Planning opening credits- Miss Georgiou

Credits are important within a film as they list the important people that produced the film and are shown at the beginning of the sequence. The opening contains the names of the crew and actors that helped contribute to the film. As the opening credits are at the beginning, they can help to set the scene which leads on to the rest of the film.

The opening credits of Se7en are an extremely popular sequence, and is extremely conventional to the thriller genre.
The credits are in synchronisation with the music in the background, causing them to have a stronger effect, and are more visually interesting to the audience. Also, the colours black, white and red used which are conventional to the thriller genre. Black and white highlight dark and light and the typical thriller idea of bad against good. Red is commonly associated with blood and danger, this already interests the audience and sets up the rest of the film as the use of this foreshadows the deaths later on. The wording is editing to move in a jerky and sharp motion, which adds a tense tone to the opening credits, and makes the audience feel uneasy. The font itself is conventional as it is un neat and looks hand written, linking to the images in the background. The words can be inferred to be written by the killer or detectives involved in the plot, this now creates a bond with the audience. The credits are coloured white in variation to the dark images in the background, this makes the wording stand out and appear more readable to the audience, this is further conventional to the thriller genre as a bond between characters and the audience is created. Lastly, the producer's name appears twice, showing the importance of that position and promotes the film as if the producer is well known, the film would want to be watched. Similarly, the film includes popular actors such as Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt, this is conventional as the audience would range largely, and the film would become extremely popular.

The opening credits in 'The Black Swan' use the colour black to highlight the title name and show the element of repetition. Black is known to be dark and mysterious, leading up to the beginning of the film, putting the audience in suspense, and overall, black is an extremely popular colour used within the thriller genre. The colour black contrasts with the ballet theme, tricking the audience and engaging them as the plot and different characters are unique. The constant use of the colour black links back to the idea of motifs and this being a film containing dance. Alike the Se7en trailer, this contains the idea of 'crafting' and 'making' including the fact the character is drawing nonsensical things, foreshadows her deteriorated mental state at the end of the film. This makes the audience feel empathy towards her and they start to engage with the unique characterisation. The soft movements of the background images contrast to the music and movements of the credits, showing that things aren't as they seem, raising the audience suspense and uneasiness. Leading on from this, the title of the film is placed at the end in dark font with a dark background image, highlighting that the film is a thriller and the use of a black scribble drawings in the background can link to or suggest a subplot such as a psychological thriller.

My credits will contain font that is conventional to the thriller genre as they are going to be handwritten, taking influence from the Se7en sequence. The credits will be placed in the wedding scrapbook which is made by the bride, linking to the themes of creating/making in Se7en and The Black Swan. The fact the credits are handwritten by the killer causes the audience to bond with the character and get into their mind set. The credits will be written in black to represent darkness and a negative atmosphere. I took inspiration from the detailed analysis and use of the colour black in the black swan. They will also be edited in a shaky, unstable way which will create the illusion that they are coming out of the wedding book, causing the audience to feel uneasy and the unsafe atmosphere. This idea was influence from the Se7ven trailer. I also discussed the structure of the credits within my group. Firstly, the production company will be seen by the audience, and then the title, big name actors, producer, co producer, music, sound, editor, minor actors, costume, hair and make-up, mise en scene coordinator and then director.