Film opening titles;

I have watched and analysed 3 different films openings to see what type of titles are used for different film openings and the effects the titles have on the openings. The 3 film openings I watched were began again, talented Mr Ripley and hunger games. The main thing I found was the common conventions of these films were to have 2-5 indents at the beginning of the film.

  The first clip I watched was began again where there were 5 indents and the titles lasted for roughly 4 minutes. The titles showed the company’s name in white writing and a black background this is so that the name is clear to see and it stands out against the black background. 4 minutes into the film there is two of the main actors who were then followed by the supporting actors in the film the reasoning for this is that the supporting actors are less important compared to the main actors so this shows there importance to the audience and shows how big there part is in the film. The titles are also shown during the opening scenes of the film this creates a sense of the titles not being important to the film and helps to distract the audience from the names being shown. The last titles shown are the producer and directors which shows the importance also.  

    The next film opening I watched was talented Mr Ripley this had 2 indents and the showed the actor’s names which were then followed by the companies involved names and logos these show who were involved with the making of the film. This film opening however had the directors and producers names first rather than at the end I feel this shows the importance of the directors and shows the key role in which they played in making the film. There was also a lot of colour added into the titles which makes it more interesting and helps to keep the audience engaged in the titles and helps to make sure the audience stays to watch the titles. The name of the film was shown last and then the film action started automatically which shortens the timings of the film; the titles lasted 5 minutes in total.

     The final film which I watched to see the opening titles of was the hunger games this was showing the more recent trends for the opening titles where there are no names of actors or directors shown during the opening titles it just showed the name of the film while the opening scenes played. This could be a chose that directors are making so that the audience is completely focused on the film its self and nothing is being taken away from the opening scenes and allows the audiences to stay focused on the dramatic opening. The names of people who are involved in the making of the film are then credited at the end of the film in the end credits instead. These credits only lasted for 2 minutes

   The fonts were different on the entire opening titles and all the different fonts have different effects on the opening of the film the main effect is how dramatic the opening titles are and how much of an impact they make on the audience. The first clip showed the titles were not dramatic and were not shown for very long so did not make much of an effective they were allows in small don’t and black and white the white which shows a contrast and makes them stand out for the short amount of time that they were shown. The next clip made the opening titles more dramatic and made them standout more and were shown for a long amount of time which makes the audience pay more attention to them I feel like this is more effective as the audience actually get to see the titles and can observe them more. The next clip made the opening titles font was more dramatic however they didn’t show the different clips for very long I don’t feel this was very effective as the audience are not able to fully know and watch the titles so they become unnoticed and people don’t watch or pay attention to them to make sure they get noticed the font could be made bigger and a more dramatic font could be used.

  When I make my 2 minutes opening scene to a movie I plan to involve basic titles like what was seen I the hunger games opening so that the main focus is on the opening scene its self and the story which is happening rather than the audience being focused on the titles; this seems to be the current trend in recent films so I would like to follow these trends while making my won opening to a film.