Title timeline sequence
- 1. Title timeline sequence ‘Cabin in the Woods’ 1. The ‘production company’ 00:00- 00:19 The productioncompanyisusuallyakeytitle whenintroducingafilmviathe opening sequence. Itsuggeststothe userwhatgenre the filmmaybe as specificproduction companiesusuallytake onparticularfilmgenres. The title alsosuggeststothe audience howbig the filmcompanyisor the filmbudgetaswell knownproductioncompanieswill have more moneyto produce betterqualityfilms,andmore of them. 2. Secondly, another production company title 00:19-00:40 Similartothe firsttitle,thistitle isshowingthe audience that‘Lionsgate’hasproducedthis film;thismeansthataudiencesthathave watchedpreviousfilmsfromthisinstitutionwill recognise themforpreviousgood/badfilms.Thiscouldattracta widerrange of audiences. 3. ‘Mutant Enemy’ production company 00:40-00:52 Thistitle showsthatthe productioncompany‘mutantenemy’have helpedtocreate this film;thiscouldsuggestthatthe companyisof a lowerpopularityandhasbeenfundedby Lionsgate toproduce the film.Thiscouldgainthe companyrecognition.Similarly,itcouldbe suggestingtoaudiencesthe themesandgenre as‘mutantenemy’isknownforproducing filmsof the horror/thrillergenre forexample ‘Buffythe vampire slayer’ Source: http://www.imdb.com/company/co0009514/
- 2. 4. A ‘Drew Goddard’ film 00:52-00:59 Thisshowsthe audience thatDrew Goddard hascreatedthe film.Thisattractsaudiences frompreviousDrewGoddardfilmstowatchhis new one.Italsocreatesa higherprofilefor himas if people watchthe filmandlike ittheywill wanttosee more fromhim.Alsoithints at genre and themesasDrewGoddard isknownforproducingthrillerorhorrorfilms,he’s alsoparticularlyinterestedinsci-fi whichlinkstothe cabininthe woodsthemes. Source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1206844/ 5. ‘Cabin in the woods’ 02:47-02:50 Thisis the title of the production,thishintstothe audience the themesandnarratives and showsthemthe filmtheyare watching.The bigboldredfontcouldalso hintto the genre or themesasred couldlinktobloodandgore andthe capitalssuggestthatsomethingwill be exciting.Showingthe audience the titleof the productionbeforethe filmwill givethem somethingtorememberitbywhichmeanstheycanshare it on viasocial convergence (e.g. Goingviral)
- 3. Actors names 6. ‘Kirsten Connolly’ 02:51-2:55 Thisis a name of one of the actors,thiscouldlinkto star appeal asmany that mayhave watchedKirsteninpreviousfilms suchas ‘House of cards’ and ‘The Bay’also showingthis actressis particularto the thriller/horrorgenre.Itisimportanttoshow actors namesinthe openingsequence becausetheygetthe recognitiondeservedaswell asattractingstar appeal. 7. ‘Chris Hemsworth’ 02:56-02:59 Thisis anotherwell-knownactoras the Hemsworthfamilyare quite highlyrankedinthe actingindustrywithChris’brotherina verypopularmovie franchise named‘The Hunger Games’ meaningfanswill probablyknow Chrisinfilmstoo.Similarlyitisimportantto include actor’snamesinthe openingsequence togetasmany fansas possible engagedand watchingyourfilmsoyou generate ahigherbox office profit. 8. ‘Anna Hutchison’ 03:00-03:03
- 4. 9. ‘Frank Kranz’ 03:05-03:08 10. ‘Jesse Williams’ 11. ‘Richard Jenkins’ 03:14-03:16 12. ‘Bradley Whitford’ 03:22-03:25
- 5. 13. ‘Brain White. Amy Acker’ 03:35-03:38 14. ‘’Casting by Amy McIntyre Britt and Anya Colloff’ 03:44-03:47 Includingthistitle inthe openingsequence isnotalwaysimportanthowevercanoftenbe included;ithelpsthe people thatcastthe actors to gainrecognitionforspottingthe talent withinthe film.Itcanalsobuildupa fanbase for the audience tojoinas if theylike the work of these twocastingdirectorsthentheymaywatchotherfilmswhere theyhave castactors. 15. ‘Co-Producer John Swallow’ 03:49- 03:51 Thisis importanttoinclude asit attarcts audiencesfromfilmsthisproducer haspreviousl;y helpedwith,italsogivesthe producerrecognitionforhisworkwiththe mainproducer.
- 6. 16. ‘Visual Effects Supervisor Todd Shifflett’ 03:57- 04:00 Visual effectsare usuallyalarge part of filmsinthe 21 century. Theyhelptocreate a more believablefilm andattracta wideraudience asmanyare interestedinvisual effects. Includingthisinthe openingsequencesuggestsgenreasnotall genre’s use visual effects. 17. ‘Music Supervision Dana Sano’ 04:01- 04:04 Thisis anothertitle togive recognitiontothose thathave helpedcreate the production.Itis importantto give creditstoeveryone whetherwithinthe openingorendsequence.Opening sequence isusuallyforthe mostimportantpeople associatedwithinthe film.The musicis usuallyamainpart of the filmsoit wouldgoin the openingsequence. 18. ‘Music by David Julyan’ 04:27-04:31 Similarto‘musicsupervisor’thisrole isimportantwithinthe title sequence sothe person that createdthe musiccan have the recognitiontheydeserve.
- 7. 19. ‘Costume designer Shawna Trpcic’ 04:33-04:36 Costumesare a mainconventionishelpingtoestablishgenre andthe type of personalities characters have.Thisistitle isincludedwithinthe opeingsequence togice recogntiontothe personthat helpescreate the costumessotheycanbe judgedontheir abilitytoestablish genre andcharacters to the audience viaclothes. 20. ‘Editor Lisa Lassek’ 04:41-04:44 It isimportantto include the editorwithinthe titlesbecause theyare the keyindividual that helpstocompile the filmtogethersothe audiencescanunderstandthe narrative.Itmay create a widerfanbase forthe editoras theymaylike how the filmwasedited. 21. ‘Production desginer Martin Whist’ 04:48-04:51 Thisis the lasttitle withinthissequence.Productiondesignerisanimportantjobasthey designeverythingtodowiththe productionandhow it maybe runor setup etc.thisis includedinthe title sequence togive the productiondesignerthe recognitionfortheirwork and allowsaudiencestodecide whethertheylike the productionornotif theywouldwatch more of hiswork.