The document analyzes the opening credits of three films - The Sixth Sense, Sin City, and The Purge. It finds that the openings typically include the titles of 25-28 people, beginning with the main actors' names and then including job titles like director, producer, and costume designer. Based on this analysis, the document concludes that opening credits should include the film title, production company, actors in order of importance, and then job titles over 1-2 minutes with a blank screen or images.
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2. THE SIXTH SENSE (1999)
• Approx. 25 titles in the opening credits
• Consists mostly of the main actors’ names
• Included the main job titles such as director, producer, costume
designer, etc.
4. SIN CITY (2005)
• Approx. 28 titles in this opening sequence
• Mostly consists of the main actors and the main job titles, such as
direction, producer, music by and writers
6. THE PURGE (2013)
• Approx. 22 titles are included in the opening credits of this film
• Again, the actors’ names are stated first, followed by the job titles. E.g.
producer, writer, director, costume designer, music by, etc.
8. FINDINGS
I have found that I will need to start off my opening credits with the title of
the film and the production company.
After this, it is common to add in the actors’ names, usually in the order of
the most important to the least (main characters)
Then, it is common to include the job titles and the people that have worked
in the film in the next minute or so of the opening credits
Some of these job titles include: director, producer, writer, costume
designer, music by, casting director and production design, amongst
many others.
I have found that it is usually shown within 1-2 minutes and they can be
shown against a blank screen or with images behind them (which is
probably more suited for a thriller film).