Assignment 10: Film Billing

By Nicole Lewis

Bad Teacher (Genre: Romantic Comedy)

Style & purpose of opening

- Opening sequence- Title sequence- Teaser

Length of opening

Type of font Colour of font

Animation of text

Placement of text

Style:Standard opening sequence.Flashback of schools with cursive writing over it.

Purpose:To give a little bit more feeling into the title. Bad Teacher – showing clips of schools.

2:10

Why?Short and sweet, but seems long as there is nothing interesting in the background.

Cursive

Why?Writing you would use in school.

The persons title e.g. Costume Designer, Music by etc. in white, then the persons name in different colours.

Why?To separate their title from their name.

Hand-written cursives.

Why?Typical writing in schools.

All over the screen, but mainly the bottom.

Why?Variety.

# T=Title

C=Credit

Timing Detail of T or C Type/Purpose

1. C 00:35 Colombia Pictures Present Distributor

2. C 00:41 A Mosaic Production Production Company

3. C 00:50 Camerion Diaz Main Actor

4. T 00:55 Bad Teacher. ‘Bad’ underlined, written and circled in pink. ‘Teacher’ just underlined.

Title of the film

5. C 01:00 Justin Timberlake Supporting Actor 1

6.. C 01:04 Lucy Punch Supporting Actor 2

7.. C 01:07 John Michael Higgins Supporting Actor 3

8. C 01:10 Jason Segal Supporting Actor 4

9. C 01:14 Phyllis Smith and Thomas Lennon Other Actor

10. C 01:17 Molly Shannon, Eric Stonestreet and Dave (Gruber) Allen

Other Actor

11. C 01:21 Matthew J. Evans, Kaitlyn Dever Other Actor

12. C 01:27 Casting By Crew

13. C 01:30 Costume Designer Crew

# T=Title

C=Credit

Timing Detail of T or C Type/Purpose

14. C 01:33 Music Supervisor By Crew

15. C 01:36 Music By Crew

16. C 01:40 Edited By Crew

17. C 01:43 Production Designer Crew

18. C 01:45 Director of Photography Crew

19. C 01:49 Executive Producer Crew

20. C 01:52 Executive Producer Crew

21. C 01:55 Executive Producers Crew

# T=Title

C=Credit

Timing Detail of T or C Type/Purpose

22. C 01:59 Produced By Crew

23. C 02:03 Written By Crew

24. C 02:07 Directed By Crew

Colombia Pictures PresentsColumbia Pictures in Yellow.

‘Presents’ in white to separate the two.

Black background so you can focus on the writing on the screen.

The writing shines brighter on a black background.

00:35 - Distributor

Typical Columbia Pictures Logo shown at the beginning of the film.

A Mosaic Production00:41 – Production Company

Just like the rest of the credits, they are two different colours.

They are all the same font.

Camerion Diaz00:50 – Main Actor

‘Camerion Diaz’ is the same colour as she is the main character.

Bad Teacher00:55 – Title of The Film

They are all the same font.

The ‘Bad’ in Bad Teacher is in pink, underlined and circled.

Justin Timberlake01:00 – Supporting Actor 1

They are all the same font.

‘Justin Timberlake’ in the same colour as he has one of the important roles in the film.

Lucy Punch01:04 – Supporting Actor 3

They are all the same font.

‘Lucy Punch’ is the same colour as she has an important role in the film.

John Michael Higgins01:07 – Supporting Actor 3

They are all the same font.

‘John Michael Higgins’ is the same colour as he has an important role in the film.

Jason Segal01:10 – Supporting Actor 4

They are all the same font.

‘Jason Segal’ is the same colour as he has an important role in the film.

Phyllis Smith and Thomas Lennon

Molly Shannon, Eric Stonestreet and Dave (Gruber) Allen

Matthew J. Evans, Kaitlyn Dever

01:14 01:17 01:21

Other Actor Other Actor Other Actor

They are all the same font.

They are all the same font.

They are all the same font.

All the actors has the same colour as he/she has an important role in the film.

All the actors has the same colour as he/she has an important role in the film.

All the actors has the same colour as he/she has an important role in the film.

Casting By01:27 - Crew

They are all the same font.

The crews title is a different colour to the crews names.

Costume Designer01:30 - Crew

They are all the same font.

The crews title is a different colour to the crews names.

Music Supervisor By Music By

01:33 01:36

Crew Crew

They are all the same font.

They are all the same font.

The crews title is a different colour to the crews names.

The crews title is a different colour to the crews names.

Edited By Production Designer Director of Photography

01:40 01:43 01:45

Crew Crew Crew

They are all the same font.

They are all the same font.

They are all the same font.

The crews title is a different colour to the crews names.

The crews title is a different colour to the crews names.

The crews title is a different colour to the crews names.

Executive Producer Executive Producer Executive Producers

01:49 01:52 01:55

Crew Crew Crew

They are all the same font.

They are all the same font.

They are all the same font.

The crews title is a different colour to the crews names.

The crews title is a different colour to the crews names.

The crews title is a different colour to the crews names.

Produced By01:59 - Crew

They are all the same font.

The crews title is a different colour to the crews names.

Written By02:03 - Crew

They are all the same font.

The crews title is a different colour to the crews names.

Directed By02:07 - Crew

They are all the same font.

