Deconstruction of Hotel opening credits - Georgia Serrecchia

Deconstruction of Hotel opening credits:

 The opening credits for Hotel start of with telling the viewers which production company the programme is with, to fit in with the horror theme the text flickers and looks quite spooky. 

 This could give us an idea for our opening credits as the flickering of the text could be a way for us to make the video look more eerie and scary,



Throughout the opening credits, it continues to play different scenes through a keyhole and the colouring of this scene is very dark and eerie. The scenes played through the keyhole are usually quite scary and they appear after every other shot in the video.

This shot shows a man scrubbing blood off the walls, this represents death and it suggests that someone or something has died in the programme. I like the fact that the whole image is dark apart from the person's arm and the blood on the wall. This clip also appears recently throughout the opening credits.

 After each couple of shots, the credits appear and just like the title, they flicker in order to give them a touch of horror and mystery. Also, the way that the credits are written, relates to the name of the programme as the text looks similar to signs that are sometimes outside on the front of the hotels.




This clip shows a scary looking man wearing a white robe laying on a sofa in one of the hotel rooms. The room looks very run down and the wallpaper is coming off the walls. The camera angle makes it more scary because it's a high angle shot which shows him looking up towards the camera and us looking down on him.





 This clip shows the same image but through the keyhole, looking through the keyhole makes it look like a point of view shot as if the viewers are looking through it.

 This screenshot shows a bruised women coming up through some ripped bed sheets in a hotel room which looks quite terrifying, her eyes are blood shot making her look more scary. This is also a high angle shot.

This is the final shot though the keyhole which is also a point of view shot making the shot more eerie. The lighting also makes the hot look mysetrious

Deconstruction of Opening credits, Bedlam - Natasha McGill

Opening credits Bedlam 

At the start of the film opening the text flickers onto the screen and a big room with a boy sitting in the chair is shown. The way the writing flickers and jumps about indicated that the film is going to be scary and jumpy. Also the use of the dark room with one single light portrays a scarier tone as it seems scarier. Throughout the opening credits the use of white writing is used, this is because all the backgrounds are dark and so this way the names are clearly shown. The font of the writing is quite jagged an so fits in with the theme of horror being out of placed and quite eerie. 

Following on from the previous image it jumps into a pan across a room which looks like a hospital, the dark surrounding makes it a suitable place for a horror movie to be based because it looks scary. The miss-en-scene has a lot of different objects included in the photo which could indicate that there will be a lot of problems in the film. While the camera moves across this room it flickers and is distort which indicates it could get quite hectic and dangerous.

The image is blurred out which has an effect because it could suggest that somethings gone wrong and its a blur, also the room the girl is sitting in looks rather run down and doesn't have many objects in the room. This makes it look anther empty and with the use of plain colours like white is usual for a girl not to have a brightened up room, so it gives the impression that something could happen. Also with the girl sitting in a white gown on her own looking away from the camera maybe suggests that she is victim. 

In the image below is rather usual and quite mysterious because it could get the viewer thinking why is there a man sitting in a room with a lot of paper which is rather flammable while there is fire around him. So the use of editing looks very effective because it could make the viewer think something is gong to happen when they are made to think different. The way the room is lit mainly by the fire is rather effective and the way they have positioned the camera, as a long shot is shown so the viewer can see the whole surrounding.

The way this image is shown is rather creepy as it looks like it has come from the perspective of a ghost or a spirit which has blurred vision. This is very effective as it could either be someone running as fast motion was used to speed the clip up, into the never-ending darkness in which they could be seen as being trapped which also ties in well with the theme of horror. The walls are plain and the corridor itself looks very mysterious and creepy.

The way this image is presented is very effective, because it shows at first the lady looking into the mirror at her own reflection but as she turns her head the reflection in the mirror stays looking at her, this is rather creepy because it could be someone else on the other side of the mirror who is watching her and the the fact that she is in the room on her own and the walls around her look rather run down sends out a scarier tone. 

The fact that a doll is being shown in the opening credits indicates it could be used throughout the film, but this is a good prop to use as it fits in well in the horror genre. The way the doll is used so by having a close up shot of its face makes it seem scarier and could make the viewer on edge to what is going to happen to the doll and why is it used in the credits. 

