Research: Opening Title 1

For our genre of Supernatural Horror, the credits are important for making the audience see a link to the correct genre. To understand the type of typography and transitions needed to represent our opening film genre I research some openings which used good examples of effective credits in order to make our own opening effective.

Insidious 2010-

This opening sequence starts of very slow with 2 minutes worth of credits which appear in a ghost form linking the genre of super natural but also creating tension and suspense in the audience which links to the idea of horror. The stereotypical red title against black can be associated with horror with an icon of death and evil. The red is bright and looks effective against the black background as it stands out and makes the audience see the title is important and means something about the narrative.

The transactions used are fade in and out effects, fading in a green smoke like mist representing a certain presents from a ghost or supernatural being linking to the genre, this also creates mystery for the audience as they don't know whats happening. The typography used shows a connection with the genre which we want our opening to follow. The audience can instantly link to the genre of horror and the ghost like fade effect on the credits represents the supernatural side of the genre.