Se7en uses handwritten looking font, which complements the hand writing throughout the opening. It signifies disorder, because the handwriting looks messy, from its non aligned letters. The colour of the text is white, which is so that it can be easily read over the dark backgrounds.When the text appears it is usually on a blank black screen, or over a dark area of the font. This is also so the text is easily readable. The credits usually appear at different sides of the screen, which can connote the disorder of the sequence. In the opening the text flickers, which signifies something is wrong, showing the horror genre. A conventional event in a horror film is when lights flicker, and so the text flickering shows Se7en's horror element.
Guardians of the Galaxy uses a slick, unusual, tech looking font. This clearly connotes to the audience that the film involves futuristic technology, signifying the science-fiction genre. The colour of the font is gold, which also signifies the genre, because gold is a shiny expensive colour. The font is not actually shiny, but looks it because of the many shades of yellow and orange. This was used instead of gold to connote that it is like a comic book (which would do the same), because the film is marvel and based on comics. The credits use a wipe across transition to appear, this complements the music because the speed of the wipe is similar to the music speed and the speed of Peter Quill dancing. This helps the flow of the transition. In the sequence the credits wipe back when the shot does not change to make room for another name to appear. However when a shot changes the credit will not wipe off, but instead just disappear with the next shot. This is something that can be used in our film trailer because we are going to use a variety of shot lengths.
The credits in James Bond Casino Royale are white and simplistic. This text works well with the animations, because both are simplistic, and use bold colours. In addition the colours of the opening sequence are the colours of playing cards, just like the text. The credits appear with a fade, which goes with the slow scenes behind it. Similarly to Guardians of the Galaxy the transition complements the scenes. On the other hand the transition does not complement the music, which is very fast paced. However it works because the scenes are show a variety of different speed shots, for example James Bond shooting in slow motion with a whirl wind of fast flying cards.
When the title appears in the Se7en sequence, it does not seem very significant, but placed subtlety during the credits are shown. The title looks mostly like the credits, apart from the fact that the font is more standard add all in capitals. The only time the title takes up more of the screen than the credits is for a split second. The way the title is subtle among the credits could signify the film to come, because the audience is expected to try and figure out the mystery themselves via subtle hints.
In contrast in Guardians of the Galaxy the title is clearly visible to the audience, in big bold text, which is impossible to miss. This is because they are both very different films. Se7en being a serious, gritty film, and Guardians being a comical science-fiction film.
Casino Royale is the midpoint between Se7en and Guardians, Having the title slightly bigger that the credits, and being in the centre, but no appearing for long. This could be because there is a long build up to the title that it does not need to grab the audiences attention as boldly as suddenly appearing like it does in Guardians. Also it could be because James Bond is such a well known set of films that the title 'Casino Royale' is not very important.
