UPDATED 26/02/2017 Soundtrack

Updated- 26/02/2017 Chosen Locations

Treatment Write up

Shooting schedules

  

Fonts

Font plays a big role in establishing tone and atmosphere in thriller openings. My font needs to be clear and easy to read, whilst not too intrusive to distract from the film. Following this, i think a serif font would not suit our thriller because it looks very formal, instead, a sans serif font will fit our tone.

This example font is a sans serif font which has letters of varying heights, the letters are thin and they are close together, while this is complex and fits the tone, it is also visible and will be easy to read.

This second font is faded and dirty, it fits the tone of our thriller and would effectively add to the overall look and presentation. All letters are in proportion, this could connote ideas of lost order.

In  Se7en, the font used for the opening of the thriller is incredibly original, the effect was achieved by scratching the words over the film, which gives an eerie effect, and makes the audience uncomfortable, it also contradicts the protagonist who is very organised, as it is an uneven font and isn't straight. Se7en did not show its titles while the opening was on screen, but instead used unsettling imagery to accompany the wobbly text. in this particular shot, the writing is not entirely out of the way, however there is a black corner where the writing can stand out from the image.

Lock, stock and two smoking barrels used black screens between shots with a simple sans serif font in the opening sequence, this broke up the fast pace scene but allowed it to maintain momentum at the same time as the sound still played in the background. this approach is highly effective an I believe it may help to build tension, and may decide to use it in my edit.