Welcome back to my blog! In this blog I will discuss 3 different opening credits from the coming-of-age genre. I will use this research to help develop my film opening. Credits are on screen texts that inform the viewers who is not only in the movie as an actor but who was the director, producer, editor, and more.
The first credits scene I'm analyzing is The Breakfast Club [1985] -- OPENING TITLE SEQUENCE This credit sequence starts with the studio which is Universal. We also see the title " A John Hughes Film" this is crediting the director. It starts with the most important credits then displays the title of the movie. After this the actors start to be credited. This is very import to note we having see any of the actual movie yet. When the actors are done being credited there is a rebellious David Bowe quote. This establishes the tone that teens aware of their actions. From this quote the screen shatters like glass revealing the setting of the school. This is a great example of opening credits that is very creative. Although its mostly just the names it ends in a bold way leaving the audience with the tone before the film even starts.
The next credits scene is Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1985 --- OPENING TITLE SEQUENCE . This opening starts with a black screen and blue titles starting with Paramount pictures, a John Huges film, and the title of the movie. The audio underlaying the first three credits is a radio voice stating the weather. This starts the setting and the first shot we see is an establishing of the Bueller house. We can hear the mother as she is checking in on Ferris. As the scene continues, we can see he is very sick. The titles continue throughout the scene and the family dynamic is established. The parents are very worried and won't let him go to school. His sister is fed up with Ferris antics. The opening sequence helps establish the tone for the movie while crediting those involved with the film.
The last credits scene is Almost Famous Opening Titles . This opening starts with the regular black screen with the studio names Columbia and DreamWorks pictures. Then it cuts to someone writing "A vinyl films production" on a piece of lined paper. This style continues between cuts of credits and close ups of objects in someone's room. This fits the armature style the film is portraying. It feels very raw to see the person writing in real time and them even erasing their mistakes. This is a very different take on the opening credits and is very intriguing to me. It feels effortless to start the film this way and seems very intentional. Other than the credits the shots of the "random objects" don't feel so random. Everything in this opening is very intentional from the concert tickets to the key at the end with the text "the Plaqa". Each frame is calculated and is a great learning tool.
In my next blog post I will discuss how my team will establish the setting and characters of our opening scene. So, I'll meet you in the future!
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