Research-Opening Credit& Typography Miss Gibbings.

Opening credit is the written information presented to the audience on who is starring in  the film and who has what role. The purpose of an opening credit is to is set the tone of the film and inform the audiences and get them engage and also to show at the beginning of a film, and list the most important members of the production and actors.

Opening credits are effective in thrillers when accompanied  by sound to create tension and fear. Also images that do not make complete sense, making the audience question what is going on.

What things expected to see?
-Names
-Most significant
-Character roles 
-Executive producer 
-Company 


  Se7en opening credits analysis

In the opening  credit of Se7en, there are few information shown to the audience such as names of actors in order , they mention the familiar ones first as some audience might like that actor in other films so they may consider watching this film to.Also the name of the film then appears so people know what the film its called. Most of the lighting is low key lighting but there are some high key lighting. The colours used are the typical colours u would see in thrillers ,e.g. red/ white, black all conventional to a thriller film. The way the audience see it is all in point of view , Most of the angle shot sizes are close up or mid shot to make it easy for the audience to follow whats happening. Some of the  actual action going on behind the text are quite confusing but that's okay , that's the whole point wanting the audience to wonder. The front style of the credit opening is Gothic font text and the white colour fits in with the genre as the background is black.The lighting and colour throughout the opening credits is dark. The low key lighting makes the opening appear mysterious and compliments with the images shown throughout the credits.

It’s also a conventional thriller film as it’s presented to the audience in the opening credits. There is a constant use of close ups throughout the opening credits which allows to see detail such as keywords (as above) as well as emphasizing horrific elements which relate to the narrative. From the close ups used the audience can see the characters dirty finger nails; this disgusts the audience and already creates resentment towards the character.

I think that the opening credits from 'Se7en' create impact on the audience because the opening credits are used to confuse the audience. However they contain important clues to the films narrative which catch the audience attention and provoke the audience to work the clues out. 'Se7en' is a good example on creating an impact on the audience because it also makes the audience focus on the film by leaving them to guess the narrative. This opening credit scene has influenced me with my own thriller film as it gave me and my group ideas on what elements to use to slightly confuse the audience.

Typography 

Typography is the term for font that is used within the media world; this also includes font size and colour.

This screen shot of typography is taken from the film 'Se7en'. The typography used within the opening credits of this film help emphasize the thriller genre of the film.

When editing our thriller film me and my group has decided to use on screen opening credits which means the audience can watch the film while seeing the opening credits.  The font color will represent pureness so it will be white this is so we confuse and kind of play of the audiences mind when they start watching our thriller film which will be conventional to the thriller genre

Overall the search of opening credits and typography has helped with the creation of my thriller film. I have identified what typography is conventional to a thriller film and how to make it look professional by analysing other thriller opening credits. My target is to make the audience question their outlooks of a thriller film which will create suspense among the audience and cause them to feel anxious. Last but not least using opening credits will set the atmosphere of the film so we must make them effective and conventional to the thriller genre.