Analysing the credits in 'Panic Room'

How is the style unusual?

The most obvious reason why the credits are unusual is that even though it’s a thriller film, the credits are done in a simple way. All the writing is in capital letters and are in a plain font, making the writing look quite square. The squareness is emphasised by the surrounding buildings all stacked close together. We thought this could also represent the name of the film 'Panic Room' as it is quite a claustrophobic location as the credits follow the angles of the buildings.

How does this reflect the genre or themes of the film?

As we thought it was set up in a claustrophobic way, this represents the actual panic room that is shown throughout the rest of the film because it shows that you can't get out. The writing is quite formal which matches the character of one of the main characters as she is posh and neat.

Could you use a more creative style such as this?

We think that based on our previous work we used quite boring fonts and backgrounds for our credits so after taking this on board we concentrated quite a lot on how we will show them. We will experiment with creepy lower case fonts to represent the young age of the main characters in the film. In the background of Panic Room it was very light as it was set in the daylight. Despite still using actual action to accompany the credits, ours will be darker to create a spookier feel. We will also use a rural area whereas the location for this film was in a busy city.