Analyse Of Titles In Horror Film Openings

This task is to see when the titles are placed in opening credits, to see if there is any repetition or ways in which the titles go for example, institution logo always seems to come up first. This is to get an idea of what order we will place our titles in as a group.

Psycho (1960) Opening Credits

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tek8QmKRODw

0:02 – A Paramount Release (institution logo)

0:13 – Alfred Hitchcock's (Producer)

0:17 – Psycho (1960) – (Film Title)

0:25 – Starring Anthony Perkins (Main Actor)

0:30 – Vera Miles – (Actors)

0:32 – John Gavin – (Actors and cast)

0:36 – Co-starring Martin Balsam & John McIntire – (co-stars)

0:44 – Cast

0:54 – And Janet Leigh as Marion Crane – (Actors)

1:01 – Screenplay and Novel Author

1:10 – Director of Photography, Art Direction, Set Decorator, Unit Manager and Titles Designer

1:21 – Editor, Costume Supervisor, Make-up Supervisor, Hairstylist, Special Effects and Sound Recorder (as well as the Copyright and the Cerificate number by the Westrex Recording System

1:35 – Assistant Director and Pictorial Consultant

1:43 – Music by

1:47 – Director

The Shining Opening (1980)

0:03 – Warner Bros – (Institution logo)

1:21 – A Stanley Kubrick Film – Director

1:25 – Jack Nicholson – Main Actor

1:31 – Shelley Duvall – Another Actress

1:36 – The Shining – Film Title

1:42 – Featuring Danny Lloyd – Cast

1:48 – Scatman Crothers – Cast

1:53 – Barry Nelson – Cast

1:58 – Phillip Stone – Cast

2:03 – Joe Turkel - Cast

Zombieland (2009)

0:01 – Columbia Pictures – Institution logo

0:10 – In association with Relativity Media – company

0:17 – Director

0:21 – Woody Harrelson – Actor

0:28 – Film Title

0:35 – Jesse Einsenberg – Actor

0:42 – Emma Stone – Actress

0:45 – Abigail Dresun – Actress

0:50 – Casting Director

0:52- Costume Designer

0:57 – Music Director

1:05 – Editors

1:09 – Production Designer

Nosferatu-herzog (1979)

0:58 – Director and Institution name

1:05 – Actors

1:11 – Film Title

1:17 – Cast

1:21 – Cast

As we can tell from these 4 opening credits that usually the Institution logo comes up first followed by the Director, then the main actors, film titles and finishes off with cast and crew.

Post by: Jess Wilding