Credits in my film

The opening and closing titles of my film will give the viewer what genre the film is.

The opening credits of films usually include some action in them, however they only do include mild action in them. The reason for this is because the filmmakers do not want to give away the whole idea of what the film is about, but give the viewer a taster of what the film is going to be about.

I have looked at the opening credits for; Catch Me If You Can:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaLDyrun_Cc

The reason why I have chosen to look at the opening credits of the film Catch Me If You Can is because they are very significant. The sound that is being played while the credits are being shown is the typical sound of that you would see in a comedy film. The credits are made up by the set, in the sense that the actual titles are already there with the lines that go through your screen but the names are changed accordingly. Also in the opening credits some of the titles are pulled around the screen by a aeroplane, this gives the viewer of somebody not being able to catch up with somebody which is what the film is called; Catch Me If You Can.

Through looking at many opening credits of different films, I have learned that the production team's names should be in the opening credits, along with the name of the actors in the film. The characters names should not be included in the opening credits of my film.

The closing credits of films are completely different to the opening credits of any film. The reason for this is because the viewer has now seen the film so the filmmakers do not need to give the viewers any ideas of what the film will be about.

I have looked at the closing credits for the film; The Boys In Company C;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-ojh7dA2KA

The reason why I have chosen to look at the closing credits for this film; The Boys In Company is because they are simple. Most other films have the same type of ending credits, usually set on a black screen with the names in white moving towards the top of the screen. However, not every film ends like The Boys In Company C, Rocky 4 ends with the credits running through shots of events in the film;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qz74cEN5aw

The other way films may use their ending credits is to have the titles on the one side of the screen and on the other to have a box with clips from the film.