Question 7 - Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Progression from simple conversational shots, to finding unique shots

    Going from having a basic storyline, to having a very complex storyline in which the emotions of actors suggest a storyline, instead of dialogue, and what kind of shots were needed to show these

Working with peer actors who are grown up and know what they are doing, to working with a child actor

Using more advanced techniques to super impose title credits onto different shots and using video effects to go from shot to shot.

Question 6 - What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Question 5 - How would you attract/address you audience?

How did you Attract/Address your audience? on Prezi

Question 4 - Who would be the audience for your media product?

Who would be the audience for your media product on Prezi

Question 3 - What kind of media institution might distribute your product and why?

Question 3

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Question 2 - How does your media product represent particular social groups?

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

• Children - Our media product represents children because the main actor in the opening is a young child, her presence represents the dominating feeling of innocence when people think of children. The opening follows her story creating a sense of narrative enigma and fear of the unknown which coupled with the audiences empathy for the girl because of her creepy location and her tender age adds to the effect of the opening

• Parents - Our product indirectly affects parents because the themes included in our opening of a lonely child, who appears to be lost, would strike a chord with parents because of their associated feelings with protecting their children. They feel for the child and her parents, this creates narrative enigma because they want to know where her parents are, why she is alone, and also how the parents feel about her disappearance, because they can imagine themselves in the same situation

Question 1 - In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

1.     In what ways does your media product use Develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media product?

Narrative Enigma –

·       People question why the girl is on her own in the woods, why is she skipping along, why can we not see her face, because face and particularly eyes can reveal everything about a person, people have no idea what to expect in the end because face isn’t included.

·       The Lovely Bones (2009) – The film is centred around a young girl who is snatched by her killer and is left all alone, but at first it is not known whether she is heaven or not, this is a narrative enigma convention, much in the same way that the girl in our clip is all on her own and the audience does not know the storyline(EG. What she is doing, whether she is dead or alive, because of makeup). Lovely bones is different to our media video because it also draws attention to the turmoil of the family who the little girl belongs too

·       Tideland (2005) – The similarities between this film and our media clip are that it is a thriller based mainly around a young innocent child, but in this case it is the death of her ‘irresponsible’ parents that lands her in an eerie fantasy world. This film is different to our film and The Lovely Bones, because the child is experiencing a fantasy world that is in her imagination, and not associated with heaven

Fear of the unknown –

·       Jeepers Creepers (2001) – Where a brother and sister driving through isolated countryside come across a strange creature during is ‘ritualistic’ killing spree. The similarities between this film and our film are the ideas of the unknown because for the part of the film you can don’t get to see the creature properly, you only get to see silhouette flashing past the screen, in the same sense, the audience do not get to see the girls face during the clip, hiding her true identity, and the expression ‘The eyes tell a thousand things’ you do not get a real sense for who this girl is, the audience cannot relate to her in any way, she is just a lonely blank figure skipping through the woods.
http://youtu.be/ouUO42AkZV0

Themes of Voyeurism –

·       The Lovely Bones (2009) – This film again relates to themes of voyeurism as Mr. Harvey becomes obsessed with the young girl which drives him to the idea of building a trap to catch her in a field that she uses as a shortcut to get home from school, he has watched her use this short cut, and therefore knows where she is most likely to go, he ‘scouts’ his victims building traps specific to each girl in particular, with detailed drawings of girls and plans to catch them. Similar to out media film cbecause of parts in the clip where strange shots are used to create the idea that the girl is being watched.

·       Phonebooth (2002) – In this film, actor Kiefer Sutherland plays a character who similarly scouts out his victims, but he does not target young vulnerable girls, he instead targets those who he feels need to confess to theirs sins, such as in this case, he traps a man in a phone booth until he confesses to cheating on his wife and various other sins. The marksman finds pleasure in trapping his victim ‘like a rat’ and playing mind games on him pushing him to the verge of suicide, the similarities are again in the idea that this person is watching over the main character.

Final Edit

First Draft Edit

Time Plan

This is a plan I drew for when we were filming so that we had a better idea of what shots we needed to get and therefore would be more efficient in terms of time, this meant that we would have more time to edit, and also to make sure it wasn't dark by the time we had finished so the shots had continuity. Also with the task of handing a child actor we had to factor in the possibility of fatigue and concentration loss, making time management critical.

