My favourite film:

I chose to analyse the title sequence of ‘Nerve’ as I thought that it incorporated lots of interesting features. Throughout the Title Sequence non-diegetic music plays in the background which has a very digital and minimal sound, although this does not represent the genre of the film which is a psychological drama, through researching the film I have found that it is actually based around a social media game which puts this background music into context and makes it more relevant to the film.

The title sequence lists the credits throughout the whole sequence and cleverly incorporates ‘social media’ and the theme of gaming and computers by listing the credits in a slideshow fashion, using stylised text and different fonts which are similar to those used on computers, it also shows text being typed, scrolling through social media pages, apps and pop ups which all represent the theme of the film.

The camera angle is focused and does not move throughout the sequence, although some of the credits zoom in or zoom out the angle remains the same. This gives the viewer the sense of watching through a computer screen and incorporates the viewer almost like they are moving the text and clicking on the icons which fits in with the ‘social media’ theme as well as the ‘psychological theme’ as it engages the viewer making them feel like they are part of the film.

The credits and the order they go in:

1. Screenplay  by Jessica Sharzer

2. Based on the online novel by Jeanne Ryan

3. Producers

4. Executive producer

5. Director of photography

6. Production designer

7. Editors

8. Costume designer 

9. Music by Rob Simonsen

10. Music supervisors

11. Co-producers

12. Cast members

13.  Film title: Nerve