Opening credits analysis

Genre A: Romantic Drama

Film: Water for elephants - The opening credits for this film were not available on YouTube, so the trailer has been provided.

Sound/music - In the establishing scene there was gentle music playing in the background, but the audience can mostly hear the rain pattering down on the ticket office.

Visuals - In the establishing scene of the film, we can see the ticket offices that enable people to enter the circus, the establishing scene is from the films location.

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Genre B: Comedy drama

Film: The devil wears Prada - The opening credits for this film were not available on YouTube, so the trailer has been provided.






 Sound/music - In the establishing scene of the film we can hear the song 'suddenly I see' by KT Tunstall being played. This song has a very uplifting and joyful effect that helps set the scene for the film.

Visuals - In the establishing scene of the film we see the films main character Andrea (Anne Hathway) wiping steam off of her bathroom mirror implying that she has just begun her day and is about to begin her new career.

Font - A casual/informal font has been used for the opening credits. No capitals have been used for names in the opening credits, emphasizing an informal style. The colors used for the credits are warm pastel yellow and burnt orange.

How does it establish genre - The colors in the opening credits represent the emotion shown throughout the film as the warm yellow represents the happiness/humor shown throughout the film and the dark red represents the drama and devastation shown.








Genre C: Horror

Film: Halloween (1978)





Sound/music - In the establishing scene of the film we can hear piano music being played gently in the background but over a minute of this being played, the music becomes louder, more dramatic and more intense. This music implies that the film is going to be terrifying, dramatic and full of suspense.

Visuals - In the establishing scene of the film, it goes back in time to 1963 - when psychotic killer Michael Myers stabbed his sister to death with a kitchen wife.

Font - There was a very bold font used for the credits, this was used to make it stand out to the audience and to catch the viewers eye. The color of the font is orange. This color symbolizes Halloween as pumpkins are orange. 

How does it establish genre - The orange from the credits associate to Halloween as pumpkins are orange. The scary music that is played throughout the opening credits helps to establish the genre of the film to the audience.








Genre D: Comedy

Film: Last Holiday - The opening credits for this film were not available on YouTube, so the trailer has been provided.

Sound/music - In the establishing scene of the film we can hear gospel music being sung - this music creates a happy and uplifting tone for the beginning of the film.

Visuals - In the establishing scene of the film, we see a church group singing songs - this establishing scene also shows the films location.

Font - A very bold font has been used for the credits. The color of the credits is cream with a black shadow behind it. This has been used to make the credits stand out.

How does it establish genre - The white colour from the credits symbolizes the film's main character - Georgia as she sings in a church group and the white colour represents the purity and harmonious environment that is the church.






Genre E: Drama

Film: The Help - The opening credits for this film were not available on YouTube, so the trailer has been provided.

Sound/music - Gentle orchaestraic music is being played in the establishing scene of the film. The music creates a dramatic effect on the film and helps set the scene of the film immediately. We also hear the film's main character Aibileen and Skeeter having a conversation about what it is like to be a housekeeper.

Visuals - In the establishing scene of the film we see Aibileen sitting down and telling Skeeter about her life as a housekeeper and says that she was born into this

Font - A very formal and professional font has been used to display the credits. This has been used because as the film is a drama they had to keep the font dramatic as well.  The font colour is white which is set on a white background to make it stand out to the audience.

How does it establish genre - The colours in the credits are white and black. These two colours are separate in the credits and may have been used to portray and display the segregation of black and white people in the 1950s which was a very sad, distressing and depressing time. The orchaestraic music played throughout the credits and in the opening scene of the film implies the dramatic tones throughout the film.