Thursday, 8 October 2015

Film Opening Titles Research

For this task i am going to watch the opening of three contrasting live-action films. For example, Comedy, Thriller and Horror. I will then list the idents that appear at the start and the titles in order.

Idents is the little bit of video that plays a few seconds before a program/film starts.

The first opening titles i am going to watch is from the film back to the future. Below i am going to make a list of the order that the idents and the titles appear.
  • The film distributor
  • The Director
  • Screenwriter
  • Who the film stars (Actors and Actresses)
  •  Casting directors
  • The opening song and songwriter 
  • Composer
  • Editors
  • Production designers
  • Photography
  • Executive producers
  • Writers



The second opening titles i am going to watch is from the film twilight saga: breaking dawn part 2. Below i am going to make a list of the order that the idents and the titles appear.
  • The film distributor
  • Film title
  • Actors and Actresses
  • Casting director
  • Costume designers
  • Composer
  • Editors
  • Production designers
  • Photography
  • Producers
  • Screenwriter/screenplay
  • Director


The third opening titles i am going to watch is from the film Grease. Below i am going to make a list of the order that the idents and the titles appear.

  • Film distributor
  • Producers
  • Actors and Actresses
  • Choreographer
  • Composer/Music by
  • Editors
  • Production designers
  • Photography
  • Screenplay 
  • Directors



My next post will be lighting and camerawork workshop