Titles and Credits

Opening credit lists the most important members of the production and they also usually mention the major actors, guest stars, producers and director. So for our Thriller opening we decided to include our own names and other names that were not included to make our opening look more official. Opening credits are now usually shown as text superimposed on a blank screen or static pictures, or sometimes on top of action in the film, so we had to decide which category our titles would fall in. 

Problems that we had with out Titles is that we didn't know what font or where they should be place on the screen to compliment out Psychological Thriller opening so we decided to look at other relate-able Thriller films to help. 

In the film Se7en (1995, David Fincher) we have the titles being superimposed over the top of the action and placed to the near right of the screen so it is centre framed. Also the font is almost hand written and doubled over so it looks more freaky and unsettling. 

In Taxi Driver (1976, Martin Scorsese) we have the titles being on a blank screen with the font being very static and blocky which contrasts to Se7en's more handwritten font. In addition, the title is centre frame and is bright red which could symbolise and foreshadow danger and violence. 

In Psycho (1960, Alfred Hitchcock) we also have the titles appearing onto blank screens but his have also been animated to fit in with the title sequence to confuse the audience. The font is more basic than the other films but because it isn't as flashy or complicated, its effect of making the audience uncomfortable is still there.