Analysis of credit sequence and title

By Leeya Meghani

The first credit sequence shown on the Black Swan trailer is the certification of the film. The film is rated a ‘R’ which means that under 18’s are restricted from watching the film.

The second credit sequence shown is from ‘FOX Searchlight Pictures’. FOX is involved in the production and distribution of independent and mainly British films. It mainly distributes drama and horror based films.

Black Swan is about a ballet dancer who wins the lead for the Swan Lake, but the delicate swan slowly looses her mind and becomes more and more like the Black Swan.

The third sequence shown is from Crosscreek Pictures who was also a producer and distributor.

The fourth credit sequence is ‘Opening Night Venice Film Festival 2010’. This tells the viewers that Black Swan was first presented and first seen during the Venice Film Festival.

This screen shot ‘Official Selection Toronto Film Festival 2010’ shows the audience that Black Swan, was screened there. Toronto Film Festival is a leading public film festival in the world which screens more than 300 films from 60+ countries every September.

Darren Aronofsky is the director of the film Black Swan, this gives the audience an insight of who directed and put the film together.

The Wrestler and Requiem For A Dream are two films which were also directed by Darren Aronofsky; the director of Black Swan

Natalie Portman is one of the main actors in the film. This screenshot tells the audience watching the trailer that Natalie Portman is a academy award nominee.

Vincent Cassel and Mila Kunis are the two other main characters which star in the film. Both characters are given a slide each to highlight the importance of them. All the credits used in the movie are in the same text positioning with the same background.

In the last few scenes of the credits, the title of the film is brought up. Putting it towards the end of the trailer means it will stick in the viewers mind more then having it at the start.

This shot shows all the companies involved in the production of the film. It also gives the viewer all the actors which are involved in the film and the directors name

The last few scenes give the viewers a insight of who wrote the film and the director once again. The production company which released it is also found towards the bottom, with their logos on either side.

This credit shot shows the viewers who helped out with the movie, this includes music supervisors, editor of the whole film, production designer, director of photographer and the producers.

The last scene gives the viewer a website which they can visit which will give them extra information on the new film being released