The crews title is a different colour to the crews names.

So Undercover

Style & purpose of opening

- Opening sequence- Title sequence- Teaser

Length of opening

Type of font Colour of font

Animation of text

Placement of text

Style:Opening Sequence with the main actor on a motor bike.

Purpose:To give you a sense of rush and speed.

5:29

Why?Even though it seems long, it is only because there are no credits between 00:44 and 04:09.

Computer typed.

Why?Sort of like a Spy font.

White and different colours.

Why?To separate the titles from the names.

In capitals with animations.

Why?To keep the opening sequence interesting.

All over the screen, but mainly the bottom.

Why?Variety.

# T=Title

C=Credit

Timing Detail of T or C Type/Purpose

1. C 00:35 Millenium Entertainment and Exclusive Media/Crystal City Entertainment Presents

Distributor

2. C 00:39 A Scarlet Fire Entertainment Production

Production Company

3. C 00:44 In Association with Hope Town Entertainment

4. C 04:09 Miley Cyrus Main Actor

5. T 04:12 So Undercover in a bigger size font than the rest.

Title of The Film

6.. C 04:17 Jeremy Piven Supporting Actor 1

7.. C 04:25 Mike O’Malley Supporting Actor 2

8. C 04:27 Josh Bowman & Kelly Osbourne Supporting Actor 3 & 4

9. C 04:30 Eloise Mumford, Megan Park and Lauren McKnight

Other Actor

10. C 04:36 Autumn Reeser & Alexis Knapp Other Actor

11. C 04:39 Matthew Settle Other Actor

# T=Title

C=Credit

Timing Detail of T or C Type/Purpose

12. C 04:42 Casting By Crew

13. C 04:44 Costume Designer Crew

14. C 04:46 Music By Crew

15. C 04:49 Film Editors Crew

16. C 04:52 Production Designer Crew

17. C 04:54 Director of Photography Crew

18. C 04:56 Co-Producers Crew

19. C 05:00 Executive Producers Crew

# T=Title

C=Credit

Timing Detail of T or C Type/Purpose

20. C 05:03 Executive Producers Crew

21. C 05:07 Executive Producers Crew

22. C 05:11 Executive Producer Crew

23. C 05:13 Produced By Crew

24. C 05:16 Produced By Crew

25. C 05:18 Produced By Crew

26. C 05:21 Produced By Crew

27. C 05:23 Written By Crew

28. C 05:27 Directed By Crew

Millenium Entertainment and Exclusive Media/Crystal City Entertainment Presents

00:35 - Distributor

Computer like font.

Whole font in capitals.

A Scarlet Fire Entertainment Production00:39 – Production Company

Production company bigger than ‘production’

Whole font in capitals.

In Association with Hope Town Entertainment

00:44

Whole font in capitals.

Miley Cyrus04:09 – Main Actor

Whole font in capitals.

Splatted paint effect.

Main actors name comes before the title of the film.

So Undercover 04:12 - Title of the Film

Star of the film in the background.

Half of the title is in pink, the other half in white.

Yellow tint.

Whole font in capitals.

Jeremy Piven04:17 – Supporting Actor 1

Split Screen

Animation

Whole font in capitals.

Mike O’Malley04:25 – Supporting Actor 2

Whole font in capitals.

Animation

Josh Bowman & Kelly Osbourne

04:27 – Supporting Actor 3 & 4

Whole font in capitals.

Animation

Eloise Mumford, Megan Park and Lauren McKnight

04:30 – Other Actor

Doesn’t have anything to do with the movie, just there for fun.

Whole font in capitals.

Autumn Reeser & Alexis Knapp

04:36 – Other Actor

Whole font in capitals.

Matthew Settle04:39 – Other Actor

The main character is the only person you see throughout the opening sequence.

Whole font in capitals.

Casting By04:42 - Crew

Whole font in capitals.

The crews title is a different colour to the crews names.

Costume Designer Music By Film Editors

04:44 04:46 04:49

Whole font in capitals.Whole font in capitals.Whole font in capitals.

Animation and celebration.

The crews title is a different colour to the crews names.

The crews title is a different colour to the crews names.

The crews title is a different colour to the crews names.

Production Designer Director of Photography

04:52 04:54

Whole font in capitals. Whole font in capitals.

The crews title is a different colour to the crews names.

The crews title is a different colour to the crews names.

Co-Producers Executive Producers

04:56 05:00

Whole font in capitals.Whole font in capitals.

The crews title is a different colour to the crews names.

The crews title is a different colour to the crews names.

Executive Producers Executive Producers Executive Producer

05:03 05:07 05:11

Whole font in capitals.

Whole font in capitals.

Whole font in capitals.

The crews title is a different colour to the crews names.

The crews title is a different colour to the crews names.

The crews title is a different colour to the crews names.

Produced By Produced By

05:13 05:16

Whole font in capitals.Whole font in capitals.

The crews title is a different colour to the crews names.

The crews title is a different colour to the crews names.

Produced By Produced By

05:18 05:21

Whole font in capitals.

Whole font in capitals.

Written By5:23 - Crew

Whole font in capitals.

The crews title is a different colour to the crews names.

Directed By05:27 - Crew

Whole font in capitals.

Once again, you see the main character.

The crews title is a different colour to the crews names.