Me and my group have decided to change our plot, and instead of being about a girl that something dramatic happens to her, we’re going to do a girl who is very depressed and suicidal. We’re going to keep our genre of drama and since our teacher assigned us to three credit sequences from films that have our genre, I have chosen The Breakfast Club, Dead Poets Society, and
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Credit sequences are used to give credit to the main people working behind and in the scene. For example, main characters, director(s), producer(s), writer, cinematographer and more. As time went on, films started to change the way they did their sequence scenes.
The Breakfast Club’s opening is different then the rest of the films I have researched and it’s mainly because in the 80’s, it was very common to put the credit sequence over a black screen. What I particularly didn’t like about the credit scene in this movie is that it was long and boring. The credit sequence started at 0:18 and stopped around 1:52. This made me want to skip over the whole credit sequence and if I had, I would’ve missed the David Bowie quote that introduces the type of movie it’s going to be.
The credit sequence in Dead Poets Society plays over the opening scenes instead of a black screen, which made it more interesting. The credits start immediately and continue through the school’s ceremony. I liked this better than The Breakfast Club because it introduced the setting and characters right away, so I didn’t feel like skipping it. I also liked how the title was faded in and out with the flame and I’d like to do something similar in my film. (Skip to 1:41 to actually see the opening in the video below)
After looking for drama movies that also had a credit sequence that are also remotely modern was tougher than I thought. Many films nowadays only show the big companies like WarnerMedia. The Fallout, instead of singular people displayed at the opening credit sequence, they have their main producers like WarnerMedia, SSS Entretainment, Clear Horizon, and Good Pals. Then a black screen comes on saying, “Warner Bros Pictures and HBO MAX represent” and then there is a black screen with 4 small-brand names that are not as featured as the others. The title of the movie is never shown, and the director, editor, cinematographer, or any name really, is displayed. I found it very interesting how the film industry went from having a long boring opening credit sequence into a non existent one.
After researching different types of opening credit sequences, I decided I will talk to my group about how we can make it interesting for the viewers to sit though an opening credit scene, but at least there will be a credit sequence, like the Dead Poet’s Society opening.
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