For our title sequence we have decided to overlay our titles over the first shots of the first line of action which is taking place inside the car with Neil Peck (William Key) our protagonist, this sequence will involve Neil being illuminated in a bright red light with a high contrast between him and the surround darkness, we have decided to use this darkness around Neil to place our titles, this way our titles will be clear and sharp with the contrasting white font on a black background.
An example of this use of darkness to overlay our titles can be seen in the opening sequence to the 2013 remake of "Evil Dead" (Fede Alverez), although not a driving sequence as we will be doing this sequence depicts the splatter of blood coming from the darkness creating a mix of red and black which will be seen in the style of our opening.
Along with this we have taken a lot of inspiration from the opening sequence of "Funny Games" (2007 Haneke) as not only is this also a home invasion/psychological horror but the opening also includes a driving sequence.
Like "Funny Games" we are using asynchronous sound to make the audience feel uncomfortable from the outset of the film, however what we found that was distracting was how the titles continued to cover the faces of cast , although this is incredibly effective for the main title when anchored with the non-diegetic soundtrack but we felt that the rest of our titles should be placed around character blocking in order to make them more effective.
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