Final Planning Meeting

On Monday we had our final meeting for the planning of our Thriller opening, before our wednesday deadline, we finalised ideas on costume and actors, then later on I photos and uploaded them to my blog along with descriptions. Matt also finished off the storyboard and then later created a video to make the storyboard flow and also so we could have some narration. Ebony took recce shots of local areas that we might use for filming, and then we decided as a group which location we preferred before Ebony wrote up explanations for which choice we had made. We then all shared our various work with each other for our blogs. We have used some of the resources provided by the college's Media Moodle section to find various clips of music/sound effects that we can put into our clip, to enhance the quality of our opening. Filming is due to happen this coming weekend, as explained in the filming schedule post, before we start the editing section of our Thriller opening over the next few weeks!

Storyboard

This is the Storyboard that we produced between the group, while we did this we planned the different shot types and narrative structure which we would be able to use in order to create the correct amount of tension that is needed for the Opening Sequence. Because of our discussions about this we decided to use a variety of techniques these were:

• Slow moving shots
• Close up (Helping to create a variety of narrative enigma)
• Shots used to give a sense of the unknown
• Facial Expressions (Through the use of make-up)
• Different and creepy music

Once these ideas were discussed between the group I began to draw our main storyboard, while Chris and Ebony helped to contribute ideas. We then made a short video explaining why we chose certain shots and put all of the images together so that the Storyboard flowed together into one.

Written By: Matthew Peall

Location

We chose the location of a woodland area as we felt that it will be great to build tension for the audience as it will create narrative enigma, but also the woods create a state of isolation and are intimidating. 


The first location I visited was a woodland area near my house, after walking round and taking images of the location. After showing them to the group we came to the agreement that the trees in that area were too spaced apart in order to create a feeling a seclusion from normal life. Also from some angles within the woods there were houses visible in the background and also a large field. Again this wasn't appropriate in order for us to create tension as the character was isolated. In addition as the woods were located between an industrial site and a recreational ground, it was deemed in appropriate as when filming we needed silence but in this particular location there would have been ambient sound from both of the surroundings.

The second location I went round and and photographed was Bramcote Woods, this location was chosen as it has a thick woodland area given the sense of isolation and also when the we have a high angle shot of our character the woods would be intimidating for her, putting emphasis and her innocence. Furthermore, as the trees within the specific area of Bramcote woods are thin it makes them look haunted and creepy, but in addition to this it enables our character to skip about without too much obstruction.

When I presented the images of the second location to the group they agreed that it was the best location for us to film in as it fit our criteria. As the lighting wasn't the same as it would be at the time of day we plan to film, I returned to our chosen location the next day to see if it would still create the same ambiance. Having doing this it was the right setting for our thriller also, due to the time of day there weren't many members of the public around this is good as it means there shouldn't be too many disruptions when we film our thriller.

Written By: Ebony Anderson

Sound

The sound in which we chose to accompany our thriller, was of a young child singing 'Ring a Ring O' Roses'. This was chosen as when sung slow it sounds haunting and intimidating, but also as it has the connotations of children and innocence it wil convey to the audience that the images on the screen aren't right or natural causing them to question what happened, thus building tension. In addition to this we also chose the song as its content is about how people died of the black death, this added meaning to the song, gives the implications that our character is dead, causing narrative engima and creating tension.


'Ring a Ring O' Roses'-


Ring-a-ring-o-roses
A pocket full of posies
A tissue, a tissue 
We all fall down


We also want to have a non-diegtic sound of a little girl laughing this is as it juxposes the image on the screen causing tension and giving our thriller a haunted feel. When these sounds are not present we will have ambient sound of the woods which will have; wind, trees rustling etc. Also we are going to add the diegetic sound of a twig snapping this will happen when we have a midshot of the charcter where the camera will pan away from her and then back. By doing this we are adding to the tension of the sequence as it makes the audience aleart and aware of the surroundings.

Written By: Ebony Anderson

Filming Schedule

Saturday 25th February:

Film all of the needed shots exculding the final shot (zoom close up to the face of the character)

All of these shots can be filmed together as there is no need for the actor's face to contain the make-up as it is planned that none of these shots will contain her face. The reasoning behind this is that we are unable to apply the make-up to the actor on this date as the make-up artist we are using is unavaialable.

