Credits are important because it lets the audience know who the actors, director, camera men, editors, music editors, costume designers and producers are. Also the style of the credits and how they are presented gives the audience an insight of what the film will be like.
The se7en credits are very effective as they use very jerky text to create a disturbed reflection of the film to the audience, also the weird font creates tension to connote the strange happenings that will occur in the film. The colour of the credits are white, contrasted by a dark background, this can connote the good and evil, this is used in many thriller films to give an insight of the good and bad characters that will be seen in the film (protagonist and antagonist). The images shown in the background of the credits include a mysterious man who's face we do not see, this creates enigma before the film starts as the audience are unsure of who the man could be and who he could be in the film and if he is good or bad. The soundtrack played over the credits in Se7en is eerie and strange, this creates tension as it again gives another insight of the narrative of the film. The book seen in the images during the opening credits creates a mysteruious feel towards the audience as they dont know if it is a bible which relates the film with religion, on the other hand the book could be an imoprtant object in the film and be a significant part of it.
As a group; me Cara and Joe decided that we were going to do similar credits to the film 'Insidious' because of the strange clips going on in the background panning through a scary house at night time to give the audience an insight of what could happen in our film opening. We are going to use a similar font from the credits of 'Se7en' it is strange which will create mystery to the audience as the font can reflect the film narrative. The soundtrack Joe made on garage band was inspired by 'American horror story' as the eerie piano sounds create enigma and tension because it sounds like it is building up to a climax ofr horror. Like 'Se7en' our credits will have contrasting colours within the font and background to represent the good and evil throughout thwe film and characters.
This post demonstrates some understanding of why credits are important. You have one sequence and need to include a second one. Also further discussion of the conventions, colours, effects and audience expectations of a narrative is needed, to demonstrate further understanding.
ReplyDeleteNow you need to start considering what the style of your own credits will look like and what colours and fonts that you will include and why?
Finally aim to include images to support the points that you have made