Extensive research on jobs which appear in credits

Common opening credits order:

This is the original basis for a films credit, these aren’t true for every movie, sometimes the change the order slightly but this is the principle lay out.

·         Name of studio – The name of the production studio or distribution company is normally the first thing we see on a movie. Sometimes it just contains the name of the company, other times it shows a logo (for example the Disney castle)

·         Name of the production company – normally a group of companies invest into the making of a film so their names would follow after a title such as “In association with…” or “A … production”

·         Producer or directors name – “A film by…” or “A … film”

·         Starring, main actors – Shows the names of the principal actors, mostly the main stars, for example is a well know Hollywood actor, for example Johnny Depp, is in a movie his name would appear here.

·         Featuring- other actors, normally not as well know. Normally two or three names appear on the same credit.

·         Films title – this can appear in many different points in a movie but mostly in this place, sometimes it appears before the actors names or right at the end just after the directors name has appeared.

·         Casting by – the casting director(s).

·         Music by – the composer of the films music of who created the original score.

·         Production designer – these vary dependant on the genre of film but can include:

o   SET DESIGN

o   COSTUMES or COSTUMES BY or GOWNS (older movies)

o   HAIRDRESSER

o   MAKE-UP ARTIST

o   SOUND RECORDING (older movies)

o   VISUAL EFFECTS DIRECTOR or VISUAL EFFECTS BY

·         Editor – who edited the movie

·         Director of photography

·         Producer/ produced by/ executive producer – sometimes contains the co- producers. “Also produced by”  

·         Based on the book/ character by – if it is based on a novel of some kind their name will appear here, similarly if the film is based on a character, for example from a comic book, the characters creator’s name will be here.

·         Writers/ written by – who wrote the screenplay

·         Director! – normally only one director, their credit is show last.