The Birds opening credits analysis
The Birds starts off by having a still frame with crows flying past the screen, the crows also have squawking sounds and the sound of there wings flapping playing loudly over the top of the shot.The sound starts off quite loudly then goes quieter and then becomes loud at the end, this is done to create a tense atmosphere for the start of the film after the credits.The sounds and rapid movements create an unsettling atmosphere for the viewer.
They use a bold simple font and have every letter in upper-case. This is the typical thriller styled font which is used to leave an impression on the audience and give away no clues about the film so that the tension is higher, films such as 'Seven' use a font similar to 'prison wall writing' which shows the audience that it will probably involve psychological elements. The font changes as the crows fly past and is laid-out in a structure that has many of the actors in a group but then stars in a section by themselves in a larger font, for example this is done to Doreen Lang.
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