Credit Sequences: Dystopian Genre
For my upcoming film opening, I want the credits that appear to enough to correctly credit whoever took part in the process and product; such as the production company, main actors, editors, director, producer, writers, cinematographer. But not TOO flashy to the point that it's the main part of the opening and/or takes attention from the introduction to the story. I'm aiming for the beginning to be an important part of taking the story off.
To achieve this and get a good idea of fundamental guidelines to including the credits, I need to view a few various credit sequences of the genre I chose, sci-fi dystopian, like I did for the openings in my last blog!
Blade Runner (1982):
The credit sequence of this intro takes up a good part of the whole. After showing the film production company, the rest of the credits just roll before the opening sequence really begins. While this isn't a bad approach, it's just not what I'm picturing. Though, this does include background information in regard to the movie because of the text during the middle of it and the peek/imagery we see towards the end. For example, we see the grand city in which the movie is taking place.
The Terminator (1984):
The opening of The Terminator completely revolves around its credit sequence, having neat editing that hints to the style of the movie, and then the title. This is clean and fits the movie well. But again, this is not the goal of my opening nor my credits. It also does not have any background information, just editing and music that set the tone of the movie.
12 Monkeys (1995):
12 Monkeys also does not begin the story during the credit sequence, but like Blade Runner, it contains text and quotes to provide background information for the audience. For example, we know we're going to see things in perspective of someone who's mentally ill because it is explicitly said to us. We're then shown a spiral of monkeys and as the title moves closer, we're shown the names of the main actors.
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I want the credits of my movie opening to differ from this because I want the credits to appear on the screen while the story is starting to develop. Though, I did get a good look on how to structure the credits and present them correctly.
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