Opening Titles

In class, we watched the opening titles of three Thriller movies; In The Cut, Se7en and Panic Room. Whilst watching these i took note of the basic opening titles (the order of the titles) These being somewhat like this;


"A ------ Film"
"Starring ------"
"Casting By ------"
"Music By -----"
"Edited By -----"
"Directed By -----"

*Panic Room opening titles*- an example of architectual font

The titles generally followed the same rule, they were all slow paced and the font matched the mood and atmosphere of the Thriller, all using slightly different techniques. Whilst Se7en used crackly, jumpy titles to set it's slightly creepy atmosphere, Panic Room used 3D-look titles that fitted in with the architecture of the shot. Panic Room also used ticking music in the background of the titles, giving the suspense aspect often given by clocks. The shots also lead from general to particular (protagonist)





My favourite opening titles to be seen so far have been that of Se7en; i feel that the crackling and reappearing font is highly effective, although im concerned as to whether this type of effect on our opening titles would match our shots. Watching these opening titles have both given us an idea of what to write for the titles and how to present them to fit out Thriller.