The purpose of opening credits is to establish the theme of the thriller and gives the audience an insight of who is in the thriller, and by the text font what may happen within the thriller.
Analyzing Opening Sequence Credits from the film Se7en
Analyzing Opening Sequence Credits from the film Se7en
I have analysed the credits from the clip of Se7en. I have seen many aspects of the opening that conform with the typical conventions of the thriller genre. Firstly, the colours used. For expample, red has a connotation of blood, danger, death and brutality, which are aspects that are common within the thriller genre. Not only this but dark black colours are paired mainly within this sequence with white. This could represent the conventional narrative of good vs evil, and could suggest that this will be a theme throughout. The credits are not only conventional due to the colour, but through the unorganized, rigid effect as this gives a sense of instability which makes the audience question whether this portrays mind of the antagonist within the thriller, immediately wanting them to watch on. Another point I have seen from viewing the opening credits is the order in which the credits are placed. If a film has a well known actor in it, the actors name will stereo typically be shown first as the audience will recognize the actor/actress for a role or film that they have starred in or as, that they have enjoyed and would want to continue to watch on.
My Opening Sequence Credits
This is my opening thriller sequence design that I have created. My design contains three main colours. The first colour is an off white, which is the background, ensuring that the main colours stand out. With the main colours being black and red. I used red as this has a connotation with danger, blood and violence which helps the audience to establish this could possibly be a reoccurring theme throughout my thriller opening sequence and links to the main narrative of the opening sequence,because it is mainly focused on death and brutality of innocent victims and could suggest that something bad is going to happen within the sequence. I also used the colour black as this has connotations of mystery, which could lead the audience to question what is going to happen to the protagonists, making them want to continue to watch on the rest of the opening.
I think the font I have chosen is very simple, this could be reflective of the opening sequence narrative as I think it is difficult to understand the main themes of the narrative, not only this but I think by having a simpler font it allows the audience to think of the colours that are used in the credits, applying them to the sequence. In addition to this I keep the font size quite large, this makes a lasting effect on the audience as it is a one worded title called "Obscurity" which means the unknown, the audience will begin to think about this, and also be afraid for the protagonists as it is unknown what is going to happen to them.
The titles in my opening thriller sequence will come onto the screen in all different positions, directions and timings as this gives a uncertain feel to the audience applying this to the narrative as they do not know what they can expect next.
My Groups Opening Sequence Credits
I have seen my groups opening sequence credit titles, all three of us have come up with credits that are similar.
Ella's credits consist of the colours of black, white and red. An advantage of using these colours is that they all have connotations with the typical thriller conventions. The black and white in the credits can portray the characters which will be used in our sequence as it represents the good vs evil narrative. The "evil" being the antagonist and the "good" being the protagonist. The red in Ella's credits have a connotation with blood, death, danger and brutality which create a sense of foreboding for the audience as they want to continue watching as they wonder what will happen to the protagonists.
One disadvantage of Ella's opening credits for our opening thriller sequence is that it may not transition into the clip smoothly. I think the credits would look better with a transparent background, with the opening sequence text in the background.
Overall, our opening sequence credits were all very similar, each of us had the same colour scheme and use of the trickling blood. I think that we will stick to this idea, as the colours provide connotations which are conventional to the thriller genre and make the audience want to continue watching on, they only point that I will make to my group is the disadvantage of the coloured background. I will suggest that we use a transparent background, and have the credits appear over the top of the scenes, as I think this will create a better effect for the audience. Se7en has also inspired me to have our credits coming in at all different times and directions, as this gives an unorganized effect, and could portray the mind of the antagonist, in the sense that his mind is unstable, making the audience want to watch on to see what will happen next.
I think the font I have chosen is very simple, this could be reflective of the opening sequence narrative as I think it is difficult to understand the main themes of the narrative, not only this but I think by having a simpler font it allows the audience to think of the colours that are used in the credits, applying them to the sequence. In addition to this I keep the font size quite large, this makes a lasting effect on the audience as it is a one worded title called "Obscurity" which means the unknown, the audience will begin to think about this, and also be afraid for the protagonists as it is unknown what is going to happen to them.
The titles in my opening thriller sequence will come onto the screen in all different positions, directions and timings as this gives a uncertain feel to the audience applying this to the narrative as they do not know what they can expect next.
My Groups Opening Sequence Credits
I have seen my groups opening sequence credit titles, all three of us have come up with credits that are similar.
Ella's credits consist of the colours of black, white and red. An advantage of using these colours is that they all have connotations with the typical thriller conventions. The black and white in the credits can portray the characters which will be used in our sequence as it represents the good vs evil narrative. The "evil" being the antagonist and the "good" being the protagonist. The red in Ella's credits have a connotation with blood, death, danger and brutality which create a sense of foreboding for the audience as they want to continue watching as they wonder what will happen to the protagonists.
One disadvantage of Ella's opening credits for our opening thriller sequence is that it may not transition into the clip smoothly. I think the credits would look better with a transparent background, with the opening sequence text in the background.
Ollie's opening sequence credits are also very similar, in the way they are set out, and colours. He has also used the similar colour scheme, with black, white and red. With connotations of good vs. evil, with the black and white. As white is portrayed as innocent which could be referred to as the protagonist. The black colour could not only be referred to as evil but it can be portrayed as enigma within the clip, or what the audience are going to see. I also think another good idea in the opening sequence credits are the dripping of the blood effect. This creates a sense of foreboding for the audience, as this could be an insight of what might happen within the opening sequence, creating suspense and tension.
However, similar to the disadvantage of Ella's I think that the opening credits would be better on a transparent background as you can then still see the scenes going on behind.
This post demonstrates some understanding of what the purpose of opening credits are. The analysis points that you have included on Se7en demonstrates some understanding of the codes and conventions, but you need to ensure that you have considered the role of the antagonist and iconography further.
ReplyDeleteYour individual font designs demonstrate some understanding of thriller themes and conventions that you are inspiring in creating. But you need to ensure that you have fully explored your choices and decisions in more detail. This can be achieved by considering the themes of your thriller and the narrative.
You have made a start in analysing the credits from your group members, but the points that you have included are too vague and therefore, you need to elaborate on it further. You also need to include evidence of the credits, to support the points that you have made.
Finally you need to show evidence of what your credits will say and where they