Opening Credits.. Using Jely Babies!

In class we were given a task to make our own opening credits with Jelly babies, using the infomation we gained from our timeline. We made 4 shots using the sweets which shows how we would like how our opening credits to begin...

Shot 1:

This is the first shot of the opening credits which shows the directors name. From our findings we have learnt that haveing the diorectors name in the beginning and end of the opening credits is very imprtant because the director is one the important people in the film.

Shot 2:
In this shot we have the main characters name.This is our marquee characters which is why they have thier own slides to show that they are one the important people in the film.

Shot 3:

Here we have another character name.. She is one of our main charaters.

Shot 4:

This is the last shot we took which is of our film name finishing the opening credits

Opening Credits

In class we were given the task to observe the two trailers 'Se7en and Vertigo' one was more longer than the other, this was because 'Se7en' is a more modern day film whereas 'Vertigo' is more of an olden day film. However they both consisted of a simular theme in thier opening credits which included a: title, costume designers, actors, production companies, editors, scriptwriters, director of photography. What I have found out is that the Directors name is always metioned twice in the opening credits indicating that the director is more important.

In se7en we are introduced to several actors however they have been placed in order of who has the higher marquee name, and gradually as the credits go on the actors names that are less of a marquee name come on the screen but are joined by 3 other actor names, they do not have thier own screen indicating that they are less important int he film. Following this we are given the casting agents, co producers, Music producers ect..

On the other hand Vertigo included several more actors, listing around 6 actors at once. This opening sequence is longer than the film Se7en, this is because it had a lot more people to show also the screens stayed on much longer giving the audience an opportunity to appreciate whats on the screen. What was different about this opening credit was that a lot more people were listed allowing them to take credit for their contribution to the film which is something not often seen in more modern day films.


As you can see comparing the two timelines, Se7en has more screens whereas Vertigo has less screens with more names. This indicates that the person with thier own screen in the opening credits is a marquee name or is important to the film.

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