Researching Titles and credits

Takers (Heist)

• At the beginning of this film, a fast paced sound track is used then it introduces the company’s logo. This was pretty quick and only took about 8 seconds to be shown.

• The background colour after the first company logo is black. This might be a way to set the tune that this film might not end with a happy ending as the colour doesn’t brighten the start of the film.

• White light then fades in and then back out creating another company logo at around the 20 seconds mark.

• No other credits are introduced after the ending of the second company logo. This might also be a way in making the film look mysterious as they aren't revealing any other information.

• When the logos are finally shown, they’re are bold and stand out

Fast Five (Heist) 

• This film begins with a slowly building up soundtrack which is introducing the company’s logo.

• As the first film I reviewed, there were no other credits involved.

• Also the music at the beginning, being fast paced, could make the audience expect an action packed film, and might be targeted at teenagers / adults

Think Like a Man (comedy)

• The beginning of this film is started off straight away with a cheerful music in the background while the credits are being introduced. 

• The background colour of the first credit is quite bright and happy, which could indicate to the audience that this is a happy / comedy film.

• There are then credits for the first 5 characters, showing their roles in the movie which could create an attachment to them and the character straight away, which means if something happens to them in the film, the audience will be affected by this.

• The credits showing the characters role in the film are bold and last up to 3 seconds so the audience can read them, but are still relatively short. The audience may judge the film as losing pace if they were too long.

Summary
 

We’ll be doing a heist/action/ comedy type kind of film, so I researched two heist films and one comedy film, so I got an idea of how we should produce a suitable beginning to our film. I’ve learnt that the music at the beginning is very important as it sets a pace for the whole movie, and we’ll need to pick the right type of music so it reflects in the audience’s eyes as being a comedy/action film. The font in which the credit will be presented will need to be considered as certain types of fonts represent the whole movie. E.g. if it was a red and bold font, the audience would expect that film to be a sinister / danger type of film. Also in the heist films I look at, there were no credits influencing the audience to believing that there was a special character, which I think was good as it would keep them interested to know what is going on. Who should I like? Who’s the bad guy? This are all question I believe the heist films gave to the audience in the opening by not revealing characters names. We can use different animations to make the film more exciting and keep the audience intrigued to know what will happen next