Some research i did for our opening scene project in media

1. Film
Conventions of Opening Credits

2. NAME OF THE STUDIO
that is distributing the film, i.e. Walt Disney Pictures
NAME OF THE PRODUCTION COMPANY
Made the film or name of the investment groups or
companies that financed a substantial part of the film
PRODUCER NAME, PRODUCTION or/and (director
only) A FILM BY (DIRECTOR NAME)
Director's first credit, often "a film by XY or "a XY
film".
STARRING
Principal actors; sometimes, as in many of Cannon's
films, the name(s) of the principal actor(s) will be
shown before the name(s) of the producer(s)).
FILM'S TITLE
FEATURING
-Featured actors
CASTING or CASTING BY
- Casting director
MUSIC or MUSIC COMPOSED BY or ORIGINAL SCORE
BY
- Composer of music.
PRODUCTION DESIGN or PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Production designer.

3. As a variation some of the below may be
noted:
SET DESIGN
COSTUMES or COSTUMES BY or GOWNS (older movies)
HAIRDRESSER
MAKE-UP ARTIST
SOUND RECORDING (older movies)
VISUAL EFFECTS DIRECTOR or VISUAL EFFECTS BY
EDITOR or EDITED BY
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
PRODUCER or PRODUCED BY, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
- Producers, co-producers, executive producers
BASED ON THE BOOK/PLAY/GRAPHIC NOVEL/etc.) BY or FROM A
PLAY/BOOK BY (older movies)
If based on a book or other literary work.
BASED ON THE CHARACTERS BY or BASED ON THE CHARACTERS
CREATED BY
If based on characters from a book or other media.
STORY or STORY BY
Person who wrote the story on which the script is based
WRITER(S) or WRITTEN BY
Screenplay writers
DIRECTOR or DIRECTED BY

4. Opening credits may sometimes be
accompanied by moving imaged in the
background i.e. film clips
They may also have bits of film mixed in
with the credits i.e. may be showing a
landscape and then switch to credit with
plain background

5. Codes and conventions
NAME OF THE PRODUCTION COMPANY- "in
association with" or "A (studio name)
production.").
PRODUCER NAME, PRODUCTION- "a film by XY
or "a XY film".
STORY or STORY BY- "story by" credit
WRITER(S) or WRITTEN BY- ("X & Y"). If each
works independently on the script (the most
common system), they are separated by an
"and". If more than two persons worked on the
screenplay, the credits may read something like
"screenplay by X & Y and Z and W" X and Y
worked as a team, but Z and W worked
separately