Analysis of Credits Used

By Martika Dupigny-Williams

Chosen Film

The film I chose to analyse the credits from was Cyberbully. I chose this film to watch as it’s one of the influencers for our production. As well as this, by doing this research it allowed me to gain a better understanding of credits used at the end of the film as well as the title sequence; furthermore making me more capable at doing the credits for If I Leave.

Title SequenceThe film begins with the main title displayed on the bottom right hand corner. The name ‘Cyberbully’ references to how this film is based around the internet. It is also strongly hinted that the theme is about bullying via social networking sites as the two Ls have been made to look like forward slashes. This is put first as it’s the most important credit of the film.

The next titles played within the sequence is the main actors present. This is demonstrated with the main actress sitting a computer screen with her name below. The font chosen is also important as it needs to be relevant to your film itself within your chosen genre.

Title SequenceFollowing this the people who took part in the creation of it are shown in any particular order. The first one shown is ‘music by’ which gives credit to the music director. If songs performed by artists are used this can also be included within the title sequence.The editor comes next in this title

sequence giving credit to the person responsible for this task. This person plays a major role within a production company as they are responsible for what you see as the finished product. Following this, the remaining members of crew are shown throughout this sequence.

End CreditsConcluding the film a short message is shown surrounding a foundation. As this film was based around the topic of Cyber bullying this shows the production have done extensive research making this informative. The foundation chosen is therefore relevant for their film and also giving recognition towards them.After this message shows the

remaining cast members who didn’t play major roles within the film begin to show. Typically within films this is in order of appearance but this isn’t detrimental to whether the film is successful or not.

End CreditsThe last few credits shown are in relation to the production company itself as well as other that may have been involved in the creation of the film. This begins with the location of it being filmed, as well as legal distribution information showing the logos by the companies also. Other companies have been promoted from this film by having a collection of each one who took part credited at the end.