Analysis of Multiple Title Sequences

Holly Fairbairn

Life of Brian0.01 – Handmade films presents0.07 – Monty Pythons0.11 – Life of Brian0.26 – Starring (list of main cast)0.32 – With (list of other cast)0.54 –0.58 – 1st Assistant Director …1.00 – Camera Operator …

Continuity …___ Editor …___ Mixer …

1.05 – Editor …1.10 – 1.14 – Make-up …1.21 – Costume Department …1.22 – Props Department …1.25 – Makeup and Hairdressing Departments …1.27 – Art Department …1.30 – _______ Managers1.42 – Costume Design …1.51 – Art Director …1.53 – Associate Producer …2.04 – Design and Animation …2.10 – Executive Producers …2.15 – Produced by …2.20 – Directed by …

Year of release: 1979Genre: ComedyStyle of titles: Hand drawn

Candyman0.03 – TriStar Pictures Presents0.05 – In association with PolyGram filmed entertainment0.07 – A Propaganda Films production0.12 – A Bernard Rose film0.18 – Candyman0.25 – Virginia Madson0.29 – Tony Todd0.34 – Xander Berkeley 0.38 – Hasi Lemmons0.43 – Vanessa Williams Dejuan Guy0.48 – Michael Culkin Stanley Desantis Gilbert Lewis0.54 – Executive Producer Clive Barker 0.59 – Executive in charge of Production Tim Clawson 1.03 – Casting by Jason la Padura 1.08 – Sound design by Nigel Holland Special make-up effects by Bob Heen Costume design by Leonard Pollach

1.14 – Film Editor Dan Rae 1.19 – Production design by Jane Ann Stewart 1.23 – Director of photography Anthony B Richmond B.S.C 1.28 – Music by Phillip Glass 1.33 – Based on “The Forbidden” by Clive Barker

1.39 – Produced by Steve Golin Sigurjon Sighvatsson Alan Poul 1.44 – Written and directed by Bernard Rose

Year of release: 1992Genre: Thriller/HorrorStyle of titles: Digital

Napoleon Dynamite0.03 – MTV Films0.08 – Fox Searchlight & Paramount Pictures0.17 – Napoleon Dynamite0.27 – Directed by …0.33 – Produced by …0.40 – Written by …0.47 – John Heder0.52 – John Gries0.58 – Efren Ramirez1.03 – Aaron Ruell1.08 – Deidrich Bader1.14 – Music …1.20 – Cinematography …1.25 – Editing …

Year of release: 2004Genre: ComedyStyle of titles: Hand drawn

Guardians of the Galaxy0.01 - MARVEL0.20 – Guardians of the Galaxy0.26 – Casting by…0.29 – Music Supervisor …0.34 – Music by …0.38 – Visual Effects Producer…0.42 – Special Effects Supervisor …0.45 – Costume Designer …0.48 – Edited by …0.53 – Production Design …0.58 – Director of Photography …1.02 – Co-producers …1.06 – Executive Producers …1.10 – Executive Producers …1.16 – Executive Producer …1.24 – Executive Producer …1.29 – Produced by …1.36 – Written by…1.43 – Directed by …

Year of release: 2014Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-fiStyle of titles: Digital

Comparison

Similar titles in all sequences

• Production company name• Directed by• Produced by• Edited by

Difference between style and titles

Title sequences with hand drawn titles tend to have more artistic based titles such as:• Art Department • Design and Animation Due to the extra work that goes into creating the titles and the sequence as a whole compared to digital made titles.

Difference between time and titlesDue to a proliferation of technology, newer films tend to have more titles to relate to the new production techniques such as CGI and new animation. These titles include:• Special effects • Visual effectsOlder films wouldn’t include titles like this because the technology wasn’t as advanced as they are now and because technology is constantly changing, the titles will change with them.

Production and funding

You can estimate a budget for the film rom the titles. Films like Guardians of the Galaxy with digital titles would have a larger budget and therefore more successful funding as they have special effects in their film.Films with hand drawn titles are more likely to have a lower budget as they don’t need to spend a lot on extra effects showing they would have less funding.