Research : The Importance of Opening Titles

What the opening titles may include:

 

 

These are some of the more important titles:

• Cast members names - Which usually come in the order of importance and the also usually say starring if the actor will play a major role in the film or featuring if the actor plays a minor part.
• Film's title - One of the most important pieces of information given. However, in more modern films the titles are further into the move, an example of this is 'Pacific Rim' where the title comes in around 20minutes after the start of the film.
• Production company name - A production company is responsible for the development of the film.
• Director - A film director is a person who directs the making of a film. Generally, a film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, and visualises the script while guiding everyone else on set.
• Producer - Film producers prepare and then supervise the making of a film before
  presenting the product to a financing entity or a film distributor.
• Distributor's company name - This will always come first as it will be another one of the important elements in the opening titles. It'll be the distributor that people know, it's the name that sells the film and gets it into the cinema.
• Executive producer - Executive producers oversee the film making with regard to film finance.

These are some of the less important titles that show up:

• Music by
• Make-up
• Costume
• Cinematography by
• Edited by
• Set design
• visual effects

Differences between Opening Titles and Ending Titles

In the opening titles it's the key information that the people making the film and distributing it want the audience to see and take in.
There's also so much more information in ending credits because it lists everyone who was involved in the film - from actors to best boy - because you just wouldn't be able to fit it into opening titles, it's not the information they want you to see. the opening titles also help portray the genre of the film by the font, colour or the people whose name shows up - e.g Wes Craven or Rob Zombie, who are both well known from the horror genre; Wes Craven for Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream (1-4) and many other famous horrors. Rob Zombie for Halloween and many others too, including his music.

Importance:

The opening titles are very important, as they give the audience a lot of information to the film. They also set the tone for the rest of the film.
The opening titles are important, because at the beginning of a film you need to make sure you capture the interest of your audience, at the end credits that doesn't matter because the audience has already seen the film.