Opening credits examples

Se7en (David Fincher, 1995)

When do they appear and how?
The names in the opening titles of Se7en all appear in the same hand drawn font, they buzz and jitter on the screen. Any words that are not names appear in a different font. Perhaps this suggests a certain importance to the character we can see, maybe he is a killer that keeps scrupulous records of his victims? Some appear between the action over black screens and others over the action, it seems to alternate between the two.


What order do they appear in?
In regards to the order of appearance: first who made and funded the film are shown, followed next by a stream of actor names. Starting with the lead roles to the less important. At 1.10 people who did the casting music, costume designing and jobs like that are shown. This leads to the all of the different producers, the writer and finally the director. I like how they end on the director, it is the last name the audience sees. Also the only words that are spoken just before his name is shown, they say 'you get me closer to god'. This could suggest so many things, one being that the director has the final say over everything, it makes me think 'he did this'. I love that. I love how I as the audience thinks he is responsible for this film.


How do they establish the genre?
The movement of the words suggest an uneasiness and that something isn't right. The shot types support this, no faces are shown giving anonymity to whoever is carrying out the actions. It gives me the feeling that what ever they are doing is sinister. The sinister feeling hints at the horror genre but it could also be a suspense thriller because its not as much scary as unnerving.

I like how the names are in a different font to the other language and I might use that technique in my sequence. Also I have taken note on the order the names in the titles appear and may use it as a guideline for my own sequence.