Title Research: "The Exorsist”

I chose to do The Exorcist as my third movie. This movie is from ArtOfTheTitle.com. The Exorcist has 5 titles, including the title of the movie. It ranges from the studio who made the film to name of the film. This movie has very few titles and the opening scenes are very short. 

The images that are prioritized are a dark house, with a single street lamp. Two people are seen walking down the street that the lamp is on. then it fades to a close up of a statute and then to a sunset. The final scenes are in the desert of northern Iraq where some men are digging through the sand. 

The connotations are creepy. The scenes are dark up until it show the desert in which it is bright, The dark street is creepy due to the worn down house and the lack of people walking down it. The desert is where it becomes brightly lit and illuminated. This isn't creepy because it is just a bunch of men working in the desert and digging through the sand with pickaxes. 

The genre is reinforced by the first few scenes. They make you uncomfortable by keeping it a darker lighting. And like stated before, it shows few people walking on the street making it creepy and unsettling. Mostly considering how late it seems to be at night.

The film establishes an enigma by showing the men in the deserts of iraq. This would make no sense being where a horror movie starts, considering its bright lighting. There is also no music, just the sounds of pickaxes and men grunting, This is where the scene stops, leaving us to watch the rest of the movie. 

The target audiences is horror movie fans. This movie appeals to them by dragging them in with dark opening and then switching to a brighter setting. This leaves us wanting to know the significance of the areas. We soon learn that this is where everything takes places, including the events of the movie. 

The technology is used effectively by using fades to show transition of areas. They also use dark lighting to their advantage and make it creepier. The men in the last few scenes show this was in an earlier time, judging by what they are using to dig up the sand.