What will be needed:

Erin Vaites (Actress)

The costume for Erin (School Uniform with red jacket)

Camera Equipment and Tripod

Sunday 26th February:

Film the final shot (zoom close up to the face of the character)

We have chosen to film this shot the next day as the make-up artist is available to correctly apply the make-up to our actor's face in order to get the best ending we can. We will have to make sure that we film at roughly the same time in order to get the best quality and make all of the opening sequence flow and look professinal.

What will be needed:

Erin Vaites (Actress)

The costume for Erin (School Uniform with red jacket)

Make-Up for Erin's face

Camera Equipment and Tripod


Written By: Matthew Peall

Titles

Once we had all finally decided on a name for our production company, RedTurtle, I then experimented with different style fonts and colours that complimented one another but where also in keeping and relevant to our theme. I presented a few variations to the group some of which are shown below, we voted on which style we preferred.

We decided on the below title for our production company, which was originally green and red but Christian raised the point that colour blind people wouldn't be able to distinguish the difference, so I then played with the colours and we all decided that we preferred the colours red and black.

                                    

After we made these choices, we then went on to discuss possible names for our thriller, I suggested the name of 'Sacrament' which the others liked so we have chosen this for the name of our thriller.

Written by Ebony Anderson

Risk Assessment

Nearest Emergency Phone- Mobile on all 3 of the group

Risks:

• As we are filming in wooded area there is a hazard of tripping on sticks or things left on the floor.

To overcome this we will ensure that the area is clear of twigs and anything hazardous before we start filming the different shots of the scene.

• We are filming in a public area this may mean that strangers may become interested in the filming and try to disrupt us from our work.

To overcome this we will keep a watchful eye on what is happening while we are filming, as there are 3 of us in the group we will always have somebody stood in a close distance to our Actress just in case something happens.

• As we are filming outside there is a risk of bad weather condition.

To overcome this issue we will make sure that we take appropriate clothing in order to keep our actress warm if she gets cold, we will also take the appropriate types of umbrellas and coats in order to keep the camera equipment dry and safe. 

Written by: Matthew Peall

Actors and Costume selection

• Actor: Erin Vaites
• Character: Erin will play the role of a young mysterious child who is skipping through the woods, she will not have any dialogue, and no facial expressions will be needed except for a gloomy, creepy look at the end of the clip
• Make-up and Costume - The young girl will not show her face up until the final shot of the scene were she will have make-up on that makes her look lifeless (EG very pale/purple face, possible cuts and she will also have mud on her face). The characters costume choice is shown below!

Box on the left - 

• In the box on the left, the actor is shown wearing a red coat with a red hooded top underneath, this is because we could not find a suitable hooded coat which fitted all of our other criteria. we chose to have the character hooded so that it conceals the identity of the character, creating a feeling of the unknown 
• Also a hooded character will project the idea that the film is set in the winter, when it is cold, and cold is synonymous with a strange creepy atmosphere. 
• We chose the colour red as a focal point in terms of colours partially because red is most commonly associated with danger (This was confirmed by the majority of people in our questionnaire), but also because it contrasts against a woodland background, so the character is distinguishable during the opening scenes
• The general idea is that the girl is in a school uniform, which is why she will be wearing black tights and shoes, as well as a grey or black skirt, this will create a sense of innocence for the audience, which builds up tension

Middle box

• In this box the character is shown again from many different angles with only a red coat on so that we could decide which outfit would be most appropriate
• In this instance, it would be harder to conceal the identity of the character with the different types of camera angles up until the end on the scene when the girls face is finally revealed, but this type of outfit does provide the ability to show the girls hair more, as it moves around whilst she is skipping, really giving a sense of vulnerability and naivety
• We chose the colour red as a focal point in terms of colours partially because red is most commonly associated with danger (This was confirmed by the majority of people in our questionnaire), but also because it contrasts against a woodland background, so the character is distinguishable during the opening scenes
• The general idea is that the girl is in a school uniform, which is why she will be wearing black tights and shoes, as well as a grey or black skirt, this will create a sense of innocence for the audience, which builds up tension

Box in the right

• The final box simply shows the character in a normal school uniform, this is simply for planning, so we get to know what the character looks like in normal clothing

As a group we decided against using props in our film as we thought that they would not help to create tension when mixed in with location, music, costume and make-up.

