Opening titles and credits research - Laurel Drew

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Confusion and enigma - The audience don't know what the man is looking at, or why. They also don't know who he is.
Close up of the parcel and hand drawing attention to what the character is doing.

The title is superimposed onto film - A picture of a girl, also creating confusion because we don't know who she is, but she might be the girl with the dragon tattoo.

The actor's name are superimposed onto the film.

All the credits are in capital letters and white.

They are in a simple font making them easy to read.
The title of the film and what it is based on is in the centre drawing attention to it.
The actor's names are in the bottom right corner.

They are all the same font size.

The credits fade in and out.





Enigma created because you only see the back for the character walking - hidden identity
Black/dark colours costume, almost sillhouet?
Dark lighting used - eerie, creepy. Night time.
Cuts between locations of the character walking showing time passing, and another place on the journey.
The character doesnt reach their destination within this shot, creating enigma about where they are going and why.

Sillhouetted figure walking through alley ways

The story is being established during the credits.
The non-digetic music creates suspense and tension. The music builds throughout and when he begins to cry, increasing the tension further.
Shallow depth of field is used at the end of the clip. However the character is still hidden and so their identity remains annonimous creating more engima.

Low angle of the man looking at the picture, showing importance or status within the scene.
Tracking out of the man sitting at the desk, establishing his context and the location. Showing the room is big, with a lot of things in. He is significanty small in the space - unimportant, weak?




One Hour Photo
The credits are imposed onto a black screen.
There is a combination of capital and lower case letters.
Simple font


White titles, red titles, and writing in the bottom left corner





They wipe from the left side of the screen to the centre, then beginning to wipe to the right before they fase out.

The credits start of white, there is a camera flash (relating to the title?) and they change to red.

The titles changs to many colours including white, red, purple, yellow, green etc.
The title flashes through the colours slower than the other titles, drawing more attention to it and making it stand out more.

Different sized fonts.
There is text in the bottom right hand corner of every tiles but you can't see what it says
Nothing is given away during the credits, the story is yet to be established.

Tense atmosphere because the coulour of the titles changes adding to the curiosity and enigma.

The black screen creates suspense because you don't know what's happenign next and nothing is given away.

Non-diegetic sound adds to suspence and tension.
The white camera is a contrast to the black screen previously used for the titles.
The mug shots create a sense of crime/police investigation.
They are given numbers and descriptions but not names.
Their costumes are plain and simple.
They body language and facial expressions are neutral but slightly tense.
Still shots are used before the camera adds movement like a pan or a character begins to move. This adds tension and allows the audience to take in the setting and context of the scene.
The orange chair stands out within the white room, drawing attention to it. And showing the policemans authority.

Vertigo

White titles

Block capital letters

Names are in a bigger font than with and co-starring.

Black screen with a blue swirley picture in the centre creating enigma and suspense because we dont know what this swirl is. 

They are imposed onto the black screen and blue swirl, so somewhere between a blank screen and superimposed onto a picture.

Most of the names are on the right hand side of the screen.

Other titles are in the centre.
As the sequence progresses they begin to alternate between left and right sides of the screen.
Graphic match used from the blue swirl to the eye.
The director's name is super imposed onto the eye in the centre on the screen drawing the audience's attention to it.
This sequence doesn't give anything away about the plot of the story.
The non-diagetic music builds thoughout the scene.

Block capital white lettering - blue swirl - graphic match - superimposed text.

Extreme close up used on the eye of the character.
Close up used on the man's hands as he grabs the rail.

Camera zooms out as the man climbs the ladder.




Pan shot used to establish the scene and location of the two characters.
Birds eye view used to emphase how far the man hanging onto the gutter has to fall.

A slight high angle used on the man who is hanging creating the impression we are looking down at him, and enabling us to empathise with him.