Lions Gate Films is a Canadian-American film production/distribution studio and a division of Lions Gate Entertainment. It is the largest and most successful mini-major film studio in North America. They distributed such films as The Hunger Games, Divergent, and The Expendables, practically meaning that most of the audience could use this as a reference that this film would have a particularly high standard, as it is praised for it's films in the media. This is a good publishing company to use as it's well known due to publishing a majority of other successful films, and to side with it would mean your film gets a lot of recognition, and people would decide to give the movie a try.
This logo's pretty dark and stormy, obviously in contrast to the movie it's being done for, and with that, it's also big and bold meaning it's easier for viewers to see and notice. Along with that, the weather in the background could even relate to the psychological thriller genre of the film. It helps the audience know that this film, and the entertainment company that made it, are specialized in the honor genre, and are professional at it rather than low quality.
Although Twisted Pictures' first three films were Saw 1, 2, and 3, it is well associated to this day for the horror genre, as all of the films they've released are in the horror genre. Such films they later released are all the other Saws, 'Catacombs', which is a film about a young woman trying to find her way out of the catacombs whilst in pursuit of a killer, and 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre', which mainly involves relentless and unmerciful killing and gore, which would be great for audiences who love Texas Chainsaw Massacre, as Saw's similar to it with the gore. Although these later films are also successful, Twisted Pictures is well known for Saw primarily, as the fame surrounding twisted pictures came from Saw itself. With the implication that this production only creates films of the horror genre, people would already associate Saw with, most likely, the horror genre straight off the bat.
With the name twisted pictures come barbed wire wrapping itself around the logo with a nail coming down. Whilst this refers to the word 'twisted' by having the wire wrap around the logo, it also shows how they're mainly a horror production company, and it, again, relates to the film it's being used for. The of the plain white text would make the logo obvious and not obstructed by the graphics, as any other colour might be harder to see behind the barbed wire. The brightened up section of the upper text and the darker area of the bottom text show that it's partially revealed, relating to the horror genre once again as it gives the text a mysterious feeling to it.
James Wan is a Malaysian-born Australian film producer, screenwriter and film director. Whilst being widely known for directing Saw, he also done such films as 'Death Sentence', 'The Conjuring' and 'Insidious', which are all thriller and horror based. This means having this director or a similar kind would be essential, as a director with past experience with the horror/thriller genre would be a great quality to have in the production of the film. An experienced director can bring many things to the table, such as a knowledgeable input in the genre, a good usage of certain techniques used in the particular genre and good knowledge of effective camera angles and cinematography.
The font and style of this text matches the underwater setting, as it is the same colour of the water, and also slowly moves about like water. This works with the film as the text is related to the water, and at the same time, it is easy to notice from the dark background surrounding it. This text is parallel to the scene playing out, and also contrasts it very well. Whilst being the only credits at the beginning, and very short at that, it does it very well by being brief and uninformative, only saying the essential things before chucking the audience straight into the film. The beginning logos only last about 30 seconds before moving you onto the film, and it's done like this because if they put the characters and their actors at the start then the film would be somewhat spoiled on what happens, and it would eliminate the element that creates fear in the film; the subtle and unknown theme of it, where the audience don't know what could happen next.
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