Brainstorming

These are our brainstorming plans that we put together to form an idea on what we would base our Thriller opening on, we looked at what type of shots, locations, characters and other topic areas such as costume and props would help to create tension and establish that the film was a Thriller. Once we had an idea of what themes we would use in our Thiller, we started another page to further focus in detail what we would do to create tension. We had the idea of a little girl skipping through the woods, because the woods are a stereotypically scary place, and a little girl would create a sense of naivety. using a variety of camera angles and techniques (Such as the rule of thirds!) to film all of the girl except her face, which would only come into shot right at the very end.

Audience Questionnaire Results

Questionnaire results analysis charts

From our questionnaire we compiled a graph of what we deemed to be the most poignant questions;

•  From our questionnaire we found out that most people thought that a young girl was the creepiest type of character, as shown on the graph above (Column 5) so we have decided to have the lead character as a young girl.
•  Also our results revealed that red was the colour most associated with danger, so to make sure that our character stood out in a woodland area we choose one the primary colours to be used in her costume to be red (Column 4)
• That leads on to the next choice we had to make which was location, our audience thought that the most creepy area for a film to be set was in the woods, out of the 4 options we gave them, so therefore we decided to set our film in a woodland/heavily wooded area (Column 3)
• (Column 1 and 2) these two columns show the distribution of age and gender between the people who answered our questionnaire, as can be seen we asked an almost equal amount of Males and Females to make sure our results weren't in any way biased, also the average age of the participants who answered our questionnaire was 21, this is a good number because it is right in the middle of the age group that stereotypically watch thriller films (15-30 year olds)

Most Popular Film in the Industry

Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)

• This is possibly one of the most famous Thriller films of all time, research from the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) website suggests that Pulp Fiction is the most highly rated Thriller of all time, with an average rating of 8.9/10 and more than 553,727 people voted it as their favourite of all time. More people voted for The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008), with 640,014 votes, but this is below Pulp Fiction in the rankings because it only has a rating of 8.8. http://www.imdb.com/chart/thriller

Audience Research

To find out what kind of ideas our target audience have about Thrillers, we created a questionnaire which we published on the social networking site, Facebook. We will also use a variety of different ways in which to distribute our questionnaire, such as asking family members and other members of the public who are willing to take part in our questionnaire. We planned to do a focus group, but because of the time limitations, we could not get a wide age representative of the media masses, this made our research inaccurate and biased.

Here is our Questionnaire:



Thriller Questionnaire -

Are you Male or Female?

Male:

Female:

How old are you?

12-17:

18-25:

26-30:

30+:

Do you like Thrillers?

Yes:

No:

When did you last watch a Thriller film?

Within the last 7 days:

Within the last 2 weeks:

Within the last month:

Within the 6 months:

Within the last year:

Which location would you associate with a Thriller film?

A wood/woodland area:

A Shop:

A House:

Other (Please Specify):

What colour would you most associate with danger?

Red:

Blue:

Black:

Green:

Other (Please Specify):

What character would you find creepier?

A middle-aged man:

A middle-aged woman:

A young school girl:

A young school boy:

Other (Please Specify):

Predator

Predator (John McTiernan, 1987)




Camera -  There are various camera shots which are from long range showing characters rapelling and also helicopter moving around which is so that people get a better perspective for what is happening, an also there are close up shots of characters facial expressions showing reactions to an something they have seen.


These type of shots then followed by what appears to be an empty shot of trees and vantage points suggest that there is something that the audience has not seen, which creates the feeling of the unknown and therefore creates the tension. Showing all the main characters in army clothing and holding guns shows that the main characters and indeed the protagonist is accustomed to violence, which is an important convention of a Thriller film.


Sound -  The music is the key focus for creating tension in the opening credits, brass and violin instruments are prominent in an orchestral piece in the opening scene, the tempo is fairly fast and there are intermittent Forte moments which help to build tension in the clip.  as well as lots of percussive instruments such as pianos and drums which add to the aggressive Forte style of the piece.


Editing -  Lots of the action scenes in this clip are in slow motion, this could be to give the audience a chance to think about what they may be running from, or also maybe because the tainted blue effect of the first scene may make background images hard to see, therefore the scene needs to be slowed down so the audience can actually make out what is happenening. eyeline matches that zoom in to high up tree branches foreshadow the type of moments that will occur in the film, where characters are looking at what originally appears to be nothing.


