History Of Opening Titles
Research Into The History Of Opening Titles
In this post I will be writing about the history on opening titles and how it came about.
ABOUT:
- Opening titles were originally introduced in the early 1980s.
- Opening titles are shows at the very beginning of the film to list the most important members of the production.
- The titles identify the major crew and actors, where as in the closing credits it lists the extensive cast and production crew.
- Every film will have a different opening title sequence and also have a different amount of time it goes on for.
- Opening titles can be bitter sweet, intense, energetic, funny or sad. They get the audience to be in the right mood even if they're in the middle of their daily lives.
- Opening titles also may or may not be accompanied by music, it is all about the genre and narrative of the film and what view is supposed to be created for the audience to be intrigued by it and carry on watching the film.
EXAMPLE:
Pulp Fiction:
Director - Quentin Tarantino
Studio - Miramax Films
Release - October 14th, 1994
- Pulp fiction's opening title sequence only included the cast and actors of the film with soundtrack, however, nothing is seen on the film.
- All we know is that it is going to up beat and full of action because of the soundtrack used to draw audience's attention.
- In opening titles you can simply just show a location or only titles, it isn't always needed to have a scene in the opening credits because sometimes it can give too much away. It also just makes the audience want to watch further and understand what it is all about.
The Wizard Of Oz:
Director: Victor Fleming
Studio: Loew's Inc.
Release: August 25th, 1939
- As I wrote earlier the first opening titles came out in the early 1980s.
- The Wizard of Oz was one of the newest opening titles to be made. It was introduced in 1939.
- This sequence is simple and only includes the titles of the cast and in the background there are moving clouds.
LOGO EVOLUTIONS:
- Every film will have a different opening title sequence and also have a different amount of time it goes on for.
- Opening titles can be bitter sweet, intense, energetic, funny or sad. They get the audience to be in the right mood even if they're in the middle of their daily lives.
- Opening titles also may or may not be accompanied by music, it is all about the genre and narrative of the film and what view is supposed to be created for the audience to be intrigued by it and carry on watching the film.
EXAMPLE:
Pulp Fiction:
Director - Quentin Tarantino
Studio - Miramax Films
Release - October 14th, 1994
- Pulp fiction's opening title sequence only included the cast and actors of the film with soundtrack, however, nothing is seen on the film.
- All we know is that it is going to up beat and full of action because of the soundtrack used to draw audience's attention.
- In opening titles you can simply just show a location or only titles, it isn't always needed to have a scene in the opening credits because sometimes it can give too much away. It also just makes the audience want to watch further and understand what it is all about.
The Wizard Of Oz:
Director: Victor Fleming
Studio: Loew's Inc.
Release: August 25th, 1939
- As I wrote earlier the first opening titles came out in the early 1980s.
- The Wizard of Oz was one of the newest opening titles to be made. It was introduced in 1939.
- This sequence is simple and only includes the titles of the cast and in the background there are moving clouds.
LOGO EVOLUTIONS:
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