For our opening sequence, we have been inspired by many different films, and not all of them in the thriller genre. However, most of them are of the selected genre of our opening sequence. Not all opening sequence are from, but TV programmes as well as they are inspiring also and we have taken inspiration from these, for example Dexter or American Horror Story.
When there is no titles or typography there will be insight as to what happens in the whole thriller film, through the sequence we are creating.
The typography in the film "Se7en and the American TV programme "Dexter has inspired us for our opening sequence typography. It shows that to make an opening sequence interesting for the audience, everything has to be unique and stand out, including the writing! There are many different types of typography which can be used for opening titles, and they tend to inform you or give you a clue as to what the film or TV programme is about. For example, the title on "Dexter" is written in blood, suggesting crime and murder. The titles from "Se7en" are "sharp" and "faded." This has given the effect of "mystery" and "suspicion." This has inspired us to make sure our typography as unique as possible to make the audience instantly interested in the sequence, and to make sure the typography gives off a clue about what is going to happen in the rest of the film by using typography which looks "mysterious" and also gives off a "confusing" idea as that is an effect we want our opening sequence to have.
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Although the storyline behind "American Horror Story" is not similar to out thriller idea, the editing is something which is inspiring to us and what we'd like to try and recreate within our own thriller opening sequence. The editing is fast paced which creates tension although it's in the first few minutes of the TV programme. It also gives off a professional look which is something that our group would like to achieve as much as possible. The lighting and the use of mise-en-scene simply in the opening titles helps to create a mood and atmosphere is something which has inspired us. The dark lighting is something we are going to use towards the end of the titles to create tension and suspense, but also give off an atmosphere. There are a lot of props used in the opening sequence to set the scene,which is something we are going to do by using magazines, paint and other props to help set the scene and atmosphere as to make it "creepy," as "American Horror Story" does so well.
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