1. Comparison of Open
Credits:
Category, Type, Order & Timings
By G a br ie ll a S a id
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2. Opening Credits
In Hollywood film openings they usually follow a number of conventions
of feature film openings. However, there is a certain order the film credits
should be set out within the film intro. They are often listed out like this:
-Studio
-Production company
-Producer
-Actors
-Film title
-Casting by
-Music
-Production designer
-Editor
-Photography
-Director
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3. My Name is Joe
In ‘My name is Joe’ I can see that it follows a number of conventions of feature
film openings. However, they are not listed in the right routined order. Here is
the order ‘My name is Joe’ has been set:
0:01 - Production Title
0:05 - Production Credits
0:09 - Production Credits
0:21 - Main Actor (Peter Millan)
0:25 - Main Actress (Louise Goodall)
0:29 - Film Title (My name is Joe)
0:34 - Actors/Actress (David Mckay, Annemarie Kennedy)
0:39 - Actors/Actress (Gary Lewis, Lorraine Mcintosh, David Hayman)
0:45 - Production Designer (Martin Johnson)
0:49 - Photography (Barry Ackroya)
0:52 - Costume Designer (Rhona Russell)
0:55 - Sound Recordist (Ray Beckett)
0:58 - Editor (Johnathan Moms)
1:03 - Music (George Fenton)
1:07 - Executive Producer (Ulrich Felsberg)
1:10 - Screenplay (Paul Laverty)
1:14 - Producer (Rebecca O’Brien)
1:18 - Director (Ken Loach)
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4. Fish Tank
However, Fish Tank has very short film credits which do not involve a lot
of information. Fish tank does not follow the complete rule of conventions
and is quite unusual as it only has three different film credits, which are:
0:09 - Production Company
0:14 - Production Title
0:22 - Film Title (Fish Tank)
The unusual thing about ‘Fish tank’ is that during the opening of the film
credits it does not mention and actor/actress name also it does not
mention the directors name. These two things are very important to a
film.
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5. London to Brighton
London to Brighton is very similar to Fish tank as it only has four credits,
which involve:
0:01 - Production Company
0:13 - Production Credits
0:16 - Production Title
0:24 - Production Credits
London to Brighton is missing a very important credit which is ‘Film
Title’.
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