Opening Credits in Psychological Drama

    While reseaching film openings, I noticed many include opening credit scenes. These are very important since they give credits to all major contributors to the productions (Director, writer, major actors, editor, etc.) I decided to research the credit scenes specifically so I could take inspiration to make my film more accurate to their genre.

    The first film that I researched was The Menu. The opening credits for this film were very interesting to me. Not in a way where there was a lot of different graphics, though. The opening credits for The Menu peaked my interest since there were actually no graphics at all. The only thing that occupied the screen was the white text introducing each major contributor. I found this specifically interesting since it actually captures the genre really well. The dramatic music that had played in the back while the the white text flashed on the screen really had captured the genre, even within that one minute.

    Next, I researched Dont Worry Darling. These opening credits directly contradicted the previous one, since there were so many differnt graphics on screen. I think this still managed to capture the genre of the film though. Once thing I already noticed so far is both of the openings had used an all caps white font for the credits. This similarity may just be for simplicity, or it could possibly even have something to do with the genre. Either way, it is a commonality. I think I could utilize this same technique with the font since it doesn't take away from any of the actual film. The simplicity of the font and color definately allow for more creative freedom for what is going on behind the credits.

Finally, I had watched the opening credits for Fight Club. While fight club is normally classified as action movie, it is important to recognize that is has many elements of a psychological drama to it. These opening credits reminded me of a combination of the two previous ones, since it had only focused on the main credits, yet still had some form of graphics in the back. The difference is, these opening credits didn't have that same font and color as the other two. While I like the display of using a cohesive color palette and the font color being very similar to the background, I would rather be able to include some form of important information to the actual film within the credit scene, while not making it so distracting that it takes away from the credits.