A.M: Title Analysis

By Any Means

 This is the order of the opening credits:
0.02    -Warren Brown                                                    -actor
0.04    -Shelly Conn                                                        -actress
0.06    -Andrew-Lee,     Potts  Elliot knights                   -actors
0.10    -Keith Allen,  Martin Jarvis                                  -actors
0.14    -Richard Lumsden,   Paul Thornley                     -actors
0.16    -with John Henshaw                                            - actor
0.18    -and Gin MKee                                                    - actress
0.20    -Written and co- created by Tony Jony Jorden     -Writer and Co Creator
0.21    -Produced by Tim Keys                                       - Produced by
0.24    -Directed by Charles Palmer                                - Directed by
0.27    -BY ANY MEANS                                             - Title


This title sequence lists the actors and actresses first. They have put the main actor and actress before the other actors and actresses who have slightly less main parts. This is then followed by the write and co creator, producer and director. The title is the last thing to appear on screen for this particular opening sequence.

The duration of the titles in the sequence doesn't appear to have a clear pattern. The actors and actresses names appear for 2-4 seconds and this is also the same for the other credits.

 Typography

 font style- It is a very simple font style, making it easy and clear to read.

 size- the text is of an average size to ensure that it is big enough to be clearly vissible. The title is a very large size to make it stand out more and make it so that it is obvious it is the title of the programme.

 colour- some of the text is black and some white. It is cleverly coloured to contrast with the background making the text bold and stand out.

 position- The postion of the text is very varied. Most of the time it is tilted or on its side making the title sequence very interesting.Also as the credits are at different angles it will make the audience pay more attention so them and make them try to read them. The title at the end is in the centre of the frame.

letters- The names are in capital letters to make them stand out. Where as smaller lower case letters are used for who the people are i.e 'directed by'

Animation-The titles often rotate with the footage. They also slide across the screen slightly following the path of the background image and they fade away.

-As screen shakes text disappears
-The title of the film is horizontally reflected.


what we could take from the title sequence?
I think that putting the names in capital letters is very affective as it makes the names stand out more from the opening. Also I like the fact the titles move with the footage making them integrated. I think that using two different colours for the text makes them look more interesting and would be helpful when making the titles stand out from the background.