Blog Post #27- Credits: Short Film vs Movie

The assignment given to us is to make our idea look like a continuous movie opening, so in the beginning while my opening cuts are playing that is when I will show the name of the movie, the name of my actors and the director (me). This will be words at the bottom of the clips. I will put them during certain scenes so that they are still noticeable but do not take away the attention from what is actually going on. I plan to do this instead of putting it all at the end to try and prevent it from looking like a short film.

For example, in the short film "Taylor Swift- All Too Well: The Short Film". She had her shots and clips throughout the whole film. At the end is when she started to give the credits and actors. To show this was a short film she also did not make a continuous plot. Short films put credits at the end of the scene to try and keep the focus on the plot rather than distracting viewers with the credits. 

But then there is "Star Wars". The movie "Star Wars" is a chronological movie series that was released in 1977. They open up their movie with the production company, the title of their movie and the introducing plot. Movies might do this as they want to grab the viewers' attention with the actors and actresses featured. For example, a famous actor "Dwayne Johnson" if they see his name, they might automatically think the movie is going to be good. Another reason might be to try and establish the theme. Movie titles say a lot about a movie, and it might just be there way of trying to send a lesson to the viewers. 

While I am not making a full movie, I am making the opening. So, similar to "Star Wars" I am going to include my movie title and actors. The only difference is that I will not have my production company included.