Hey there! Today's post will be about credit scenes and how they are included into opening scenes. This will help me visualize what type of credits my final project will have included in it (,and it will also leave me with new knowledge on how to use certain techniques to seamlessly integrate my credits throughout my film opening).
1. Se7en
I noticed the following things in Se7en's opening credits:
- It includes a font that seems edgy and it doesn't just show up and stay still, it moves around and sort of glitches, which could grab the viewer's attention to it but doesn't distract them from the main film. elements.
- The music it is paired up with goes along with the glitches on the credits as they pop in and out.
- It shows the credits as it begins to develop the opening and doesn't have any crucial scenes that the viewers will get distracted from because of the eye captivating credits.
- Most of the credits are placed in the middle of a black screen in between sequences, creating short pauses in between the shots.
- When the credits are shown on top of a shot, it is typically placed on a corner (top/bottom left or top/bottom right)
The credits in this film help develop an ominous mood and leaves the viewer feeling unsettled.
A technique I would most likely use as a key takeaway from this research would most likely be the credits on a blank screen or the shaky text to keep it flowing.
2. Fight Club
Fight Club's opening credit scene pairs along with the music, and gives the viewer an adrenaline rush as it glows on the screen and then suddenly poofs away. The screen begins to go dark and then a flash occurs before each credit is newly placed onto the screen, which captures the viewers attention, and draws it into the bright credit placed large onto the middle of the screen.
Although this idea doesn't match up with how I would want my film to be perceived, it is still an amazing development of a credit scene. The credits pass as the viewer seems to travel through space with the whooshing visual effect of the glow.
3. The Pianist
The Pianist's opening credits uses a softer approach and includes scrolling texts for the credits on top of a shot of a person playing the piano. This technique subconsciously draws people's eyes to the credits as the look at the quickly moving hands playing the piano music being heard, and they end up looking at the credits (even if they don't realize!). It also seems calming as it is paired along with ear-pleasing piano music.
FINAL TAKEAWAY: I think I have a really good understanding of how placement of the credits works together with the music to help set a mood as the film begins. It can either slowly introduce the viewer onto the movie, or set them straight into defensive with rustic music and sharp font.
Some important credits I would include in my film are:
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
- Camara work
- Editor
- 1 or 2 main actor
- Music credit
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