Opening titles - The Conjuring, Rosie's Post

The conjuring is a recent horror film released in 2013:

Straight away the opening begins with a crescendo in the music which is very foreboding and implies that something bad is probably going to follow as it is leading to something. 
A fade from black is used to enter the title sequence which reveals the eerie atmosphere of this film. 
Mise en scene is incorporated into the opening; the images are presented in a way that leads us to believe that the film is set in the past:

• the saturation of colour in the photos (sepia/black and white)
• few scratches and marks on the images to suggest they've been worn
• the newspaper article layout appear old fashioned 

The text used throughout The Conjuring title sequence is very clean and could appear to be from some sort of document, which suggests a sense or formality or seriousness to the film.

where the text appears as the page turns

Some of the type appears with no special transition, it just appears along with the background image however many of them appear on the screen through what looks like somebody is turning the pages of the book which are point of view shots which also builds tension to the titles as somebody is looking through. With both dissolve and focus pulls used on transitions, it gives more variety and a sense of action.

The way that the text appears on this picture is very gradual. As the pages are turned, a new layer goes ontop. The positioning of these layers could suggest that something happened to these children as the type is positioned to fall right over their faces.

The coloured filter used on the opening also helps us to recognise the genre of the film as it is very dark and does not give a lot away. The text is either black on white or vice versa which allows the text to be seen clearly - as it is placed into clean and blank space - and is also different from the rest of the handwritten style font used in the background. 

The high pitched sounds in the music are also accompanied by low tones as well which contributes to the atmosphere of the film; mysterious and eerie. The crescendos and diminuendos add suspense to the opening.