As I mentioned in my previous post the genre I'm planning on doing is Drama, with the subgenre being family drama. For this type of opening I want the words to be "fancy" but still readable. So like an almost cursive. I don't know if ill be able to find that exact font but at the moment that's my vision. I also want the words to be in a color that symbolizes something in the film. As I mentioned before, my opening is going to have two types of scenes. I played with the idea of changing the color to match the scene but I decided that for right now I want to keep all the names and titles the same color. I'll try both when editing and see which one looks better. Now in terms of how to arrange the actual words, I wanted to do some research.
Research:
Opening credit scenes give the names of the people who worked on the film, crediting them. The names shown in the opening credits can include the director, main actor, producer, writer, cinematographer, editor, and any others the director wishes to give credit to at the start of the movie. There are of course end credits that tell the audience about everyone else who was involved in making the movie, but I'm not talking about that today. Opening credits should also not be distracting from the movie, so the font and color of the text must match the tone of the film. In most cases
Examples:
"500 days of summer" (2009) uses old videos from when the main characters where children and puts the text at the bottom of, or on a side of the screen. They also alternate which side of the screen the text is. This has the overall effect of allowing the audience to read the names and what they worked on in the film, but also allows them to watch the videos and be entertained by them. The order of how the names are put on screen doesn't really matter, but in most cases the director's name is the last to be shown.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwLHWjZdXNU
"Remember the Titans" (2000) does something different, it only shows the name of the companies that are producing it and the main character. This wouldn't be the best idea for my own opening but something I do like about it is the font at the bottom of the screen blends into the video but its big enough for the audience to notice it. This makes it so the credits don't take away from what's being shown on screen, but what's being shown on screen doesn't take away from giving credit to those who deserve it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lyw9WJ_lZl8
"The Graduate" (1967) poses the main character in a way so he's looking directly at the text. This puts full attention on the people who work in making the movie happen not just the people on screen. The words are in black which contrast from the white wall they're on top of. There is very little change in the characters environment (except for the sounds which give context for the scene) so the audience is prompted to read through the names on screen not just glance at them.
Conclusions:
In my opening credit scene I want there to be a balance between the credits and the video. I want the audience to read them, but I also don't want them getting bored in the first two minutes. I also want the font to match the theme of the film, and the color to be intentional like in "The Graduate" (1967).
Collider. (n.d.). The best opening credits in movie history. https://collider.com/best-opening-credits-movies/
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