Inspiration for Credit Sequences

- Seven's opening credit scene is created using different shots of items that suggest something to do with the genre or what may happen in the film.
- Ideas for shots include creating text, removing thumb prints, recurring use of suggestion of manipulation of people through voodoo and the defacing of religious texts.
- The actual credits text is shown on a black screen in white and a font that suggests it is scrawled by someone. The text often flashes or magnifies itself.
- It is effective because it suggests a number of plots and shows a wide range of shots.
- However it could be argued that there is too much happening just for a credit sequence.

- In Insidious the credits revolve around different rooms and mise en scene within a house.

- The individual clips of room/mise en scene stay focused on the same area and the camera is held still. They are shown in  black and white.

- The typography shown over the film is red in a basic font. It fades in and then departs as though being blown away.

- It is a good idea because it gives the viewer an idea of what they might see in the film's plot and brings up things which may be of significance.

- It is also quite simple and only uses one theme unlike Seven's which uses many different ideas.

To evaluate I think that a montage of short clips focussing on mise-en-scene which cuts between multiple aspects which may have aspects of what occurs during the film.