Amy Balmer

We are watching film openings and focusing on the titles to find out what the most common pattern is in the ordering, so that we can use that order in our film openings. I have chosen to analyse Layer Cake because it fits within my genre, The Shining because it is a well-known film and Se7en because it also fits with our genre.

Layer Cake:

Main Actor Title Cast Other Cast Casting By Costume Designer Music Supervisor Music By

The Shining:

Studio Director Key Cast (2) Title Other Cast Executive Producer

Se7en:

Studio Producer Director Key Cast (2) Title Other Cast

After looking at these three film opening I have found that the most common order goes the studio logo, the director, the producer, the key cast, the title and then the rest of the cast. The studio logo always seems to go first the director/ producer usually follows; the key cast is presented very early in the film opening; the title came around the same time in The Shining and Se7en; and the other cast always came after the title of the film. However, because we are playing most of the titles after a gunshot, for dramatic effect, our order will be: studio logo, (opening), title, director, producer, key cast and then other cast.