Three Thriller opening credits - Jess

Se7en:
These credits are superimposed into the opening sequence adding to the narrative through font style; as the font is very scratchy and mysterious which is what the film is like, it almost looks hand written which makes it look a bit intimidating. It gives the audience a sense of unknown and maybe draws them in, to find out who the character and what they are doing. We see  a person shave the skin of their finger off and little things like that which make the audience ask questions like "is he the killer?" I think this type of font would fit in with our thriller opening as it engages the audience and makes them ask questions which is what a thriller is supposed to do. The font is positioned over the actual images of the film.

Black Swan: 
Unlike 'se7en' the Credits in this are the most used as they go in the order of TITLE, FILM, CREDIT, FILM, CREDIT. These credits are simple and are seperate from the opening sequence; they add nothing to the narrative and are simple but it still engages the audience as they get little glimpses of the story to come. They are simple yet informative. The font is bold which makes it stand out and it cleverly goes from a pure white to the black which is obviously portraying the two sides to her personality the black shows the darkness and the white portrays pure and clean; the text is all random each time.  I don't think these credits would add anything to our thriller if we used them. The font is positioned over the actual images of the film, which allows the audience to get a little insight to the storyline. By doing this it will catch the audiences attention and engage them in the whole storyline. The music is contrapuntal as it doesn't really match the mood of the story ahead, it sounds very lighthearted music when the story ahead is a kind of gothic horror.
Marchlands:
http://vimeo.com/19541694 
The credits in this tv drama were seperate to the opening sequence adding nothing to the narrative; it is simple yet informative. The font is bold and stands out as once again its white body text on a black background and then once it has been on long enough to be read it disappears in a ghostly mist which gives the audience an insight on the story ahead; it gives the impression that something supernatural may be present in the story. The non diegetic music goes with the font as it was intense and quite spooky. The piano key just being repeated throughout the credits creates suspense. I think that the bold white body text may work in our thriller but the ghostly mist wouldn't as we are filming in a garage about a loss in money/ gambling story. I think the intense repetition of an instrument or sound may really work well in our though, as it would help build up our storyline and engage the audience.