Credit Sequences Research

   Hi blog! It's now time to think about what I am going to do for the credit sequence! Since the whole project is only 2 minutes, this aspect will take up a big chunk of time, although I am pretty sure that I want the credits to appear over a background video, so that I can get the story stared without wasting any of the two minutes, as I will need as much time to develop the start of a plot as possible with the plot-heavy genre I am doing.

    As I discussed in a recent post, "Perks of Being a Wallflower" (2012) is the definition of a coming of age film, which is why I decided to use that one for research. One of the first things I noticed was that the credits were in the same font as the title on all the posters an advertisements, which is a typewriter font. The very beginning of the credits before showing the title was simply a black background with the white letters, which emphasizes the names on screen. Upbeat music begins playing while the background video enters a context of driving under a bridge, which is where a major scene in the film takes place. What I learned from this opening was that the focus was mainly on the words, while still subtly foreshadowing a future scene. 

    The next one I chose to watch was a classic, "The Breakfast Club" (1985). This opening scene starts with another upbeat song, in this case, one that is quite drum heavy. Similar to Perks of Being a Wallflower, it displayed the logo early on, and was simply the classic yellow colored font with a black screen. However, unlike the previous researched film, the background stays black while the credits in the same font are shown, and it

continues that way until it uniquely shows a quote by David Bowie that captures the essence of the film. The transition from the credit sequence into the film was a shattered screen into an establishing shot of a school. This film gave me an idea of what to do in the case that we decide to do a credit sequence. 

The final credit sequence that I analyzed was "The Outsiders", and I did so keeping in mind that it was created over 40 years ago, in 1983. However, I still appreciated the unique style of the credits, as it runs similar to the end credits, as it is a constantly scrolling display of names. It may be a result of the limited technology, but I really liked how the text font was the same as the iconic bright yellow title logo. The font was also the same, and I found that every film I studied

included that detail of the logo and credit names in the same font. I will definitely be including that aspect into my own project. This film also relies heavily on the characters, so before the credits or the title appear, the first thing shown is Ponyboy looking off into space, and although it was made so long ago, it has our same target audience of teenagers. 


    This information has made me consider what I want to do with both the credits as well as the logo, however through doing the research, I am leaning towards doing the same font for both. I will keep you updated with the process, but I'll see ya next time!💕