Credit Research

Some of the feedback that we got from our questionnaires was about credits.  Despite most of it being positive, we still felt that we needed to make it look more professional and relevant our opening sequence.  We have therefore been trying to add different credits so that it looks more realistic and be classed as a professional film opening.  Previously we have researched into horror film opening credits, but I decided to do some research into general film openings to see what the common credits were. I have done some research to also see if we could apply any of the common credits to our to our opening sequence.

ParaNorman (2012)

Despite this being an animated film, it still gives us ideas of what to expect generally on a film opening.  For example:

• Directed by...
• Produced by...
• Music by...

Signs (2002)

This film has very clear credits which display all the roles involved with the film.  A lot of these can be related to our media piece in the way in which they read and are presented, for example:

• Music by...
• Edited by...
• Director of Photography
• Written, Produced and Directed by...

21 Jump Street (2012)

21 Jump Street has some really useful credits that we could apply to our opening sequence. The way in which they are written also helps us to think about how we could present our credits in our film opening. For example:

• Screenplay by...
• Music by...
• Director of Photography
• Directed by...

From my research, the other credits that we could use are:

• Casting by... (Se7en - 1995)
• A Film by... (Se7en - 1995)
• Costume Designer
• Based upon the novel by... (The Shining - 1980)
• Starring... (Bunny Lake is Missing - 1965)
• In Association With... (I, Robot - 2004)