Titles Blog

We learnt about the titles of the opening sequence. The first movie ident shown has put the most money towards the production of the film.

A few of the big ones include:

Warner Bros

20th Century Fox

They then will show smaller production companies that have put money towards the film in the order of how much money they put in, from the most to the least. If two idents are shown together, it means that they have put in the same or similar amounts of money towards the production.

Then, the actors & actresses names will be shown in order of their importance to the film or how famous they are. For example, the protagonist's name will be shown first. Last of the actors will be less shown characters, such as extras.

Then, the production & the people behind the scenes are credited after the actors such as the makeup & costume design. Usually the producer, editor or writer is last.

Here's the opening sequence to the film se7en:

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The New Line Cinema ident. They are shown first, meaning that they put the most money towards the film.

Arnold Kopelson. Another production company, who put the second most money towards the film.

The actor's credits start. Brad Pitt comes first, because he is the most known or most important to the film. 

The behind the scenes credits start, showing the castings first. Their names are often grouped instead of being shown individually.

Producer is shown last in the credits. This is usually the case.