Opening Credits

Opening credits are important because it lets the audience know the most important members of the production, for example, the major actors and crew. The crew members that are featured in the opening credits are members such as the director.


Typical order of the opening credits;

NAME OF THE STUDIO/PRODUCTION COMPANY

PRODUCER NAME) PRODUCTION or/and (director only) A FILM BY (DIRECTOR NAME)

STARRING

FILM'S TITLE

FEATURING ACTORS

CASTING or CASTING BY

MUSIC or MUSIC COMPOSED BY or ORIGINAL SCORE BY

PRODUCTION DESIGN or PRODUCTION DESIGNER


Opening credits of the film Se7en

The colours used throughout this opening sequence are very dark, plain colours. The main colours used are black and white, which builds the suspense and is very conventional to thriller films, as black represents the darkness of the film and also portrays mystery and hidden identity which builds the suspense. The white typically represents the innocence. Putting these two colours together shows the contrast between dark, twisted, sinister characters and innocent, vulnerable characters that feature in the film. There is also hints of red which connotes blood, violence and danger. The credits and the image behind the credits flicker which suggests some form of unstableness, but it also builds the tension. 
There are also other uses of generic conventions such as diegetic sound, for example, the sound of the felt pen being dragged across the page. But there is also non diegetic sound, which is a soundtrack with music that builds the fear, tension and suspense because of the tempo change in the music, elements which are all very conventional to thriller films because they are elements which the audience expects to feel when they watch a thriller film and also they draw the audience in and engage them further in the film.

The Order of Appearance; 
Production company
Director
Actor
Tile of the Film
Actors continued
Casting
Music 
Costumes
Editors
Production
Camera Operator
Co-Producer
Producer
Writing
Director

Opening Credits of "Number 23"

The opening sequence of the thriller film Number 23 is very conventional because of the use of the blood over the background f the credits. Blood is one of the main conventions in thriller films as it represents violence, pain and torture. The use of the blood shows that audience instantly that this is a thriller film. The background also features numbers, which fits in with the film title, but also creates an enigma as the audience wonders what the significance of the number 23. The colours used are very light, the whole background is white, with black writing that stands out against the plain background. The credits also feature both diegetic and non diegetic sound. The diegetic sounds comes from the sound of the typewriter keys and the non diegetic sound comes from the soundtrack that runs behind the sound of the typewriter. This builds the tension and suspense. 

The Order of Appearance; 

Production 

Director

Actor

Title

Actors continued


Group decision;
As a group, we looked at a few different types of thriller films and the credits. We believed that Se7en as was had the best opening credits as they were suspenseful and very conventional to thriller films because the use of font, style, images and sound all went perfectly together and created elements of shock and suspense, elements which are both conventions of thrillers as they draw the audience in and engage them in the film. This film sequence has inspired us for our thriller film. The font style in the opening sequence is conventional to a thriller and we will be using something similar to the font. The sound effects used created suspense and a thrill. The sounds startled the audience and we will be using sounds similar that will also startle the audience of our own thriller. 

The group decided on the following;
Size; Small and subtle
Colours; Grey with white glow around the edge
Order In Which They Will Appear; Production name, director, actors, editor, title
Font; Carved on the tree (title). Rest of the credits will be bold and scribbly. 

Movie's with fonts that gave us the inspiration for our own font;

We chose to use fonts like this as our inspiration because they are conventional to thrillers. This is because the first and last fonts are very bold, which would make them stand out against any background. The last example we looked at is slightly cracked and faded, and we chose this as an inspiration to our own font because the faded and cracked font could represent the faded and cracked identity and sanity of the antagonist character in our thriller. The second font was also an inspiration because the writing is in capitals, in bold, and in an unusual font, which makes this font stand out and capture the audiences attention.