2. What is difference between titles/credits?
Titles are shown in the beginning of a
trailer with brief information such as
the name of the movie or the
production or distribution company.
Whereas credits are at the end of a
trailer with all the important
information, such as cast names,
social media sites etc.
3. What do they say/what are they about?
Reviews: Some trailers include reviews by newspapers, other directors etc to attract the
audience.
Quotes: Some trailers quote lines from the film/book
Credits: Give credit to the people who acted or the rest of the cast who helped produced
4. Release date: To inform the audience when the film will be released.
Social Networking: So the audience can interact with the institution
Brief Introduction to the story: Titles are used to introduce/describe the
characters or story
5. Who? (who and what are they about and why
is this?)
Actors, to acknowledge and publicities who was in the film and to attract fans of that actor.
The name of the production/distribution companies because they funded the movie and some
people may be more likely to see a film if it is produced by a certain company as they expect a
certain quality from them.
The cast who helped film and produce the movie. The audience may enjoy a certain director and
the way he does things, so they are more likely to go watch it.
6. Why? (what is their purpose and why are
they there)
The purpose of the titles is to inform the audience of what is happening/give a brief
back story or mention some of the actors or directors so the audience knows what’s
happening.
The purpose of the credits is to thank and acknowledge everyone who helped with
the film and also so the audience can find out who played a certain part in what.
7. When? (when in the sequence? how close
together/how far apart/how long do they last etc)
They usually last 3 seconds, and appear in the beginning
about 4 times, and at the end 2 or 3 times.
The ones at the beginning are usually 5 seconds apart from
each other and stop half way through the trailer and then the
ones at the end are 3 seconds apart and appear 10 seconds
before the trailer is finished.
8. Where is the title placed in the sequence?
why?
At the very beginning usually production and distribution
companies are placed as they funded the project and put the
most money in.
Then the main actors as they can attract the audience and they
are paid the most and have higher status over the other cast.
And last of all the credits are presented with all the actors and
cast who participated because they must be acknowledged and
there’s loads of them.
9. How do they fit in with the narrative
structure and narrative enigmas?
Titles fit in with the narrative as they cause mysteries and raise questions through
the text used. Who? What? Where? When? Why?
They also change the way the story is told as they give the audience hints about
what’s happening, which can help the audience understand the story if they were
confused.
10. How do they fit in with genre/subgenre?
The Thriller genre’s titles tend to be quite plain and simple, and in bold.
This fits with the genre because they don’t want the audience to be distracted by
the titles and they don’t want to give too much away.
The Horror genre’s titles tend to have a background and look quite creepy and be in
capital letters which fits in with the genre as you’re expecting something out the
ordinary.
11. How? (how are they done?
(style/font/colours/animation etc)
Thrillers tend to use the colours black, white or grey on a black
background. The animation used tends to be a fade in/out.
Whereas horrors use blacks and reds, and the backgrounds tends
to be related to the subgenre. They also sometimes have a flashing
background to build tension.
