The opening credits of Almost Famous provide context clues about the film's narrative through visual and auditory elements: 1) The production company logos and writer/director credits establish this as a film written and directed by Cameron Crowe. 2) Upbeat, playful background music and scenes of a cluttered bedroom hint that the film will have a light, youthful tone about students or young writers. 3) The credits are presented in a simple, handwritten text style with diegetic writing sounds, contrasting the flashy fonts of many 1990s films and suggesting a documentary or authentic feel.

1. Super Bad
The bright colours can suggest that the narrative will have comedic elements, as
well as giving us a hint of their personalities and different emotions that may be
shown in the film.
The sound track paired with the font is engaging and can create a ‘feel-good’
feeling.

2. The font is bold and bright amongst a bold and bright background. This attracts
the audience because it stands out.
The titles open with the distribution company, then move onto the production
companies, followed by the film titles, main actors and then onto the rest of the
production crew, the executive producers and writers.

4. THE BREAKFAST CLUB
The film production company is one of the first pieces of texts to be
shown.
There is non- diegetic music playing in the background, which is
very upbeat.
We do not see much lighting other than a black background however, the gold font on the black
background makes the credits stand out. This appeals to the audience as it is simple but striking.
There is very limited editing within the opening scene. We see that the text fades out then jumps to
the next lot of text, however apart from this there is only one other editing technique when the screen
shatters like glass into the first scene, which hints that the narrative has a sense of rebellious nature
within it.

5. The font does not inform us of the narrative in any way as it is very plain and simple.
The text goes in order of the film production company, main actors, designers, production
supervisors, producers, music. editing and so on.

6. The Production company name is
the first one to appear in this
opening sequence. Both Columbia
Pictures and DreamWorks
Pictures are shown. Columbia
Pictures is a member of ‘Big Six’,
which is a group of major film
studios and this could indicate that
the film would be a good quality
film;. The simple, white text on the
black background makes it easier
for the audience to see what the
text says, in this case, what
production companies that
produce the film. This text does
not reveal any elements of the
narrative. However, the calm and
playful background music does
indicate that this would be a
simple and fun film. The text fades
in when it appears and then fades
out after 3 seconds – just enough
for the audience to read what is
shown on the screen.
The next piece of text
shown is Cameron Crowe,
who was the writer,
director, and the producer
of the film.
The next piece of text
that appears is the
second production
company. This
production company
might have taken a big
part in the production of
the film, but is not as big
as the two major
companies shown
before. There is a non –
diegetic noise of
someone hand writing
the text when this clip is
playing.
We believe they have
used the word ‘untitled’
to replace the name of
the film. This piece of
text is underlined to
show the audience that
it’s the title, as well as
grabbing the audiences
attention. The text is
not fancy, like other
typical 90s films, as it
uses a handwritten text.
Almost Famous

7. In between the name clips, there are short clips that shows
someone’s room full of posters, books, papers, stationeries, and
other miscellaneous things, and this could indicate that the film is
about a student, a writer, or a journalist.
These are the names of the main characters in the film
shown in order of importance. So the first name to appear
would be the one that appears most often in the film. Main
characters’ names are easy to recognize because they are
mostly and often famous. This could attract more
audience, as they may want to see their favourite actors
plays a role in a film.
The text font is all the same throughout the typography, same
as the diegetic noise of someone writing, and the background
music.