Three credit sequences

 The first credit sequence for my chosen genre (psychological thriller.) is called Sev7en and it was made in 1995 by David Fincher. In this sequence it starts without showing the characters and only showing someone who the audience can assume is the killer working on journals. It starts with a lot of close ups and the camera is also shaky while showing things like needles cut up photos and notebooks. Everything is dark and dim and dirty which makes it seem more scary since it is just showing small details and not the whole picture. There is loud basic music playing that sounds like machines grinding. You can also hear pens drawing and scissors cutting which makes it seem more creepy. I analyzed and the audience can too from this that the character is obsessed and probably insane and makes it seem like we are seeing something going on that we shouldnt be seeing.

The second credit sequence I am researching for my chosen genre is The silence of the lambs made in 1991. It shows the main character running through the woods at an FBI training course and the woods are foggy and gray. For the sound we mostly just hear her breathing and the sounds of the forest. The music is also very low. This is important because It sets up the theme of the hunter and the hunted and even though she is an FBI student she looks like she’s in danger, it makes you feel like someone is watching her from the trees.

The third and last example of a credit sequence for psychological thriller is the classic Psycho made in 1960. It is a classic example of this genre because it makes you feel really anxious. The lighting is very dim and low, black and white. The text for the names gets split apart by the bars. The music is just these really loud screeching violins that sound like someone is screaming. I analyzed that the bars look like they are almost slashing the screen which hints at the shower scene where the character gets attacked. It feels broken which is good for a psychological thriller
because its like a broken mind.

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