Thriller Research - Physco

I felt to gain some inspiration into my groups opening, i felt it would help alot to watch a physcological thriller. I watched Physco by Alfred Hitcock.

The camera
Through the opening credit the camera doesnt not move or change angle. The credits are shwon right infrorm of the audince and in the center of each shot. The director has fone to bring out the importance the title. I feel this has inspired me to create opening credits which are centered, so the audince can see the importance of the production company, film tittle and actors.

Editing
The title seqquence of Physco only consits of short takes all followed by straight cuts. The effective editing is combined which non-digetic sound. From this the audince feel they know the pace of the narrative to be quite fast. This builds up suspence and tension for the audince and the a surprise is also built up. This has inspired me how effective non-digetic music can create tension and suspence. Also by the use of fast paced non-digetic music just in the opening creditds, sets the pace of the film. It has given me more inspiration by a convention often tied in with thrillers. Thorugh the opening credits, the audince can gain an insight to the narrative and can have an idea what the film is about. in my opening i have been inspired to make my opening credits build up tension by the use of non-digetic music. This will give the audince an idea what to expect. I will also make sure the font is clear and bold to emphasize the production company name, film name and actors name.

Mis-en-scene
The title sequence only consits of opening credits and straight lines. The straight line are
simple yet effective. Its give the idea to the audince that the open credit can show a lot
and communciate a lot to the audince. In Physco the interlocking opening credits, show
straight line which communicate normality and stiffnesss, this theory is supported when
the credits lock in with each other smoothly. This idea is put next to when the lines of text
do not me smoothly, this represents to the audince that narrative is abnormal. This has
inspired me. For my opening i will take into account these princples and posible tweak
them a bit. In my opening credits i will use two colours to show good and bad, with a
white background to show some innocence.

Titles
The titles use are of white text on a black background. Most of the titles are centrlaized in the frame.
The chosen colours show s purity and innocence. The word Physco is distorted. I feel the director
has chosen to show the innocence and purity has been lost in this text. This gives an indication of
the narrative. This has inspired me to possible use two colours ona certian coloured background
to communicate to the audince a clear message of innoncence and negativity.