Order of Titles -
- 0:05-0:08 : Sony Pictures Classics presents
- 0:09-0:11 : a Canal+España production
- 0:13-0:17 : directed by Juan Jose Campanella
- 0:17-0:20 : origional music by Frederico Jusid & Emilio Kauderer
- 0:21-0:23 : Pablo Rago
- 0:23-0:24 : Soledad Villamil
- 0:24-0:25 : Ricardo Darín
- 0:32-0:38 : The Secret In Their Eyes
- 0:38-0:43 : The Secret In Their Eyes
There are many stereotypical connotations attached with the horror genre such as a red back ground to relate to blood or the titles jittering to give a sense of unease about the scene. However i decided to choose the titles shown in 'The Secret in Their Eyes' because they have a very basic nature to them, even though this film isn't a horror, it has given me some good ideas for our titles as they're static in the shot with relatively simple typography, however whats special about Campanella's use is that he uses other signifiers to show where the audience should be focusing their eyes on which title etc. Not only this but Campanella doesn't simply show each title up in a orderly fashion however chooses to show certain names up for shorter periods of time, for example from 0:21 to 0:25 the names of the key actors are shown up one after the other in quick succession which is useful for the audience to understand what the actual names are, however aren't given as much time as 'Sony Pictures' as they aren't as vital to the film.
The simple nature of the titles in the shots gives a sophisticated nature to the film ahead, as well as this all of the titles are white set onto a blank background which allows them to be read easily for the audience, enforcing a simple nature to the titles, as if the director wants to simply get them out of the way to continue with the film.
Personally, i believe the idea of taking time out to put blank shots into our intro to show titles would be a good idea allowing our production to look more sophisticated and professional, eliminating the task of trying to colour match/ contrast our titles to the backdrop.
The simple nature of the titles in the shots gives a sophisticated nature to the film ahead, as well as this all of the titles are white set onto a blank background which allows them to be read easily for the audience, enforcing a simple nature to the titles, as if the director wants to simply get them out of the way to continue with the film.
Personally, i believe the idea of taking time out to put blank shots into our intro to show titles would be a good idea allowing our production to look more sophisticated and professional, eliminating the task of trying to colour match/ contrast our titles to the backdrop.
However these titles are the product of a thriller, so to possibly add a horror genre feel to them we could centre them to break the rule of thirds. Not only this but up the tempo of titles to create unease as the audience is made to focus onto the titles in order to read them fast enough, which we could follow with a jump scare either visually or auditory .
Well done Ollie some excellent detailed comments. You were asked to structure this in a particular way (see blog) and although you have covered most of the points in the way you have completed the post - be aware of this, in addition, the presentation of this would be better if it were bullet pointed with some stills as evidence 16/20
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