- Edward Scissorhands
- Casino
- Night Of The Living Dead
Edward Scissorhands-
Production company ident: 20th century fox ident but changed to fit the film with snow falling, blue lens and Edward Scissorhands music. Lasts for about 7 seconds before fading out.
'Twentieth Century Fox Presents A Tim Burton Film 'oo
Title of film: 'Edward Scissorhands'
Pans across various things like old doors and machinery throughout the credits with cast names etc faded on top.ii
Main actor/actress: 'Johnny Depp'
Main supporting actor/actress: 'Winona Ryder'
Various cast members names
Production crew names and roles: 'Music by...' "Casting by...". "Special Makeup and effects produced by..." "Edited by..." "Production Designer...". "Director of Photography...".
Main supporting actor/actress: 'Winona Ryder'
Various cast members names
Production crew names and roles: 'Music by...' "Casting by...". "Special Makeup and effects produced by..." "Edited by..." "Production Designer...". "Director of Photography...".
Casino-
Production company ident: classic Universal ident, lasts around 27 seconds
Black background, no music.
'Universal Pictures and Syalis D.A & Legende Enterprises Present' fade off
'A De Final/ Cappa Production' fade off
'Adapted from a true story' fade off
'1983' fade off
Action: around 40 seconds in a man walks to his car and as he turns on the engine, the car explodes and the frame is filled with fire from the explosion.
'A Martin Scorcese Picture' appears on the screen over the action.
Main actor/actress: 'Robert De Niro'
Supporting actors/actresses: 'Sharon Stone'
Title of film: 'Casino'
Various cast members names
Night of The Living Dead-
Action: long winding road, car comes from the distance
'An Image Ten Production' overlays the scene
Action continues throughout the opening, with cast members and titles overlayed in white writing.
Title: 'The Night of the Living Dead'
Production crew names: basically all of the production crew are listed in the opening sequence, from make-up supervisor to continuity.
Looking at the opening to these very different films has shown me that the opening sequences usually have the following things in the following order:
- the production company ident
- action before the title
- title of film
- names of main actors/actresses followed by the supporting actors names
- names of some of the production crew
Obviously not every film goes by this, but from my research this is what I found to be the most typical starting order. For my opening sequence I think I may roughly follow the above, with an ident first, but I think I may have the cast members names and production crew names after, then the title, as I'm not sure if I want to overlay titles over the action in my film. However, this could change depending on my film opening.
After researching and gaining an understanding of the conventions of film openings, I now feel ready to research film idents.
After researching and gaining an understanding of the conventions of film openings, I now feel ready to research film idents.