The title is still in the same font throughout the opening and the way it flickers on screen at the end is very effective. Also by using the hospital location again clearly indicates that this is going to be a main location where it is going to be based.

The timings of the non-diegetic sound went very well with the images being presented and at one point there was a sound of a heart beat which could suggest times running out and the fast-paced images fitted in well with the sound of the heart beat. Then the music came back and it seemed fast-paced and rushed which could indicate what the film is going to be like quite hectic and quite a lot of suspense and tension.

Opening Credits of Murder House - Charlotte Wilson

Opening Credits of Murder House 

I looked at the opening credits from Murder House and picked out things which i found interesting in it. 

The first thing which caught my eye was this image of a baby used, in the clip pictures of baby's were shown in a sepia effect, close ups and extreme close ups were used on the children's faces and on this picture in particularly the image change to an X-ray effect which I thought was really effective.

I then looked at some of the timings between the text appearing on the screen with the names of people, I saw from this the gaps vary sometimes they are quite close together  and other times quite far apart depending what  was being showed in-between them. This first screen shot was at 0.22 seconds and the second image at 0.29. 

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I really like this image of a child with the fire burning it, i thought the idea of children being used throughout it was very effective as one of the common representation of supernatural horrors is children in it either being possessed or playing a significant role with the spirit. In the first image

we are shown a close up the shot quickly zooms in to an extreme close up of the girls face being covered by the flame. 

I then looked at the typography used throughout and the title, the font used links in with the genre of the programme which is horror we are also shown this by the title which says the word horror in it. Making the font used very effective and suitable for the genre. I also recorded the time of when the title appeared at 0.58 seconds showing use the title doesn't have to be used at the start but can be shown at the end of credits as well.

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Within the credits there was a lot of images of jars shown, this first image of a long shot showing 4 jars is very effective the black background and lighting allows us to see an outlined image of something within the jar also making us to question what is in the jar, looking like an living creature. The mucky water also adds to the mise en scene that its all dirty, looking unpleasant horror usually not being very nice this conforms nicely.

The second image also shows a long shot but of many jars and equipment on the table, these shots usually cutted with the text appearing on the screen and would show close ups of some of the equipment on the table being in time with the music sometimes which was very effective. 

Timeline of credits of film opening Se7en - Natasha McGill

Timeline of credits of film opening Se7en

I had to deconstruct the title credits, and include a screen shot of every writing that came onto the screen. This was I was able to see the timings of when they next showed a different writing. This helped know when roughly the names and what they done should appear and how roughly they should be on screen for. Also when the new names appear unless it is a black screen which is only used a couple of times the image changes as well, so it looks like more is happening, building up more suspense. By deconstructing this opening credits it has given me more understanding about what is expected and the timings and when the names should appear. 

Timeline of opening credits in Se7en - Georgia Serrecchia

Timeline of opening credits in the film 'Se7en':

I went through the opening credits in the film 'Se7en' and I put each individual shot onto a timeline in order to look at the different shots used, the typography and how many shots were used when throughout the credits.

Throughout this task, I have learnt that in order to make opening credits effective there must be a range of different shots and the typography should fit in with the shot used and the genre of the film.

Timeline of 'Se7en' Opening Credits- Charlotte Wilson

Timeline of 'Se7en' Opening Credits 

Our task was to watch the film opening from the film 'Se7en' and screenshot and record every time a different piece of text appeared e.g.new persons name and record the times it appeared. We then put our information into a timeline where we could see clearly the time different between each piece of text, how it was displayed and what was displayed. 

This is my timeline below- 

  
From this we can clearly see that the text appears very closely together, we also see that more names are shown at once towards the end of the credits. I have learnt from this that the title of the film doesn't have to be at the start of an opening can be placed at any time during it as long as it fits in and looks right. I've also realised that the typography works with the film genre of horror which is very important, the images in the background of the text is also very effective, it keeps the viewer more interested as there's something going on in the background and isn't always just black. I have also learnt it is important to keep the viewer engaged and not become uninterested before the film even starts. From this I have a better understanding of opening credits, these skills I will be able to use on my own opening.