Planning opening credits - Miss Georgiou

Our thriller film:
Actors- Robyn Tansley
Director- Domenico Martini
Title- The Water Bells
Music- Harry Fagan
Costumes- Robyn Tansley
Editing- Domenico Martini, Harry Fagan, Robyn Tansley
Production- MartiniProductions
Producer- Domenico Martini
Writing- Harry Fagan
Co producer- Robyn Tansley

In films the opening credits are shown at the very beginning and list the most important members of the production. They're usually proposed onto a black screen to emphasise the importance of them, often along side music or theme music to give an idea of the plot. The main reason credits are incorporated into films are to include and award credit to the director, production company and the actors. Opening credits are also useful when establishing the genre of the film because they're able to perceive the general ideas of a thriller film.

In our research into planning opening credits we looked at the film 'Se7en'. We wanted to know the order in which the credits appeared so that we could make our sequence realistic and professional. The order was: Production company, director, actor, title of film, actors continued, casting, music, costumes, editing, production, camera operator, co-producer, producer, writing and the director again.
When watching the opening credits we realised that a lot of low key lighting was used and also basic and easily accociated colours. Such as red for blood and black for mystery and danger. These techniques are conventional to a thriller because they create suspense and tension amongst the audience. The credits are portrayed onto a white background because they can show a clear differentiation between good and evil. There was also hidden identity used within the sequence because it emphasises the mysterious of the film, it also builds a relationship with the audience they're intrigued to who the killer is. The hidden identity also adds to the establishment of the genre, also the jerkiness of the credits adds enigma to the clip as well helps establish the genre to the audience.  These conventions would make our opening sequence more conventional to the thriller genre as it would make the audience immediately associate our thriller with a typical thriller. The fact that dismal colours were used would create both tension and suspense amongst the audience as they can clearly see that there will be a scary storyline. The colours would also make our main character seem more innocent and vulnerable as she is being portrayed as evil but yet looks like a child which are often harmless. The audience feels a stronger bond because they feel empathy for the character meaning that they don't want anything bad to happen to her.


Another film that we analysed the opening credits for was 'The Black Swan', we seemed to notice that music used is particularly relevant and appropriate to the genre of the film. The opening credits are written with charcoal this connects with the music being played as when the tempo increases the speed of the writing the credits. When the writing slows it creates suspense and tension as the audience are anticipating something to happen. We also noticed that the title appeared last this may suggest that its the most important aspect of the credits. Dark colours make up the majority of the clip so when the title is revealed in white, it shows that there is a underlining clarity between good and evil. This is also evident when the credits slowly fade out letter by letter, this would make the audience think that a theme of mystery is portrayed in the film and keep the audience engaged.