Here is an article written by Anne Billson discussing "the fascinating history of cinema's opening credits".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/sep/23/bass-opening-credits
In this article, Billson highlights how the opening credits of films have changed drastically through time. They start as "names and titles on cards, or against an unmoving backdrop" and later developing to "Robert De Niro blasted by a car bomb through a raging inferno of Las Vegas neon".
She demonstrates what credits "trend" and were successfully however she is is quick to point out those that "never caught on in the mainstream" - like the opening credits of Le Mépris.
The article is useful in helping us to create our own credits for the opening of our film as it keeps them current and we can decide which ones are effective.
Genre
In this lesson we came up with some possible genres for films that we could use for our own opening scenes and they are as follows:
Comedy (parodies): Hot Fuzz, White Chicks, Shaun of the Dead
Indie/Alternative: Juno, 500 days of summer
Horrow/Thriller: Se7en, Devil, The Hole
Chick Flick: Sex & The City, Clueless, 27 Dresses
Brit Film: This Is England, Kidulthood, Shank
Period Drama: Pride and Predjudice, Jane Eyre
Action: The Matrix, Borne Identity, James Bond
Bromance: Superbad, The Hangover, Get Him to the Greek
Documentary: Supersize Me
Hand-held (shaky camera): Harry Brown, Blair Witch Project, Paranormal Activity
- My initial idea was to do an Alternative/Indie film similar to that of Juno. However, after thinking of 'Brit Films' I would like to do a film that prehaps involves that element of "sex, drugs and rock and roll".
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