Mise en Scene -  There are lots of background shots of helicopters and characters rapelling with guns, and warrior paint on the faces, with different types of military style camouflage clothing on, which adds to the verisimilitude of an army style Action Thriller, because all of these images are synonimous to Action films. the dark blue tint to the whole clip, suggests a gloomy setting and the woodland areas depicted also suggest this, as dark woodland areas create tension because the associated with mysterious things.


Font - The font is all in capitals, like all of the other clips I have reviewed so far, this is so it is easily readable against the action in the background, it is a bold, white font which stands out from the night blue style background, the font is slightly curved and not blocked to make it look a little bit more futuristic.


The font starts blurred and then comes into focus after few seconds, the font leaves the screen in all sorts of ways instead of having one standardised form in which it leaves the screen, this makes it look unprofessional because it gives off the same impression that a powerpoint when someone has just selected every different text effect imaginable to make text enter and exit the screen. The text has no set place to appear on the screen, expect for the main credits like the production company etc. which is placed dead centre so it stands out, names of the characters tend to alternate between bottom left an bottom right with a shot of each character being placed opposite to each name. When the main title of the film appears, it appears on a black background and has completely changed colour, because it is orange, which makes the clip look more unprofessional because the colour scheme isn't continuous.
Opening Credits -

• 20th Century Fox Presents
• A Gordon-Silver-Davis Production
• Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Carl Weathers
• Jesse Ventura
• Music by Alan Silvestri
• Written by Jim Thomas
• Produced by Joel Silver, John Davis
• Directed by John Mctiernan
• Predator

Actual Clip -


 

Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver  (Martin Scorsese, 1976)








Camera -  The first shot of action we see is a low light area, with orangey coloured lighting, shows a taxi going past before revealing the title of the film, this sets an inner city setting an instantly puts the audience into an inner city night time scenario, which has a negative stereotype for being a wrong place at a wrong time. The first appearance of a character, is an extreme close up of a mans eyes as he looks around, possibly thinking anxiously about something.


Sound -  There is no sound at the beginning of the clip, but then there is a full orchestra creating a piece which has both Piano and Forte sections, which then progress to a large crescendo when the taxi appears, deep instruments such as Oboes and Cellos are used in this section. Then the music changes quieter, softer woodwind instruments such as flutes, to create a a bluesy romantic melody, that is quite mellow, from when the first extreme close up of the main character appears all the way to the end of the clip, with a string section in the background, creating a soft bass tone to compliment the melody.


Editing -  The lighting of the main characters face in the first scene of action suggests he is travelling in a car because the lighting is intermittent, suggesting he is going past street lights, then the shot fades to an angled, obscure windscreen where the rain has blurred out objects in the distance such a lit up signs, coupled with the slow music, the slow fade suggests a relaxed feeling in the scene or possibly a negative, sad feeling. The rest of the opening is dominated by a shot through a windscreen which is in slow motion and is blurred, this could be a point of view shot, possibly suggesting drug use, it also could be used to create a feeing of the unknown, the audience cannot establish where they are therefore they do not feel comfortable in their situation.


Mise en Scene -  There is a lot of smoke used to shroud the scene in mystery and a create feeling of the unknown, this coupled with the orange tinted street lighting effect, that is dim, and alerts the audience that it is a night time environment, which creates a feeling of anxiety because night time is associated with bad things, such as gang crime and mysterious happenings


Font -  The font used in the opening title is bold orange and in capitals so it is easier to read, with then main focus of the text, eg, the production company, distribution company, and other subtext, such as, 'presents' being less so important. this is done by changing the size of the font to make one part stand out, the text is also placed directly in the middle, making it the centre of attention, in a way that makes it stand out and be bold, so that people acknowledge it, this may also be because at this point there are no other points of interest on the screen.

After this section of the opening credits, the font starts to move around the screen, it taakes on a fluorescent glow to make it stand out a little more from the background scenes, because the scenes behind the text are in low lit lighting. The names fade in and fade out again, placed around the screen mainly so that it allows room for another actors name to appear somewhere else, as they tend to overlap a lot.



