The purpose of opening credits is for the audience to be able to identify the names of actors, directors and film production companies that play key roles in films.
Black Swan Opening Credits:
The colours used in this clip are black and white with low key lighting to draw attention of the audience to the names that appear on a canvas sheet that is being drawn on with black chalk. The colours used
The credits begin with the name of the production company which is an example of how I can present the name of my film production company to the audience as it is written on a plain black background so that it stands out.
The names of the people appear on the canvas and then swiftly fade away, this goes with the movie theme and the music used for the opening credits because swans move gracefully.
The writing font for the credits are formal because the film is filmed on formal dancing and Swans are perceived as quite peaceful and elegant creatures.
Se7en Opening Credits:
The credits in Se7en begins by introducing the production then introduces the characters, the font of the writing is white on a black background, producers are recognised and there is intense music in the background.
Order of appearance:
Company
- Production
- Director
- Famous actors
- Title
Thriller Conventions:
- Use of dipping blood on the paper
- Jumpy,flash lighting
- Scraping noises
Black and white is used in the credits to represent good and evil. Credits were flickering which creates enigma as the audience do not know who the person writing is.
For my opening credit idea, I used red for the writing which is conventional because it represents blood which foreshaddows that something bad will happen.I Used lined paper to make the thriller opening to seem more realistic.
The contrasts between the black background, red and white colour are used to show the difference between good and evil or the victim and vilian.The sharp font which is bold emphasises and makes the audience wonder what the film is about.
Deanna used a contrast between white and black to represent good and evil or villain and victim. Ink smudges were used for a realistic effect as ink is accessible, this could be a metaphor foreshadowing the film will not be straight forward and the audience will realise that it will not be a simple narrative. The audience will also guess an accident will happen as ink spillages are accidental.
For our final idea we used red with a black outline which makes audience think about meaning of word. Then we used red, black and white to show the difference between good and evil.
We changed colour of the ink to make it look like blood which is conventional to the thriller genre.
This post demonstrates a basic understanding of what the purpose of opening credits are. You have analysed two different examples and have started to consider on the codes and conventions of a thriller. But further discussion and explanation of the credit sequence is needed, to demonstrate further understanding. This includes the editing effect that has been applied and the audience relationship and engagement. This needs to be added, to demonstrate further understanding, of why credits are essential to include.
ReplyDeleteRefer back to the lesson and the points that were discussed in the lesson and aim to include these points within your analysis of Se7en, as this is too basic!
You have also started to consider the style of font that you would like to include within your own thriller. However, further discussion and explanation of why you chose to select Deanna's idea, over the others, is needed, to demonstrate further planning and group discussions.