3 Drama Credit Sequences

 3 Drama Credit Sequences 

Week 2, Blog 2 

Wednesday, February 5th, 2025

After some research and analysis that we have done in the previous days, we are now about to research, analyze, and discuss 3 amazing film credit sequences of the drama genre. I am excited about this project, especially this part since I love doing research and learning more and more about this interesting genre. I also love how every detail included in the opening scene is detailed and carefully placed in its place, still, I find it very interesting how it is up for interpretation and analysis in various ways. The credits should include important titles such as director, producer, writer, cinematographer, editor, and major actors. 

Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

The film credit sequence starts by introducing the logo of the merger of Fox Film Corporation and the Twentieth Century Pictures, "20th. century fox" which has become very iconic and easy to identify in films. Then, the logo of "Regency", which is the film production company. Then the name of another production company is given, which is "GK". Then, the film's title is given.  As the opening part progresses, the names of the main characters are given. Then the person who was in charge of the casting, costume design, the executive music producers, music supervisors, co-producer, editor, production designer, director of photography, executive producer, and producer. Finally, the creator of the story, who did the screenplay, and the director. When analyzing and discussing this credit sequence, I would say it was very well developed and distributed during the 2 minutes of the opening part of the film. I would say the font size was well proportioned, as well as a white color which combined with the aesthetic of the scenes given, and the color font also makes it easy to read and identify. 

I would say that the names are well distributed since there is a perfect amount of time in between the names given, which I think doesn't saturate the viewers with info. Unlike some films, these credits were not read out loud by a narrator, which I think was a very clever decision since a very loud song was playing in the background.  I consider that this credit opening sequence was very captivating and was themed with the story's colorimetry and style. 

Bohemian Rhapsody's opening scene

Fly Me To The Moon (2024)

The credit sequence of the film does not include a logo or an image to identify the movie's production company at first compared to other films. It primarily includes the name of the person responsible for the casting, visual effects supervisor, music, music supervisor, costume designer, editor, production designer, director of photography, executive producer, producers, where the story is inspired, screenplay, director, still, the name title was not provided. When analyzing this credit sequence, I happened to discover that the different names provided on the screen were hard to notice, I believe this happened since the font's size is very small and the white color makes it a little hard to notice. Still, its style was well paired with the colorimetry of the different scenes, which had a lot of pastel colors. I would also say that the names and information of the credits provided were well placed on the screen in the bottom half which didn't obstruct the scenes happening. The names were provided also at the right pace, meaning there was a nice amount of time in between each name, mostly when there were a lot of conversations or movement going on in the scenes. 

I also believe that that decision was made for the audience to have an amount of time to notice and read the credits while being on track and engaged with the story being presented and introduced. To conclude, I would say that the credits were well presented and paired with the film's aesthetic and style with many minimalistic details so it wouldn't saturate the audience, still, I found it uncommon that in the first minutes of the film, the title wasn't provided. 

Fly Me To The Moon's opening scene.

Call Me by Your Name (2017)

The opening credit scene starts by presenting the different contributors in a yellow font and black background. The credits provided are Memento Films International, RT Features, and M.Y.R.A Entertainment. A co-production of La Cinéfacture and a Frenesy Film. There is an association with Morato Pane s.p.a and Faram 1957 s.p.a, Armando De Angelis s.r.l, Cinefïnance Italia s.r.l, under tax credit laws. Association with Water's End Productions, Regione Lombardia, Regione Lazio. Then the main actors' names are given: Armè Hammer,  Timothée Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar, Esther Garrel, Victoire du Bois, Vanda Caprido, Antonio Rimoldi, Elena Bucci, Marco Sgrosso.  The casting was by Stella Sarino 1st AD Dominique Delany. Music supervisor Robin Urdang and music consultant Gerry Gershman.  The film's opening credit sequence is in a yellow font, which seems like a handwritten test style.  The information and names are given in advance at the right pace.

 The text size and font are proportional since the background shows different European figures and drawings, which foreshadow an important topic and setting of the film. Therefore, the text does not interfere with the aesthetic and style of the introduction part. 

Call Me by By Your Name opening scene.

In conclusion, all of the opening credit sequences of the film cohesively embody proportionally the aesthetic and style of what can be shown in the background with the font size and color. The text is also proportionated well when it comes to the pace of time since it won't saturate the first seconds with information, instead, they are all well distributed and easy to digest by the audience.