Titles

Titles:

 

-   Titles give the institutional and creative names involved in funding, making and producing the film.

-   However, while they are incorporated as credits at the end of a film, they key information is often shown before the film its what’s referred to as a title sequence.

-   There are usually 21 titles found in an opening credit sequence appearing in a set order (it is important to note, though this may be the rule, rules are often broken)

1. Money

2. Production

3. Directors name film

4. Main star

5. Film title

6. Actor 1 – (end of main section)

7. Actor 2

8. Actor 3

9. Actor 4

10.  Actor 5

11.  Casting

12.  Costume designer

13.  Music

14.  Editing

15.  Production designer

16.  Director of Photography (DoP)

17.  Executive Producer

18.  Produced by

19.  Based upon

20.  Screenplay (writer)

21.  Director

-   What applies to the creative aspect of a title sequence?

o   Font/Style

o   Colours

o   Framing/Screen placement

o   Pace of credits, transitions and edit

§  These choices link directly to:

-  Genre

- Style

- As well as links to the narrative 

Examples:

Here is an example of a very creatively chosen title sequence from the animated film Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse. This shows all the different spider people to come in the film that follows, and gives the audience an impression of their characters through the font and screen positioning of the titles that appear. 

Another similar example is from Incredibles 2, however, since it is the second Incredibles movie, and the audience already knows about the superhero family and what their individual strengths are, the opening title sequence focusses on all of the villains the family has taken down. 

Finally, the film Crazy Rich Asians uses a very creative title sequence. It uses patterns of diamonds and expensive jewellery around the titles that are shown on screen to exploit the fact that the characters in the movie are really rich, so the audience knows this from the get go.