Deconstruction of Opening Credits

To look at what we should write for our opening credits I decided to look at film noir films for examples.

The first example I looked at included:

• Director of Photography
• Casting
• Editor
• Wardrobe
• Hair and Make up
• Set Decoration
• Assistant Director
• Score
• Sound Design
• Special Art Effects
• Colourist

This specific example shows all of the opening credits on the screen at the same time. The role is in a different font compared to the name of the person who played this specific role.

                             

The next example I found showed only one credit on the screen at a time and instead of having dots between the role and the name of the person (as seen above) the word 'by' is written. This example also shows the use of different fonts for the role and the name of the person. However, the name of the person is in larger font compared to the role they played.

The most common type of transition used was the fade. As one credit faded out another credit fades in over it. This can be seen in the image below. As the credits fade into one another the credits end fairly quickly compared to some modern films where the credits are played throughout the film opening.