Film Credits

Objective: to be able to identify the purpose of credits within a thriller film.

What the purpose of film credits:

- Gives away clues towards the Genre of film through the text and font.
- Introduces the cast
- shows us the title of the film
-introduces the directors of the films (Producers)
- introduces the production companies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOPTcJEfKQI
Credits can tell the audience allot about the film by the use of colour, font of credits, and style of editing for example in SAW 5 we see the font all metal looking with blood stains down the wall in the background this hints this is a horror genre of film also it tells the audience that the film involves blood, the production company called Twisted Pictures, were the words are trapped inside barbed wire, then a metal nail comes down and tightens it around the words like a torture device this also shows the film is going to contain torture and violence, also the DVD cover and the posters contain a head on a scale this alone tell the audience this film will have something that links this image to the film.

In Seven the opening credits also helped understand the genre of film, you can understand what i mean if you watch this clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEZK7mJoPLY, in the clip you first thing you see is Bold white writing that looks like it has been scratched into wood, This gives the font a synister look the next thing you see is a man slicing off his finger tips this is disturbing and makes you think about the genre of film in away it hints it too you also it tells us in the title of the film that this film has some kind of reference to the number seven we then find out later on in the film they have seven days to find the murderer which proves that the title does reflect along with the credits on the film, lastly music used in the opening scene can tell the audience the type of mood the film will be set in, in seven the music throughout the credits was a calm relaxing sound then it changed to a tension building sound, with a rocky beat this brought tension through all the credits and set the mood for the following scene

I will use a red coloured font in my production, to show to the audience they are watching a thriller film, also i will have the font looking all gagged and sharp looking, this sets the mood for the film and puts images of knifes and blood into the viewers minds.

Examples of Font i might use