Reflection on film titles research

Skyfall has 49 titles, this is because it is a bigger budget film and so more people are involved in the film, 21 Jump Street has 21 titles, this is probably just including the main personalities involved in the making of the film. Also the titles were probably quite short as the title sequence was made up of simple clips of action that linked to the action/teenage theme of the film, and so it would be boring if the titles went on too long. Twilight had 36 titles-the most out of all three films I looked at, many of these titles were actors and it also included some visual effects titles.

Twilight had the largest number of actors in the titles - 26, this is because the film has many central characters and is more of an ensemble cast. Skyfall had 10 actors featured in the titles as the film is generally centred around one actor however there are some important supporting actors that are also central to the film and so they are also included in the first set of titles. 21 Jump Street had 13 actors introduced in the titles also to introduce the main characters that are featured throughout the film, also the actor titles are of some very well known actors which will make the target audience more inclined to watch the film as there are famous actors in the film.

The roles that appear in all three are the director, the producers, the co-producers and executive producers, the actors are obviously shown in all three and main people in the visual department are also included in the opening titles. Costume and makeup are also included in all three title sequences, in addition, casting and music.

There are some roles that are not featured in all three, for example, publicity and marketing are featured in Skyfall and not in the other films, also stunt coordination and miniature effects are also featured in Skyfall and not the other two films who’s titles are more simple and straightforward.

Finally, the link between the titles in Skyfall are that the titles made in and out like smoke in front of computer generated graphics that take place underwater, the titles are placed to the left side of all of the shots as this is where they are more visible. 21 Jump Street has the titles in the middle of the frame and they take up most of the shot. They are also in a very big, bold font and the transitions are very blunt and quick. The titles of Twilight fade in and out softly to match the music and change colour depending on the background they are placed on top of.