Research :opening credits

                                                             Opening credit


opening credit are written information usually at the beginning of the film. Opening credits  gives the audiences information on who the important figures is  in the film, opening credits is a way of  easing the audience into the film.



The purpose of opening credits is to advertise, giving credits to those who took part in the production  and it also outlines the major actors and crew members.

Opening credits tells the audience  who the major actors  or crew members are for example the soundtrack creator, director, producers that were involved in the making of the film, opening credits may be to honour the people that may have died during the production of the film. 

 

 

How does opening credits makes the audience feel : opening credits are effective in films  as the production are usually followed by soundtrack which automatically  helps to build tensions towards the audience, images on the screens are often used in opening credits to make the audience questions  if the its relevance in the actual film.

 

 

In the opening credits the audience are expected to see the names of the important actors within the production  this is done  as  to influence the audience to watch the film, for example Brad Pitt would be attracted  to the female audience they would want to watch the film because his starring on the film. 

 

 

 

Se7en analysis  

 

 

 

 

 

lighting used in the opening are:

Low key lighting

Flashing lights

Montages.

 

Appearances:

Actors

Victims(pictures)

Organised crime  

Successful ( can tell by the victims presented on the screen)

Changes from extreme to less extreme (Needles through finger-Needle through paper)

Soundtrack

close up

Montage

Sound effects.

 

The opening credits of 'Se7en ' the names of the famous actors that starred in the film appearance on the screen this helps the audience to know who starred in the film  as well as they become familiar with the mood of the film due to the actors that are in the film. The keyword used on the opening of se7en  are such as 'Rape' transsexual ' and 'God' seen in the opening credits  are  there to  confuse the audience, in  some cases it is also there  to relate to the narrative of the film.

 

 

 

The use of close up throughout the opening credits allows the audience to see the keywords on the newspaper like before as well as seeing the horrific disturbing images for example the audience see dirty finger nails and splatters  of blood using these in the opening scene makes the audience  feel  slightly disturbed over the these images appearing in the screen, a pair of tweezers and a needle are used  to get the audience to  ask questions such as  are they weapons? or are they used for evidence? this is conventional in a thriller film because the audience are expected to see this.

 

 

Low -key lighting and dark colours are used throughout the opening credits. The low key lighting makes the opening appear mysterious and disturbing when it is mixed  with the dark colours  and images  shown constantly. The colour red is used frequently throughout the credits which may represent danger, death, these elements within the credits  are conventional to a thriller  film  because  a sense of suspense and tension is created  throughout the audience.

 

Finally the slow disturbing soundtrack soundtracks added to the opening credits creates suspense among the audience  and it makes them feel disturbed when they hear a metal scratching together or the turning of a  radio. This is also conventional to a thriller genre  as it gives the audience  an insight on the mood of the rest of the film.

 

opening credits confuses the audience by catching their attention  and making them ask question through their minds  about what they are seeing on screen and how does it relate to film. The opening credits  scene has helped me to come up with  a conventional and an effective idea  as now I have got a clear idea  on what elements  I will use in order to build up tension and suspense to confuse the audience.