The document provides a comparison of the opening credit sequences for the films The Incredible Hulk and Edward Scissorhands. Both openings are less than 3 minutes. However, there are differences in how the credits are structured - The Incredible Hulk credits the main actor before the title, while Edward Scissorhands credits the actor after. Edward Scissorhands' opening also credits more cast members and has a title sequence, while The Incredible Hulk's opening is simpler.

1. Level :
Green
ASSIGNMENT 10: FILM
BILLING
By : Abigail Menzies

2. Model Example From
Class

3. Hulk (Action)

4. Full list of credits and titles

5. Credit 1
Time: 0.14
Possessory
Distribution company
The distribution company comes first as this is
common in film billing order and the distribution
company invests in the money for the film so its only
right to give them first billing

6. Credit 2 & 3
Time: 0.18
Possessory
Production
company The production
companies get
the second
credit as they
control where
Time: 0.20 the film is set
and edited
Possessory
Production
company

7. Credit 4
Time: 0.14
Cast
Main Actor
The main actor gets the top billing of all
the other cast and also gets credited
before the actual title of the film

8. Title 5
Time: 0.30
Title of film
The title of the film is in bulk
writing and is bigger than all
the credits

9. Credit
6,7,8,9
Credit 6 Credit 7 Credit 8 Credit 9
Time: 0.34 Time: 0.37 Time: 0.41 Time: 0.45
Cast Cast Cast Cast
Supporting Actor Supporting Actor #2 Supporting Actor #3 Supporting Actor
#1 #4

10. Credit 10,11,12,13
Credit 10 Credit 11 Credit 12 Credit 13
Time: 0.47 Time: 0.50 Time: 1.16 Time: 1.19
Cast Cast Crew Crew
Actor Actor Casting Composer

11. Credit 14,15,16,17
Credit 14 Credit 15 Credit 16 Credit 17
Time: 1.44 Time: 1.48 Time: 1.54 Time: 1.59
Crew Crew Crew Crew
Music Supervisor Visual effects Associate Editors
supervisor Producer

12. Credit 18,19,20
Credit 18 Credit 19 Credit 20
Time: 2.08 Time: 2.14 Time: 2.20
Crew Crew Crew
Production Designer Director of photography Executive Producers

13. Credit 21,22,23
Credit 21 Credit 22 Credit 23
Time: 2.23 Time: 2.27 Time: 2.33
Crew Crew Crew
Produced by Screen story & screenplay Director
by

14. Edward Scissorhands (Romantic
Fantasy)

15. Edward Scissorhands opening
details
Style & Length of Type of Color of Animation Placement
purpose of opening font font of text of text
opening
Style: 2.49 Arial White Various
Text places on
Sequence the screen
Purpose: Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?
To not to To keep it No To stand No
reveal to short and significance out on the significance
much of simple dark
what will be background
in the film

16. Credit 1
Time: 0.20
Possessory
Distribution company
and Production
company
They get the first billing as
they distributed and produced
the film

17. Credit 2
Time: 0.25
Crew
Director
The director gets the second credit as he’s
hard work has to be credited before the cast
and crew as he directed the whole film

18. Title3
Time: 0.35
Title of film
The font of this text is bigger than the rest of credits. Also,
the animation of this text relates the title as it cuts away like
how a scissor opens and closes

19. Credit 4,5,6,7
Credit 4 Credit 5 Credit 6 Credit 7
Time : 0.50 Time : 0.57 Time : 1.00 Time: 1.05
Cast Cast Cast Cast
Main Actor Supporting Actor Supporting Actor Supporting Actor

20. Credit 8,9,10,12
Credit 8 Credit 9 Credit 10 Credit 11
Time : 1.10 Time : 1.15 Time : 1.21 Time : 1.25
Cast Cast Cast Cast
Other Actor Other Actor Other Actors 1 & 2 Other Actors 1 & 2

21. Credit 13,14,15,16
Credit 13 Credit 14 Credit 15 Credit 16
Time:1.30 Time : 1.35 Time : 1.40 Time : 1.46
Cast Cast Crew Crew
Other Actor Other Actor Music by Casting by

22. Credit 17,18,19,20
Credit 17 Credit 18 Credit 19 Credit 20
Time : 1.51 Time : 1.57 Time : 2.03 Time : 2.12
Crew Crew Crew Crew
Costume Special make up Edited by Production
Designer artist and effects designer
producer

23. Credit 17,18,19,20
Credit 17 Credit 18 Credit 19 Credit 20
Time : 2.16 Time : 2.21 Time : 2.26 Time : 2.30
Crew Crew Crew Crew
Director of Executive Story by Screenplay by
photography Producer

24. Credit 21 & Credit 22
Credit 21 Credit 22
Time : 2.36 Time : 2.42
Crew Crew
Produced by Director

25. Comparison of The Incredible
Hulk& Edward Scissorhands
The Incredible Hulk Edward Scissorhands
Similaritie •Both opening sequences is less than 3 minutes
s •The director is credited last in both opening sequences
Difference •The main actor’s name is •The main actor’s name is
s credited before the title of the credited after the tile of the film
film •This opening sequence is a title
•This opening sequence has a sequence
story behind it •This opening sequence credits
•This opening sequence only 12 members of cast and prolongs
credits 7 members of the cast the opening sequence
and keeps the opening
sequence simple