Credits in Thriller Films

    Hey blog! After doing some research on various opening credits and and articles, I've compiled a few ideas that I would like to implement in my film opening. Some key elements that are apart of the credits in an opening are fonts, color, size. These aspects all have one thing in common, they convey the mood and personality that will be expected in the film. Another feature that is constant through many film openings is the animation of the words. Although I am not the best at editing, I want to play with the animation of the credits and see what king of affect it can have on my opening.

    An opening that stuck out to me as far as the font goes, is Se7en, which uses a handwritten like font to convey an eerie mood. I want to choose a font for my film opening that will be similar to that, along with the white coloring of the words that is juxtaposed by the dark colors in the background. Additionally, the somewhat glitchy animation of the words provides an uneasy feel to the film. Although my opening is going to have dialogue and more context given in the visual, I think that I can use a similar font and editing technique to grasp the audience in comparable fashion to how Se7en did.

    Another film opening that I watched for inspiration was Shutter Island, which also uses the same glitchy animation on the words of the credits. The opening in Shutter Island goes from a red colored bold font to a white colored font. Both are displayed over a dark colored background even though there is background being shared. The red title shot is violent and can elevate the idea of blood. I really liked the change in color and will play with that in my film opening. The boldness of the font in the title shot is something I will incorporate in my opening. 

    I am going to come back to these openings once I am done filming and look for inspiration when editing in my credits. Looking forward to filming soon and finally bringing my ideas to life.