Sources of Inspiration - Typography.

Sources of Inspiration - Typography on Credits

As my source of inspiration I have chosen to look at Typography within the credits of the opening scene, as I would like to see what we would be able to achieve within our own credits, and also the type of text that works with the genre that the movie is. 

Panic Room (2002) 

This is the opening scene of Panic Room, and I really like the typography. It establishes the scene, but also simply blends in with the background, and does not draw a lot of attention to it as it is within the same colour scheme as the surroundings. I think that this could be quite simple to implement into our own credits and I think that it could look professional. I like the way that the text is shown to stay in the same position and the camera pans across the text. I think that this could be simply executed into our credits, and it could look exactly how we want it to. We could use the text like this to establish the scenes and create emphasis on the type of genre. The text is all the same font, which makes it consistent, and I think this should be used within our opening scene. I also really like the font, as it stands out to the audience even though it blends in with the background. 

James Bond - Quantum Of Solace (2008)

The credits are at the end of this opening scene and I think that it fits in at exactly the right place, which we could use in our film opening, to emphasise the end of our film clip, but to also shock the audience as they will not be expecting this. I am seeing a pattern of bold capital letters being used within the credits, so we could either stick to this, or subvert this, which could be a good idea, and have the whole text in lowercase letters to make it look less in your face and less important. The text colour here really stands out to the audience, as it is a contrast to the dark colours that are shown, which could be a good idea for our own opening sequence. The transition that the text takes as it appears is, and changes into shape is a really good technique that I think we could implement into the film opening as it would fit in with the genre of our film as things are changing into things that they shouldn't be able to, alike our supernatural genre. 

The Matrix (1999)

The typography of the title in this opening scene fits in with the genre, and also fits in with the theme of the film, which is hacking. The colour fits in with the corruption of the computer, and it also looks like typed text which you would see on a computer, which responds very well to the film. Also the numerous characters and numbers that appear on the screen are all within the same font and size, linking them all. I really like this typography, and i feel that it gives a really alienated feel to the credits and sets the mood for the film very well. I feel that as it is so simple we could be able to use this type of text within our own scene credits successfully and we could make it look as professional as it has been done on here.

The Devils Advocate

This was not featured within the film, as it is the typography of a speech within the film, but I think that it is incredibly effective in getting the speech across. I like the transition in which the text changes around a lot, and i feel that we could use this at the start of our film, to give a intro into the background of the scene, or just as a title at the bottom. I think the font is effective, as it is bold, and some of the charcters are lowercase and some are uppercase showing their importance within the scene. The way in which the text is laid out could not be implemented into our film opening because it would not fit with the genre that we want to create, but i believe that for this speech, it is incredibly successful in it's self.