Title Research

Se7en

 

 

• Size of text: Not big enough to take up the screen but medium sized.
• Type of font: Appears almost hand written.
• Colour of text: White.
• Placement of text: All over the screen.
• Duration on screen: The text is on the screen for 2 +/- 1 seconds.
• Is it over a colour or over the video: Sometimes over black, sometimes over the video.
• What do you see: You se the history of the antagonist and his past victims.
• Characters established: The antagonist.
• Other: - Institution is mentioned first New Line Cinema.

 

The Birds

 

 

 

• Size of Font: Takes up most of the screen. Large
• Type of font: Sophisticated
• Colour of font: Blue
• Placement of text: Centre of the screen
• Duration on screen: 3 +/- 2 seconds
• Is it over a colour or over the video: Video
• What do you see: The antagonists
• Characters established: None
• Other: Institution mentioned first (Universal Pictures)

 

 

Enduring Love

 

 



 

• Size of Font: Small.
• Type of font: Sophisticated.
• Colour of font: White.
• Placement of text: Bottom left.
• Duration on screen: 2 seconds.
• Is it over a colour or over the video: Over the Video.
• What do you see: The location where the narrative hangs.
• Characters established: Protagonist and Antagonist established.
• Other: Institution mentioned first (Pache)

 

From watching these three opening sequences, I will now use the techniques used in these openings in my own thriller opening. I will use the most popular colour of text which is white. I will make the font a decent size as the text will be over the video so the text wont take the attention away from the events in the sequence. I will mainly put my text in the bottom left hand corner as this wont draw the eye away from the events in the clip. And finally, I will do what every sequence did which was to mention the institution first.