We each decided on various sound effects which we thought would be affective on the audience and then combined our ideas to create a vast medley of sounds from deep breathing to the sound of the ocean.
This image shows the choices we made as we choose various sound pieces and order of our shots.
Here we are choosing sound and music to cover our opening- our choices included: girls laughing, beach waves, deep breathing and eerie music.
These are the last stages in the editing process where we completed and made any final touches to sound and visual effects.
These are just a few images which show us in our journey of editing- we have completed piecing together all the shots combined with sound and special effects.
Casino Royale opening is slightly variant to the other thriller openings, however it is still an example of clever and interesting editing still portraying a symbol of an action and suspenseful film.
In place of having a suspenseful soundtrack, Casino Royale has more of a fast up-beat song playing over their opening credits, portraying an image that the film will involve a vast amount of fast action. If they were to use a slow assonance then it would feel out of place and wouldn't match up to the quick movements of the characters.
The titles appear in an unusual way- they come onto the screen and then will slowly fade out, this is so that most of the attention is kept on the actions behind the titles, instead of being lost in confusing and graphic titling.
As the film is mainly set in a Casino, the directors have chosen to use playing cards as they background of their opening titles. This is a clever way of demonstrating what the film revolves around. Colours in the sequence are mostly secondary hues- dark reds, blacks and navy's. As the titles are a bright white they stand out more, making it clear who helped create the film.
Finally, cartoon appearances of James Bond and other characters are shown during the starting scene giving the audience a slight insight as to how the characters behave and act- this all appears behind the titles making the shot more engaging instead of placing them on a blank screen.
We found it intriguing to view something a little more different and abnormal as it allowed us to see the possibilities we have to create an opening which represents the film.However we chose to incorporate the style of Deja Vu as we decided to create the title letters falling out of shot.
The opening titles to Se7en are an exceptional example of how fear and distortion are illustrated during the first few minutes of the film- as a group this is one of the opening sequences which we considered to be something we too would like to incorporate, before we started on our own opening.
At (0.06) the first titles quiver onto the screen in block capitals and still move around whilst in the shot. This style has been incorporated throughout the opening sequence, constructing a hesitant quivery feel.
The majority of the shots are a mixture of close-ups and extreme close-up giving only a slight illustration of what is being done- this leaves the audience speculating about why and who is doing all the actions.
The names of Directors and cast list are all in a small distressing font, which is a presentation of what may later occur in the film. Also, the style of the font combines well together with the uneasy, piercing music and moving camera work- each of these areas compliment each other well creating a chilling thriller opening.
This extract clearly shows how titling can be used to set a daunting, thrilling atmosphere without giving away too much knowledge about story. It gave us an insight into how we as a group could create this suspense using our credits and how we can impact the audience- we used this idea in our opening using the title to try and create suspense.
