Opening credits

The purpose of having opening credits is that it shows the audience who is in the film such as the actors and who the director is off the film. Credits also help the audience to get a better image of what genre the films going to be.

Opening to se7en

The colours used in the opening of se7en are mostly black which builds up the suspense and then the white film credits contrasts the mood of the audience because white represents purity there also is a little bit of red to suggest blood and murder which creates tension and represents danger.

The style of the credits are small and flickery and sometimes get bigger to emphasise the atmosphere of the film. The flickeryness of the credits builds the suspense within the film and by doing this relates to a thriller. The generic conventions of a thriller film are the eery dark colours and the enigma to who the character is in the opening credits and the digetic sound when the writing is being written and when it is getting blacked out. Also the background music is slow eery creating the conventions of a thriller.

Order of appearance

Arnold Kopelson production
Film by David Fincher
Actors- Brad Pitt
Morgan Freeman
Gweneth Paltrow
Richard Roundtree
R.LeeErmey
John McGinley
Casting by- Billy Hopkins, Suzanne Smith, Kerry Borden
Music by- Howard shore
costumes designed by - Michael kaplan
edited by - richard francis bruce
Production designed by - Arthur Max
Co Producers- stephen brown, nana greenwald, sanford panich
Written by - andrew kevin walker
Produced by Arnold Kopelson , Phyllis Carlyle
Directed by - David fincher

The Sixth sense opening scene

The colours used in the opening of The Sixth sense were black and white. The black and white contrast each other because the black is used to create suspense and to leave the viewer on the edge of there seat waiting for the film to start where as white is a Sign of purity and innocence therefore they work well together because the viewer doesn't know what to expect.

The style of the credits are in a plain white font and when they go into a new credit a different effect is used each time this is used to keep the viewers thinking all the time about the film. This is used to create an every nature to the thriller.


Order of appearance

Hollywood Productions - Production company
Spyglass entertainment - Production company
Bruce Willis - Actor
Hayley Joel Osment - Actress