Sunday 18 October 2015

Film openings

In film making opening credits are shown at the beginning of the film. The majority of films always start with the names that are the most important and also the major actors and the crew.

In our final film we have to use opening credits and as a result we were asked to look up 3 different films (live action) and show the structure the film makers have used for the opening credits.




The opening sequence for drive is the following;
  • Film title 
  • main cast
  • casting by
  • costume by
  • music by
  • production designer 
  • edited by 
  • director of photography
  • executive producer
  • produced by
  • based on the book by
  • screen play by
  • directed by  

The opening sequence for forest gump is the following;
  • film distributor(paramount)
  • presented by
  • production company
  • main actor
  • film title
  • main cast
  • casting by
  • co-producer
  • executive music producer
  • visual effects supervisor
  • costumes designed by
  • music by
  • edited by
  • production designer
  • director of photography
  • based on the novel by
  • screen play by
  • produced by
  • directed by

The opening credits for grease is the following;
  • Film distributor(paramount)
  • production company
  • film title
  • main cast
  • dances and musical sequences staged and choreographed by
  • music supervision
  • music and lyrics by
  • associate producer
  • produced on the Broadway stage by
  • in association with
  • edited by
  • production designed by
  • director and photography
  • based on the musical by
  • screen play by
  • adaptation by
  • produced by
  • directed by
                           

Spidermans opening sequence is the following;
  • Film distributor (Columbia)
  • production company 
  • film title
  • main cast
  • casting by
  • music by
  • costume designer
  • visual effects designed by
  • film editor
  • production designer
  • director of photography
  • co-producer
  • executive producer
  • produced by
  • based on the marvel comic book by
  • screen story by
  • screenplay by
  • directed by
Film use opening credits to highlight the important people who made that film however most of the credits are left till the end of the film.


In my next posted i will i will be talking about film title conventions