Title Shot

This is an image we may use as the title shot during our opening sequence. It will feature at the end of the film and reveal the name of the film to the audience. It contains many links to our sequence and the rest of the movie, which I will explain.

The most obvious and striking feature of the image is the blood splattered across the pages of a newspaper. This connotes the themes of murder within our film and works in conjunction with the headline of the newspaper the achieve this. The full headlines reads: 'Killer strikes again: Another body found'. This, as with the blood, supplements the theme of murder and death. However, it can also be related to the case our detective is solving. Much of the headline is obscured by blood splatters, and even more importantly, nearly all of the text is covered with blood. This directly relates the to mystery - although our detective knows what is going on, he knows not why or how. The paper represents this - the title is just visible, but the details within the article cannot be seen.

The title of the film, Ascent, refers to the killers ascent to power, and how he becomes a more accomplished killer as the film wears on. On the other hand, our detective's condition worsens as the film progresses, and he fails to make any significant breaks on the case. This contrast between antagonist and protagonist is mirrored in the Ascent text -the light is close to the dark, but has not broken through.

Below are some images showing the creation of the image on Photoshop:

Overview of Photoshop and the image

Image showing all the layers