The Art of The Title Sequence- se7en

We looked at some interesting ways of a titling sequence which could reflect the genre of your film. A good example of this is the title sequence of Se7en:

The titling in this looks similar to handwriting which you see a lot of in the opening sequence. The font and the animation of this really gives a sense of something horrible that might happen. In addition the untidiness and flickering of the titling could give us an impression of what perhaps the main character could be like. It all fits in with what you see on screen and the eerie/screeching music does too. I think that it works really well and the fact that it doesn't really give much of the plot away makes you want to know what the person is actually doing. In addition, I think that its really effective because it makes the opening 2 minutes really interesting to watch because of the flicking between images, the flickering of credits and the music which in my opinion makes you want to carry on watching the film however it does sometimes make it quite difficult to read. I really like these opening credits because they are different to what you usually see on a film and make it more unique and interesting to watch.


0.03 NEW LINE CINEMA PRESENTS
0.06 AN Arnold Kopelson PRODUCTION
0.10 A FILM BY David Fincher
0.14 Brad Pitt
0.18 Morgan Freeman
0.24 SE7EN
0.30 Gwyneth Paltrow
0.33 Richard Roundtree
0.38 R. LeeErmey
0.42 John C. McGinley
0.46 Julie Araskog       Mark Boone Junior
0.54 John Cassini         Reginald E. Cathey      Peter Crombie
0.57 Hawthorne James      Michael Massee           Leland Orser
1.03 Richard Patnow      Richard Schiff              Pamala Tyson
1.10 CASTING BY      Billy Hopkins.             Suzanne Smith        Kerry Borden
1.17 MUSIC BY        Howard Shore
1.22 COSTUMES DESIGNED BY    Michael Kaplan
1.24 EDITED BY   Richard Francis-Bruce
1.26 PRODUCTION DESIGNED BY     Arthur Max
1.34 DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY    Darius Khondji
1.40 CO PRODUCERS    Steven Brown    Nana Greenwald    Sanford Panitch
1.43 CO EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS   Lynn Harris    Richard Saperstein
1.50 EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS    Glanni Nunnari     Dan Kalsrud    Anne Kopelson
1.53 WRITTEN BY   Andrew Kevin Walker
1.58 PRODUCED BY   Arnold Kopelson     Phyllis Carlyle
2.04 DIRECTED BY   David Fincher