a word]

White on a light brown/black background White symbolises innocence and peace.  Innocence reprensents the status of the main characters, haven't done anything wrong, standing in the wrong area at the wrong time?  Man in background [standing in the corner] observing woman's movements - ready to attack? - (white mask and black clothing - hiding their figure and idendity?) - for a reason? - do they know who they are attacking - planned attack → revenge?  Normal setting in a house, unsual event, in house - not a safe place?