Title Conventions

Title Conventions for Thriller films

 Research examples

 

The Dark knight Rises:– The opening title sequence for ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ establishes an eery and mysterious atmosphere. This is due to the pace of the non-diegetic soundtrack being played. Also, the colours in the opening only consist of black, white and grey, this again reinforces the intended atmosphere.
– During this sequence we are introduced to some of the characters within the film indirectly, as we only see pictures of them.
– The titles are included within the image and alter positions simultaneously with the camera movement.

Inception– Within the opening sequence we as the audience are not shown any titles.
– The opening establishes the main character and the setting for part of the film.
– The non-diegetic sound creates an eery atmosphere and leaves the audience wanting to continue watching to find out the plot of the film.
– There are 2 contrasting settings that we are shown, 1) on a beach in daylight 2) in a dark mysterious room with men talking in a foreign language. The contrasting scenes emphasises the darkness and eery sound playing in the background.