Titles

I realised I needed to look into how the order of titles at the beginning/during the sequence worked and what needed to be included. I did this through watching several opening title sequences for recent films and seeing what the order of appearance was.

For example, I watched the opening title credits for Fight Club. The first titles to appear are 'fox 2000 pictures and regency enterprises presents' and then 'A Linson Films production.' This is because they are the production companies. The reason they appear first is because th
ey funded the film, which therefore arguably gives them the most power. The next title to be shown is 'A David Fincher film' and this is because he is the director. However, this is only seen at the beginning of the credits if the director is particularly well known because it gives the audience an idea of the kind of movie they are about to watch. Following this, the main characters are presented, in this case 3. Most films only mention a handful of main characters because it is unnecessary to list all of them. How famous the actors are also has a big impact on where they are placed in the film as they are arguably one of the main selling points of a film. Then the title of the film appears. This demonstrates to the audience that all the titles shown before are the most important as normally titles that appear after the title of the film are less dominant. After the list of the characters, the other main jobs are presented, such as casting and editing, where it then finished with 'directed by David Fincher.'

As well as this, I also looked at the opening credits of Moulin Rouge. The opening title is 'twentieth century fox presents' and then 'a Bazmark production' which are the funding companies behind the film, which demonstrates why they are the first titles we see. Then the title of the film is revealed. This is contrasting to the previous titles as there are only 3 that the audience sees. The similarities between the two are that the production companies always go first, the director should be mentioned as well as the title of the film.