Looking at opening credits

By Jack Suddaby

Opening credits began in the 1980’s.They will often feature the most important people, that feature within the film. This can vary from the Director to the main actors. They can be shown through many different styles. Some can be animated onto the surrounding, whilst others may be on there own blank screen. Often you will see opening credits to appear in the bottom right hand side of the screen. Some films use opening credits as am iconic part of their film, for example the James Bond franchise use opening credits over a very stylized background and montage of images, that will often foreshadow what is to come within the film. Music often collaborates with opening credits however sometimes they appear silently.

Distribution companies such as Warner Bros:

Will appear at the opening sequence to partly advertise there own company, but also to promote the film, as if there is large Distribution company it encourages the audience to watch the film, because it suggests there is a bigger budget, therefore theoretically bigger stars and a better film.

Occasionally they will begin with a brief scene before the opening credits, which will make the audience involved instead of just reading names on the screen. As well as this sound is used to set the tone and the atmosphere for the entire film, for example you are likely to hear eerie music at the beginning of a horror movie (The Shining) and you are likely to hear fast paced music at the beginning of an Action Adventure (Indiana Jones)