Project Log Week 3:

What have you learnt about opening sequences and title sequences?
I have learn that different British Social Realism movies display their titles in their opening sequences in various ways. For example, Shaun Of The Dead displays their titles roughly about three to four minutes into the movie (apart from the institutional logos and information which is displayed in the beginning). They have a prologue at the beginning and then show the movie title, cast information and more institutional information. I have also learnt that there are some movies which have the titles right at the beginning and all the titles are finished with in the first 30 seconds and also shown over animation only. I have also learn that the most important members of the movie production and cast or the highest paid members are always shown at the first in the credits.

How will this inform your production?
This will inform my production as I now know various methods of adding the credits to my opening sequences. For example, I could have prologue at the beginning before I have my credits or I could have them discretely on the side. This will also inform me as know what order that the credits will go in.

What methods might you use in the opening and why?
A method I would use is by adding the credits on the side or the corners of my opening sequence discretely. I think this is the best way to include the credits as most British Social Realism movies do it in this way. I will also have the credits rolling while the main narrative is playing. I think I will use this method as I saw a prologue method being used in Shaun Of The Dead and I think it wasted too much time and took too long to get to the main credits which is why I will have the title credit at the beginning.