Planning Opening Credits-Miss Georgiou

Planning Opening Credits

Credits are important and significant within a film because they introduce the film to the audience and what the film is called. Also the credits introduces who is in the film such as the actors, the directors' names, the production name and the editing/producers name. In the opening credits they also inform and prepare the audience for the type of film that we will be watching. Some directors have a trademark on their opening sequences so the audience know who the director is before his name even appears on the screen. 

Se7en Opening Credits Analysis

In the opening sequence of Se7en the colours used in the opening sequence were mostly black and white with the background being black and the text being white which can show a contrast between good and evil, black being evil and white being good. This can inform the audience that this film can be between good and evil. This is conventional to a thriller because in thrillers there is always a villain and a victim and the villain is the evil and the victim is the good person which shows that this is a war between good and evil. 

The style of credits used were short snippets of photographs as the background and the text in front of the background which shows that this is an opening sequence and not a trailer. This shows that this is a thriller film because everything is jerky and disturbing which shows that the film will be disturbing and jerky and that the audience should expect this in this thriller opening sequence therefore it will connect with the film and give the audience an insight. This is conventional to a thriller because not everything in a thriller is normal and 'plain sailing' it is not normal and causes the audience to become scared and disorientated. 

The creepy font and the flickering of the text creating an earthquake effect gives a sense of mystery as if the person that is behind the opening credits who looks like is going through some evidence is quite shifty and that may describe the character in the background. The credits are like hand written which almost matches the written text on the book behind it. The jerky and disturbing images might be an insight for the audience that, that is what the film is going to be like, and that the audience will be jerky and slightly disturbed by the following film. 

The thriller conventions used in this opening sequence are pictures of victims as this may be the only recognition of the victims that we will see because they have already been killed off. Also low key lighting is used to create tension and suspense within the film which can show the audience that this film will be scary. Blood is also mainly used in thrillers as it shows that there is a murder that has happened, blood is a main convention in thriller films because people are always murdered in thrillers. Dead bodies are always shown in thrillers because there is always a mystery behind a thriller and who the unidentified murderer is which is another convention that you find in thrillers. 

Individual Analysis

My individual analysis was from the film Memento, in this film the opening credits where in hand writing style. By making it this font it makes the scene seem spooky as though a child has wrote it or a villain, this is conventional to a thriller because by using a hand writing style it can make the audience feel paranoid and instantly get them thinking in who could be writing the credits.

The colours used in the opening scene of memento where white and the occasional snippet of black, both these colours are related to good or evil. By doing this it shows there could be a mixture of good and bad throughout the film, and also a villain and victim relationship.

Also the credits in this opening scene will fade in and out, this automatically creates suspense as well as a feeling of fear. This is conventional to a thriller because the fade puts the audience on edge as it gets them thinking about the likelihood of the film and what is going to happen.

My Groups Credits:

My group credits will be similar to the film memento as I liked the fade of the text as it appears, so  will try to input that onto our own credits, i will also try to get a typewriting effect put onto them as this makes the scene seem interesting and how the rest of the film will pan out.

The style of font i will be writing is a handwriting type, this is because it looks scary and is conventional to a thriller, because by using this it indicates someone could have wrote it on a wall to make someone fear them. Also by using this style it looks some what aggresive and it will get the audience thinking into who could of wriote them weather it be a villian or victim.

I havent decided yet to use a red font or white, so i will discuss this with my group before i make the final decision. I am thinking about using red because it is the colour that indicates fear and blood, and looks dangerous. Also by using red it ties in with the style of font i will be using so it looks like someone may of wrote it with blood. Where as the white will look more professional and this can also relate to a thriller as it looks cold and would be unfamiliar to the audience.

The order in which the credits will go is as follows:

• Company Name
• Director
• Fim Title
• Actors
• Casting
• Sound Technician
• Costume
• Editor
• Production Designer
• Director of Photography
• Co - Producer
• Co - Executive Producer
• Producers
• Screenplay
• Mese-En-Scene Co ordinator
• Director