Research into Newspaper Headlines

I analysed various newspaper headings saying things such as ‘Teens break free from dating abuse’ and ‘Murdered as her little boy watched’. The headlines were basic and got straight to the point of the story. As we were using headlines in our opening sequence I thought they would be a good thing to research into to see the types of wording they contained to make ours seem as real as possible. They were usually one sentence headlines that included a very brief description of the story. This therefore grabbed the audience’s attention and enticed them into the story.

We therefore thought we’d do the same and use headlines to give the audience brief descriptions of the narrative to lure them into wanting to watch the rest of the film.