Reasearch (Opening Credits)

Opening Credits

Opening credits are textual information at the beginning of the film. Opening credits provide textual content about the most important figures in the film. It is a written information to the audience on who produced the film, the director, who is starring in the film and other production roles. Opening credits is a way of introducing the people behind and on screen people who make the film that the audience is about to watch.

The purpose of the opening credits is that this sets the foundations for the audience as they read who is starring in the film the audience can get an idea of what the film will be like because many actresses and actors have a good reputation for good films. Also the opening credits attack as a pull factor as the audience knows who is the best directors and the best stars and if the audience see the best director and best stars names on the opening credits the audience will watch the film and even recommend it to others. Opening credits can also confuse the audience and keep the audience in the dark as the audience can see the actors in the film and they will be confused in what will happen in the film as they don't know the narrative. Lastly the opening credits need to connect with the audience for the audience to know a bit more about the production.

Fast and furious 6 opening credits example:

The opening credit of any film and in the fast and furious 6 opening credit the name of the company which has released the film is shown first. For example on the opening credit of fast and furious the first opening credit is the Universal Pictures presents.

All the main characters (Cast/casting) are shown after. The actors and actress names in every film is after the company's name that has released the film. The actors and actress are the most important figures in the film therefore they are close to first in the opening credit.

Then there is the name of the person who the music is by in the opening part of the film.

After the music by credit there is many credits shown to the audience and they are the credits of the people who are behind the scenes in making the film. For example:

• Costume credit is shown

• Then the Visual effects

• Edit

• Production designer

• Photography

• Executive producers

Towards the end of the opening credits the key figures who have mad the film are mentioned. For example:
The Producers name is mentioned.

Then the person who wrote the narrative and the film is mentioned.

Lastly the credit mentions who Directed the film.

These three people names are mentioned towards the end of the opening credit because they don't need to be mentioned at the beginning as the actors and actress are mentioned and the audience can remember the actors and actress names. The producer, director and the person who wrote the film and mentioned last so the audience can remember the key figures names and they can be left with their names imprinted in their heads.

When the opening credits of a film are shown the audience are excited as they will see that their favorite actor or actress is in the film. Also the audience are excited by the names of the starts that they have starring in the movie for example the audience will be excited and hyper if the were watching a action thriller and they saw Jason Statham is in the film or Vin Diesel there are actors that excite the audience because of their reputation. The opening credits in thrillers can be very create tension and fear with in the audience when there is a sound track accompanied with the opening credit. This creates tension because of the soundtrack and many images are shown to the audience in the opening credits which will not make sense and this will lead to the audience questioning what is going on in the film.

Thriller opening analysis:  Final Destination

The opening credit of Final destination is very similar to the opening credits of Fast and furious 6. The first credit is the productions that has allowed and released the film for the audience to watch the film. The production name is mentioned to the audience.

All the main characters (Cast/casting) are shown after. The actors and actress names in every film is after the company's name that has released the film. The actors and actress are the most important figures in the film therefore they are close to first in the opening credit. This allows the audience to get to know who is starring in the film and the audience can get familiar with the actors and actresses.

Costume credit is shown this is the person or the number of people who are responsible for the actors and actresses costumes through out the film.

Then there is the name of the person who the music is by in the opening part of the film.

After the music by credit there is many credits shown to the audience and they are the credits of the people who are behind the scenes in making the film. For example:

• Then the Visual effects

• Edit

• Production designer

• Photography

• Executive producers

Towards the end of the opening credits the key figures who have mad the film are mentioned. For example:
The Producers name is mentioned.

Then the person who wrote the narrative and the film is mentioned.

Lastly the credit mentions who Directed the film.

Everyone who has participate in the making of the film is mentioned as if it was not for everyone working as a team the film would not have been made.

Also in the opening credit there is music played in the background. In the Final destination opening credit there is dramatic music played. The music creates tension as the music makes the audience feel uneasy as there is glass been broken and the dramatic music unsettles the audience as the film is called final destination and with the dramatic music the audience can anticipate that the film will very frightening and the audience have a sense of what to expect from the film.

Conclusion:

In my Thriller film i will definitely have the producer, director and the cast in my opening credits as they are the most important people that need to be mentioned in the film as they will play the biggest roles in the production of the film. This needs to be mentioned as the audience need to know the key figures in the film and this information needs to be direct and clear to the audience.

The order of the opening credit is the following:

•  The company name who is presenting the film- this is important for the audience to know who is presenting the film and which company is invovled in the production of the film.
• Then the cast all the actors and actresses are shown to the audience, this is very important as the audience need to know who they will watch in the film.
• In the middle the opening credits for the people who work in the backgroung of the production of the film are mentioned and they are:
• Who the music is by
• costumes
• visual effects
• editor
• production designer
• photographer
• executive producer These people are put in the middle of the opening credit as these people are important as they have participated in the film but they are not the most important to the audience.
• Lastly the producer, narrative by and the director are mentioned last in the opening credits. They are mentioned last as the audience will be left with the directors and producers names as they are mentioned last.