Opening Credits(Hartt)

Opening Credits

What is the purpose of opening credits?
Opening credits are a list of important members of the production in either televison or film. They are shown as text in the screen, either on a blank background, static pictures or sometimes ontop of the action showing. While these credits are showing there may or may not be music playing in the background. They include the major actors and crew while the closing credits include the entire production crew. The whole purpose of the opening credits is to inform the audience who played each role when making of the film.

Se7en Opening Credits

Colour Used: The colours used in the opening credits are mainly white, red and black. These all have different connotations. Red and black can link together and form death. The only colour that really stands out is red. Red is assoiciated with blood and black is assoiciated with grieving. Whereas white symbolises purity and innocence. In this case some of the credits are against a black background with white writting which could show 'good' vs 'evil'

Style of Credits: The style they have used for this film has been made to look scratchy, I think this effect has been used to show that the antagonist is irritated. They flash on and off screen in a blurry motion. It also looks handwritten like a child which gives the effect of how the antagonst thinks so mild.

Order of Appearence: The order of the opening credits are usually the major people in the making of the film first followed by the rest. In se7en they've put production name, director, main actors, title, more actors, casted by, music producer, editor, co-producers, writer etc, and at the end they added the director again.

Conventions: They have all the crucial conventions of a thriller which makes this film appealing and grabs the audience. They've used weapons such as blades and needles. They've also used the colours black and white which creates a dark atosphere and shows 'good' against 'evil'

Sound Used: The music in the background is in time with the action on screen. It starts of with quite a slow pace and starts to build itself up towards the end. This builds the viewers anticipation. The music is very gritty and tense which relates to the whole disturbing actions within the opening.