Titling in Film Openings

By Paige Livingston

Basic

• There are only a few things a basic titling in a fil opening needs, whether it be the subscriptions within the frame, the sound, the scene etc. Main examples of this are:

- Name of film- Main characters- Producer- The setting

- The soundtrack

The purpose of film openings

I have also learnt that film openings:- Establish the place and location- Establish the era- Introduce the characters- Establish the mood or atmosphere- Raises enigmas- Hint at the genreAll of these points above are ways at which a film opening

can be indentified as. They are all shown throughout the film openings.

Titling

• Titling in film openings can come at any point throughout the opening, for instance in some film openings the titles can be at the beginning in the first 10 seconds, or they can be quite far into the opening, for instance a minute or two into the opening. This all depends on how the producer feels with where the title appears in the opening, also to fill out the time of the opening, there is then also the other many things that can be involved in film openings as well, as stated on previous slides.

Information in film openings

Other information that is also presented in film openings are things like:

- Actor’s names- “music supervisor” “music produced by…”- “directed by…” “produced by…” “written by…”- “edited by…”- Costume designer- Stunts – “performed by…”- Film institutions who have made/produced the film

(usually right at the beginning e.g. DreamWorks)