drama credit sequences

 The Perks of Being a Wallflower

The opening credit sequence begins with a typewriter sound with the credits being written in a font that looks like it was written by a typewriter. Then music starts playing, some key parts I noticed about the music was the strong acoustic guitar and singing. When you pair the acoustic guitar and the country singing along with the old font for the letters, essentially the film is establishing the time period, that is probably late 1980s-1990s. The credits continue along with the music while some important places are shown. The places shown are: the tunnel that is important to the beginning of the movie and the ending, and the city skyline which is also important to the ending of the movie. I believe they did this to show that these two places will have some importance later on in the film.

Parasite

The credits for this film are implemented as soon as the opening starts. They are shown in the bottom right corner as to not draw attention to them. The credits then move over to the left corner of the screen so the focus is still drawn to the phone shown and not the credits. The credits are also shown in white and in a typical everyday font, once again to make them seem like nothing more than credits. They end soon after they are moved to the left corner of the screen.

Manchester by the Sea

The credits for this opening are shown in opposite colors of their background. I believe this was done to fill in any large negative spaces. In the first half of the opening the credits are shown in white while the background, or the dark blue water, they are placed on is a dark tone thus making the credits stand out. In the second half of the credit sequence the credits are then shown as dark blue on a sky blue background, once again to make them stand out. The final credit where the writer and director are named is placed in the center of the screen once again in a dark color against a light background to end off the credits. I believe they changed the placement of the final credit to highlight the importance and center the authority of the director. Although the credits seem to stand out they also seem to highlight the setting of the film.

Takeaways

I liked how The Perks of Being a Wallflower did the credit sequence. I enjoy how the credits establish the time period and how the background is of important parts of the film. I might take some inspiration by this and try to integrate it into my own film opening. I won't be able to show important places since it will just be an opening, however I can add music and change how the credits look to try and establish a tone and a time period. I also liked how Manchester by the Sea made their credits stand out while still establishing setting. With both of these ideas I will try and kind of mix them together in my own opening so I can establish setting, the time period, and create a tone for my credit sequence.