Title sequence - Initial Idea

We have used Seven, Directed by David Fincher 1995 to influence our title sequence. In seven they use a slanted font that has a crackling effect on the screen, the use of this text infers the difference in genre as if it were to be a chick flick for example. The slant in the text and non-diegetic sound that accompanies each credit establishes this . This is accompanied by various shots of a man cutting out random clippings and putting them into what looks like a diary of some sort. They use close up shots of his hands, the diary, scissors, and torture equipment. All of which are connotations of a thriller/psychological movie.

We want to use this type of opening sequence in our short film, because we feel that in our last year’s production our title sequence did not have that much professionalism to it. We feel that this is a more advanced and better suited opening sequence than what we tried before. This will also establish the mood and feelings that we want to straight away portray, we want the audience to now that something dark and mysterious is about to happen, with the use of iconography, text, cinematography.

To open we will use shots of photo cutting on the wall, and the psycho cutting out random clippings and scribbling out faces to pictures. We will use extreme close up shots and close up shots. We think that using rapid editing will fasten the pace and hopefully make the audience anxious. The credits will also appear in a jiggered font flashing on the screen, hopefully to show distress and insanity. Credits will be in white to again show insanity or innocence.