Analysis of different types of 'Opening Sequences' and how they use credits.

Traditional credit sequences in the beginning of a film often starts of in this order of production company, stars and actors, Title of the film, music (composed by..), production designer-  set/ location, director of..(Photography, lighting and framing of shots), written by, editor, produced by and also directed by.  These are the basic and simple information a film should have in the beginning of a film.

The two films which i have looked at for the Thriller credit sequences are ‘Silence of the Lamb’ and ‘Point Break’.

The ‘Silence of the Lamb’ the credit is shown over the moving image in this order;

Production, production, actors/actress, title, actors/actress, casting, music, costume design, production designer, director of photography, edited by, written by, executive producer, screen play, produced and directed.

‘Point Break’s’ credits are also shown over the moving image;

Production logo, productions, title, actors, reveal title, actors, casting, co producer, music supervised, music, edited by, production design, photography, executive producer, screenplay, story by, produced and director.

Both of the credit sequences are similar and they are both slow within the introduction of the credits also they both have the same basic credits.

In my opening sequence i would like to use change the order of the credits and put the title last on a black background and all of the other credits to be showing throughout the whole of the opening sequence making the title look more important than the rest of the credits.