Research Part 7 (Text and Titles)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mobGrUVGj2E
This is a link to the introduction of the film Lockout.
The film opens with this text; this text is faded and seems to give a military impression immediately also shown by the incomplete text which gives a camouflage effect.
The next text that comes on the screen is of Washington D.C. 2079, the text comes on in individual letters, giving an impression that someone typing the text, also as this reference to Washington D.C. with the military style text shows us that we are about to be shown a FBI or CIA scene as Washington is the home of both agencies. The next text slides into shot from the left, and is dynamically moving in a futuristic text box; this shows us the advances in this era in technology also introduces us to an ex CIA agent. The next text to appear is of Guy Pearce and occurs whenever he gets hit, the text exits when his head returns to its central position; the font is used throughout the film except this time it seems lighter and is complete this text is then used for the rest of the film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqqEriE0ogc
This link is to an introduction to the film The Matrix; the matrix text opens in a Japanese or Chinese font that is green, the text appears scrolling down the screen like a computer code, certain characters are highlighted in a lighter green and show us parts of code.

 

The camera zooms in and the characters fade and the letters that spell out THE MATRIX drop intro alignment,

individual letters then fade out until the screen is black again. the next text comes onto the screen in a typing motion you would see on a monitor screen, this is relevant to the ideology of The Matrix but is an effective technique; the text the exits the screen by a cut giving it a robotic and null emotional effect. The same style of text is then used again and exits in the same style to a shot of numbers. Columns of numbers then begin to fade out as one number is placed at the top of the table of numbers.

From this research I have concluded that the ideal text intro is a fade in, and to exit as a fade out or a cut. The text itself should be relative to the hybrid of the thriller and should be used with an editing technique e.g. special effects or used on to show a cut.