Opening Credits -

• Columbia Productions Presents
• Robert DeNiro In
• Taxi Driver
• A Bill/Phillips Production of a Martin Scorsese Film
• Starring Jodie Foster
• Albert Brooks as Tom
• Harvey Keitel
• Leonard Harris
• Peter Boyle as Wizard
• And Cybill Shepherd as Betsy
• Music by Bernard Hearmann
• Supervising Film Editor Marcia Lucas
• Film Editors Tom Rolf A.C.E, Melvin Shapird
• Special Make-up Dick Smith
• Visual Consultant David Nichols
• Creative Consultant Sandra Weintraub
• Director of Photography Michael Chapman
• Written by Paul Shrader
• Produced by Michael Phillips and Julia Phillips
• Directed by Martin Scorsese

Actual Clip - 

Lost Highway

Lost Highway (David Lynch, 1997)

Class discussion

• The opening credits are shown on a highway, the vehicle is travelling very fast along a highway, but can only see whats in its headlights, and the rest of the screen is black this creates a feeling of the unknown, as the audience cannot see anything that is coming towards them until the last second. the car is positioned in the middle of the road which creates the sense of vulnerability and lack of control
• The text comes towards you from the centre of the screen, appearing only when the headlights shine on it, the text stays for a few seconds and then moves towards the screen again before disappearing, this works well with the idea that a vehicle is travelling very fast down a highway
• The font is the same shade of yellow that is used for the road markings in the opening credits, which ties in with the highway theme, the text shows the keys characters in the film and also the companies that worked on it, but it doesn't show anything else, such as producers and people behind the scenes, which are conventions the ending credits
• The music is light and fast paced, but there is also a dark bass undertone, which is possibly foreshadowing the theme of the film, the music fades out at the same time as the screen blurs
• The next shot is a close up of a character, which only takes up part of the screen, there is an idea of the unknown, and there is some narrative enigma, as you instantly ask the questions; Where is he? What is he doing there?
• An extreme close up is then used to show a cigarette in the mans hand, and because we do not get to see the rest of the film, the significance of this is unknown, because the shots do not fill the whole screen there is a sense of secrecy, like you don't get the full perspective
• The various camera angles make the scene disorientating, and then you can hear faint sirens in the back ground as the character slowly paces round the house, with a distinct sense of tension in his movement, an eyeline match with the buzzer speaker, is used to show his emotion, he is expecting someone, or possibly hiding from someone, at the point when he looks out of the window, his reflection is shown, which is the mirroring effect, a common convention in Thriller films

Fargo

Fargo (Coen Brothers, 1996)

     Class discussion

• Camera - There is large use of over the shoulder shots used in the bar scene, and the constantly cut between each other, this works well to create tension in the scene between the main characters, also there is pre-figured aggression in the gestures that are made and also in the dialogue.

• Sound - Strange music created with a string section(to create tension) is used and appears to be a very traditional style of music, the music is repeated throughout the first part of the opening before going into a crescendo when the object, which turns out to be a car towing another car, pulls into a populated area. The music when the main characters meet in the bar is very typical country and western which adds to the verisimilitude of the film.

• Editing - the shot reverse shots are fast cutting and therefore this creates tension amongst the dialogue the figure which is distorted and in the background but then which moves to the foreground and becomes the main point of focus in the opening credits is used to good effect to create the feeling of remoteness in the scene

• Mise en scene - A misty background is used which creates an idea of the unknown, the screen is not completely white, but a murky, blue/white colour, you can see a figure appearing on the right third line, but you can only see the outline and not what the object is until it gets ups close.

• Font -

The font is bold dark blue, and all in capitals, this makes it easier to read because of the similarity in the colour of the text and the background, the font is fairly small to show the expanse of the background and is closer to the bottom, so it doesn't draw full attention away from the action in the background (the strange object coming into focus). When the actors name appears, the last name is spread out, this may be to make the text more interesting instead of having all the text bunched together, it also gives each letter a feeling of loneliness, which also adds to the idea of being lost in an unknown expanse. each bit of text fades away after a few seconds, which works well to add to the idea of fog in the background.

List of Credits used -

• Polygram Filmed Entertainment - Presents
• In association with Working Title Films
• Frances McDormand
• William H. Macy
• Steve Buscemi
• Harvey Presnell
• Peter Stormare
• Fargo

Hyperlink -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI_4wvBHkrw