Research into titles

The order and placement of titles:

Opening film credits order and how we plan to follow it:

Production Company presents (distributer) - Midnight pictures presents

a production company production - a russel company producion

a filmmaker film - a Tom Moore film

lead cast - Saskia Davis and Gracie Roberts

supporting cast - Bobbie Walton, Zoe Montaldo and Nicholas Cross

casting director - Adam Calow and Ben Elkinton

music composer - Rose Jovanovich

costume designer - Aimee Cooper

editors - Beth Parker

production designer - Olijtde Rughani

director of photography - Caleb Louise

executive producer - Emma Jackson

producer - Necati Yesilcay

writers - Ian Carter

director - Tom Moore

film title - In the way

Me Before You

Me Before You is a roamnce drama so I thought that it would be a good idea to look at how they present their credits. At the start they have a blank green screen that has the production company titles on it, there is also a voice over. I understand that the blank screen draws more attention to the production company but I prefer it when they are subtly in the corner. I really like the voice over and at first we wanted there to be a voice over at the end that says 'I love you' but it didn't work when we put it together because of how the original shot turned out. It then cuts to scenes of two characters in bed talking with music in the background. The rest of the credits are in the lower or upper corners of the screen in subtle writing that doesn't distract from what is going on in the scene. I really like this idea because I don't want the audience to focus on the titles but more on the relationship of the characters on the screen so they can get a taste of what the atmosphere of the film is going to be.

Fear (1996)

Fear has a plain black screen for the production companies which is followed quickly by the title of the film. I don't really like how quickly it comes in so for our project I would prefer to have the title later on in the film. The scene is a pan of a landscape and city with the credits in the corner of the screen in clear white text. I like that it is simple and easy to read so the audience doesn't have to try figure out what they are saying. Despite the titles taking up a large amount of the screen the audience member is still able to see what is going on and they don't distract from the colour and music of the scene which is what builds the atmosphere and mood. In our project we decided that we want the action to build up to a climax before the title comes in whereas in 'fear' the action of the running builds the atmosphere and then drops when it cuts to the kitchen. I would definatley prefer to have smaller credits in a clearer text.