Titles and Credits - Jamie Parrett

No Country for Old Men


The placement of the company names and the flim itself was in the centre of the shot with white writing on a black screen making the titles stand out. I personally didn't like the way they did that because it was normal and boring, i wanted my group try something different. The music used in the piece builds tension throughout the sequence, but it stops when it gets to the climax of the beginning where the arrested man sneaks up on the policeman and starts choking him to death. I like the way that there is no sound when the titles are shown, this is used to make the audience concentrate on the credits and not the sound being used. The graphics are in bold font so they're easy to see and read, as well as all the letters are in upper case, maybe to create a sense of urgency showing that the character in the film lives a dangerous lifestyle. I like the use of fonts to bring out the personality of the character without the viewer having to wait and watch the start of the film, they can start questioning his job and hobbies. The mood throughout the opening is a bit tense until the arrested man starts choking the man death, everything suddenly turns more upbeat, near death experience tyoe music starts playing until he stops struggling, then the music stops completely. I especially like the way which the music is used to make the man struggling seem over dramatic and then suddenly cut dead to make the viewer shocked.


Misery


The placement of the name of the film and the logos of the companies on a black screen in the centre of the shot to make the writing easier to see/stand out. The actors names are also always in the centre line of the shot, making the audience look and read them. I personally feel that the way they displayed there credits was dull and boring and it seems like they put no effort into them, and its quite repetitve with them in the centre of the shot everytime. The music used is contraputal showing that the character has a fun side as well as a serious side to his personality. In the beginning of the title sequence, it only uses natural digetic sound to show the character concentrating on something which seems important. I like the use of music as it shows the audience that the character does have more than one side to him, maybe helping the audience to side with the character early on in the film. The graphics used in the titles is effective as the red of the writing and the boldness makes the title stand out from the background. All the letters of the title are in upper case showing the audience that there is a sense of urgency about what the character is doing. I don't like the colour used in the title as the red connotes blood and death, this may put off the viewer and make them not want to watch it. The mood of the tilte sequence is one of concentration while he is typing his book but once the contraputal music kicks in, then the mood changes to happiness showing the character is glad to have finally finished typing his book up, but once the car crashes, the mood changes to shock and disbelief. I like the way the opening title sequence changes all the time to keep the audience guessing to what kind of film its going to be. I thought that my group could use something like this for our title sequence but in the end we decided on somehting else.


Seven


The placement is not always in the centre of the screen, making the viewer look around the screen to read the names, drawing their attention to make them notice the next object is. The titles are sometimes placed where it was difficult to read, maybe trying to put people off. I like the use of titling to draw people's attention to the point of interest. I wanted to use that idea in our thriller film but it wouldn't have worked. The music used is very off putting, as it builds tension throughout the sequence. The music also confuses people watching it to what is actually going to happen. While the music is doing this, it adds to the confusion made by the objects being shown throughout the sequence as to why they might be showing them. I like the confusion this makes as it makes the audience automatically ask questions about the film without the setting having to be seen. The graphics used is very off putting as the font changes as well as the type of lettering used as it changes from lower to upper case, again adding to the confusion of the title sequence. Bold font and white text on black screen makes the titles stand out very well. I like this idea alot and as a matter of fact, we even used white bold font and titling in our thriller opening, this looked really good and was easily seen. The mood of the tilte sequence throughout is always tense and building the confusion by making the audience ask lots of question about the polt and outcome of the film and how all the objects in the tilte sequence relate to the film in any way at all. I like this idea as it would make ask questions about it all but to use it in our thriller would be highly inpractical as it would take up too much time and therefore wouldn't be able to fit our own footage into the opening.