Planning Opening Credits - Miss Georgiou

Planning Opening Credits

At the start of every film you will see opening credits, the opening credits contain the main characters during a film as well as the producers. This makes the credits important as it allows you to notice the main characters and who produced and directed the film. 

Se7en analysis:

The clip that I have analysed was Se7en, the clip contains dark and mysterious features such as dark colouring as well as using the colour red to connote blood or symbolise danger. The opening clip also shows the characters and producers with their names flicking to create tension throughout the opening scene. By watching the opening scene we can also see the start to the film, the opening scene during this clip shows us a number of photos of different people and it also shows different pictures of different items so it builds more tension and suspense at the start of the film. I believe this signifies that the film is going to be scary and full of suspense and tension. 

Individual analysis:

The clip that I have analysed was Shutter Island, from watching the clip I can see that the producers have used many conventions of a thriller film as they have used different images to portray a sense of fear into the beginning of the film to show what it will be about. Red writing is used to connote blood and symbolise danger throughout the credits, this creates tension and begins to show the fear that may be seen throughout the film. The use of flicking writing also creates tension to the film and into the starting scene. the use of the images shown and the places used in the background show where the film is going to take place. It also shows objects that may be used throughout the film such as a gun, this shows that there may be a killing scene in the film. During the opening scene we can see a chamber or cell that may be used throughout the film, this shows that a character may be seen in this cell during the film. This causes additional suspense into the film. In the final part of the opening scene I can see that they have began to zoom in on the island to make that the main focus of the ending part. Throughout the opening credits the use of eerie music is used very well as it slowly builds towards the end of the scene, this creates the most tension during the opening sequence as it goes with the images well. 

In our opening credits we will look to use many similar features that have been used in the two credits that I have analysed. For example, we will look to incorporate the use of eerie music, as I believe this is a great convention in thriller films, they help to build tension well, as well as the use of scary images and objects that may be used throughout the film. Other features that we will look to use to build tension and suspense into the start of the film will be the use of the colour red. The colour red symbolises the danger that may occur in the film, I believe my group could use this feature in the film as the colour that the names of the group members are shown. Red also symbolises blood, this could show the audience that a killing scene may take place during the film. By looking at many opening sequences to take inspiration for our own opening sequence, I have seen that many of the features that I have listed and that we look to use are conventional to thriller films.

 

By looking at many different opening credits from differen thriller films I have decided that my group should look to use similar choices of credits, for example a similar font and style to the film Se7en. My group and I also look to use some conventional features, for example we look to use the colour red for the credits as it looks to symbolise blood and danger into the opening scene and set the tone for the whole film. We are also looking to use styles that create tension for the audience, this will help to build tension at the start of the film and set the tone for the rest of the film.

 

By using conventions like these it allows us to create tension and suspense for the audience watching and set the tone for the rest of the film.