TITLESBy Amie Brady

DISTRIBUTION LOGO

• The Distributor is the logo of a company which gets the film out into the cinema or dvd and helps promote it. These are some examples of distributors:

CAST

After the company logos it is very likely for the main actors and actresses titles to come onto the screen. The cast members come onto screen depending on their priority in the film so the most important characters actors or actresses name is usually shown first, which contrasts to the order of the crew, and then next would be the second most important, this also depends on which character has the most screen time.

In 'The Sixth Sense' Bruce Willis name is shown first as his character is the most important and has the most screen time.

In 'Juno' Ellen Pages name is presented first as her character has the most importance in the film.

For example, in panic room Jodie Fosters name appears first as her character has the most importance in the film.

In 'Forest Gump' Tom Hanks name is presented first as he plays the main character in the film.

CREW

The names of the crew are presented from least important to most important. Therefore, the typical order of the crew members is: casting by, costume designer, music by, edited by, production designer, director of photography, executive producer, produced by, written by, directed by.

For example, in 'Panic room' the directors name is presented last.

In 'Forest Gump' the name of the person who did the casting is one of the first crew names shown.

In 'The Sixth Sense' the directors name is presented last.

In 'Juno' the name of the costume designer is shown one of the first.

WHO IS THE CREW?

• A film crew is a group of people hired by a production company for the purpose of producing a film or motion picture. Here are some examples of the crew members and what they do:

• Director - responsible for overseeing the creative aspects of a film, including the flow of the film's plot, directing the actors or actresses, organizing and selecting the locations, and managing technical details such as cameras, lighting, the timing and soundtrack.

• Executive Producer - the main investor of the project.• Producer- key coordinator for the production. • Costume designer - responsible for all the clothing and costumes worn

by all the actors or actresses.• Director of photography – sometimes known as cinematographer - in

charge of the camera and lighting crew of the film.