PLANNING- Task 1- Analyse titles and credits ( Ali Demirkan ) ( 2 )

 Name of film: Se7en

Typeface/ Font used: The title sequences uses great font styles to suit the genre of the film. This is because the font is written as if someone wrote it with a knife, i said ' Knife ' because the title sequences uses many pictures of serial killers so I'm thinking that they wanted to link the serial killer back to the font type.


Use of transitions and/ or effects: The transitions of the opening sequence vary, some are straight cuts and some cross fade or fade to black. The fading gives the effect of the clips being linked together and creates an eerie feel, and the fade to black reflects the sincerity and darkness of the overall film. Also, some of the special effects include the clips being in slow motion, this creates a more sombre tone and allows the audience to properly see what they are doing on the screen. In addition, there are also animations of flickering on the screen during some of the shots. This is used to create an eerie effect on the shots.


Use of colour: The colours used in this specific title sequence is ' black and red' this already sums up what the genre of the film is about. ' Red ' defines blood (the serial killer) and the ' black' to set the tone of the title sequence. 


Pace and movement of the titles: As the sequence builds up and gets faster towards the end, it creates tension for the audience, and shows that it will be a tens film to watch. 

How do they integrate or contrast with the action behind them?: For example; at the begging of the title sequence the pages flicking is in a slow pace, However, getting to the middle/ end the pages start to flick very fast.

Overview of why you like the title design in the sequence?: I like this title sequence mainly because during the opening sequence, most of the camera shots are still. There is not much panning or any other kind of movement as all of the shots focus on one main thing and keep it as the centre of the shot.