Order of opening credits
'New line cinema presents' - 0.04-0.07
'AN Arnold Kopelson PRODUCTION' 0.07-0.08.5
'A FILM BY David Fincher' 0.11-0.12.5
'Brad Pitt' - 0.14-0.16
'Morgan Freeman' - 0.19-0.20.5
'SE7EN' - 0.24-0.29
'Gwyneth Paltrow' - 0.30-0.32
'Richard Roundtree' 0.34-0.36
'R.LeeErmy' - 0.39-0.40
'John C. McGinley' - 0.42-0.43.5
'Julie Araskog Mark Boone Junior' - 0.46.5-0.49
'John Cassini Reginald E.Cathey Peter Crombie' - 0.53.5-0.57
'Hawthorne James Michael Massee Leland Orser' - 0.57-1.00.5
'Richard Partnow Richard Schiff Pamala Tyson' - 1.04-1.05.5
'CASTING BY Billy Hopkins, Suzanne Smith Kerry Borden' - 1.11-1.14
'MUSIC BY Howard Shore' - 1.16.5-1.19
'COSTUMES DESIGNED BY Michael Kaplan' - 1.22-1.24
'EDITED BY Richard Francis-Bruce' - 1.24-1.26.5
'PRODUCTION DESIGNED BY Arthur Max' - 1.26.5-1.28.5
'DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Darius Khondji' - 1.35-1.37
'CO PRODUCERS Stephen Brown Nana Greenwald Stanford Panitch' - 1.39-1.42
'CO EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Lynn Harris Richard Saperstein' - 1.43.5-1.46.5
'EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Gianni Nunarri Dan Kolsrud Anne Kapelsum' - 1.50-1.53
'WRITTEN BY Andrew Kevin Walker' - 1.53-1.56
'PRODUCED BY Arnold Kapelson Phyllis Carlyle' - 1.58.5-2.01.5
'DIRECTED BY David Fincher' - 2.04-2.07
Typography
- The font is made to look messy and hand written as if drawn by a pencil. It uses 2 layers of the same font at times, overlapping each other. Both of these effects connote schizophrenic tendencies as the font suggests the subject in the clip keeps a diary and the overlapping is both erratic and disorientating.
- The font is capitalised when referring to titles and non capitalised when showing names of cast and crew. This is because capitalised font takes longer to read and so out of respect for the cast and crew they have written it in the most visible way they can.
- Every title is in white and every title is against a dark if not black image. This is done to highlight the credits without drawing too much attention away from the visuals.
- The animation of the text moving around is very jerky and sporadic imitating the mind of someone who is mentally unstable internally, but not necessarily visually.
- The titles and the images on screen never overlap each other.
- The two biggest A list actors (Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman) who feature in the film have their names not only at the start of the sequence but also alone against black backgrounds to focus the viewer's attention completely.
Relationship of text and visuals
- I have learnt from this that the text should always reflect the visuals to fully immerse the audience and to fully connote a mood or bring out an emotion. In the case of Se7en the audience are left feeling disturbed and almost dirty (foreshadowing the mood and events to come) but also intrigued as to who the man in the sequence is supposed to be and what relevance he has to the narrative of the film.
- I can also see that by placing the most important names with the least exciting visuals at the beginning of the clip with the slower cuts accentuated the viewers captivation.
How this can help us
- I think that when editing our production we now know to add titles away from the centre image in an opposing but not too obtrusive colour. Most likely white.
- Also we know that a cut to black in between shots would not go amiss and could create dramatic effect through the minimalist style.
- For our production we could use a similar font to Se7en connoting animalistic, savage undertones while keeping an air of humanity and civility.
1 comments:
Well done Freddie, a great title sequence and some excellent observations made. More could be made of the positioning of the font and some comment as to the introduction of the film title amongst the credits. 18/20
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