We managed to create a Psychological Thriller opening which followed the main conventions of films openings. By this I mean that all the titles which were placed on the film were in the correct title sequence order. From a previous media lesson, we learnt that their were four different types of films openings: Traditional, Stylized, Descreet and On blank screen. In our thriller opening we used a stylized film opening for our project. Below is a picture of the title sequence opening conventions:
- Distribution Icon
- Producer Icon
- Distribution Title
- Producer Title
- Actor 1
- Actor 2
- Film Title
- Actor 3
- Actor 4
- Actor 5
- Costume By
- Music By
- Edited By
- Production Designer
- Director Of Photography
- Executive Producers
- Written By
- Director
Above is a list of the norm film title conventions, and our group followed them completely even though we created a stylized film opening. If I were to compare our film opening to another film opening, I will say its quite similar to seven. In evaluation of that I am happy to say that because this is what we were intending to do. Below are some print screens of Seven's film openings which also apply to our film opening.
Most of the titles which appeared on Seven were placed on top of moving image but the actual title was placed on a plain black screen, we did this as well.
As you can see the shots taken from our thriller film are quite similar to Seven. Generally in film openings the titles usually appear on screen for 3 to 4 seconds long. This is another convention we fellowed. Every time a new title appears on the screen it matches the sound track used. Through out the majority of the film every time the music drops a new title will appear on screen.
What do we expect to see in Thriller Film Openings?
When watching thrillers we expect to see certain things, so therefore when me made our thriller film opening we had to follow these conventions as well or otherwise it would not be a film. From research and things we learnt in previous media lesson, I knew the main elements for thriller film openings is to draw in the media attention. This can be done bye using a soundtrack which build tension, a good use of jump cuts, high and low angles and close ups.Fortunately we applied all these things into our thriller film. When delving into thriller film sub genres we created a Psychological thriller so there were also some conventions here which we would need to follow. The majority of thriller films do not give away the antagonists identity although the films normally start with them.
Most of the titles which appeared on Seven were placed on top of moving image but the actual title was placed on a plain black screen, we did this as well.
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| (Print Screen of Our Triller film) |
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| (Our Thriller Film Title) |
As you can see the shots taken from our thriller film are quite similar to Seven. Generally in film openings the titles usually appear on screen for 3 to 4 seconds long. This is another convention we fellowed. Every time a new title appears on the screen it matches the sound track used. Through out the majority of the film every time the music drops a new title will appear on screen.
What do we expect to see in Thriller Film Openings?
When watching thrillers we expect to see certain things, so therefore when me made our thriller film opening we had to follow these conventions as well or otherwise it would not be a film. From research and things we learnt in previous media lesson, I knew the main elements for thriller film openings is to draw in the media attention. This can be done bye using a soundtrack which build tension, a good use of jump cuts, high and low angles and close ups.Fortunately we applied all these things into our thriller film. When delving into thriller film sub genres we created a Psychological thriller so there were also some conventions here which we would need to follow. The majority of thriller films do not give away the antagonists identity although the films normally start with them.
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