Title Research: Don't Worry Darling

 Madelyn Argueta 

AICE Media Studies

Hello world, 

So, I watched the opening sequence of a thriller movie called "Don’t Worry Darling" from the website Art Of The Titles (https://www.artofthetitle.com/title/signs/) and this is what I found through my research... 

 

What titles are displayed during the opening sequence 

The title displayed includes the production and presentation company, the person who made the film with, of course, the title. The opening sequence also included the people who directed and produced the film, screenplay the film, executive producers, cast lists and those who made the story. There were also the executive producers, production designer, editors, cast, and casting director. 

What images are prioritized in the opening sequence? 

The images mainly prioritized include images of the classic married household and what it should be like in the 1950's and the community's layout. This includes the 1950's cars and the houses as well as the circular map of the community that has a desert surrounding it. This helps the viewer to get a better understanding of the time period of the movie and some of the aspects that will be important to note during the movie. 

How does the film establish a feeling of the genre from the outset? 

The film established the genre's feeling by showing images of what was once considered a desirable family household in the 1950's and images of written codes and a lush green community surrounded by a dry desert. The images present portrayed the once sought after household, but it also had some images that made the 1950's genre, or the movie seem darker and more mysterious.  

The first few titles introduced in the movie was written in cursive which historically represented romantic movies but as the opening scene progresses the title become more modern and spaced out not at all giving the same genre or emotion the first few titles gave. It is also important to note that the cursive titles in the beginning are glitching, making what is considered the perfect romantic writing look like something fake or like that image of romance is breaking. 

Finally, the song used at first sounds romantic and like a classic romance movie song but then as the singing begins and the images slowly change the song becomes almost creepy and suspenseful.