True Blood - Opening Credits

For our opening we will add credits to open it, explaining the directors editors actors etc. I have looked at some opening credits to see how we should make ours and to possibly get some ideas from them.

This is the opening Credits from 'True Blood' , a thrilling vampire programme.



• The credits start off with the actors names, with the soundtrack running behind them. As each name changes so does the background of the shot. Each actors name has a different back ground. This could be symbolic relating to there character?
• The backgrounds are all rustic American, they show diners and American scenery showing us that the programme is set in America.
• After the actors names have been on screen the film crews names come up but all together instead of on there own. They are on screen for a less amount of time and the font is smaller than the actors names.
• All writing on the credits are all the same font.
• The credits move around the screen each time they change, they move from corner to corner and central. They are easy to read.
• After the cast and the film crews credits the screen goes red representing blood and the title 'True Blood' appears big and clear to read in the centre.
• After that we begin into the programme and the Writer and Directors names are shown. In the same font but more notice able and on screen for a longer amount of time. This is done because they are showing the audience who wrote and directed it as they are proud of it and want the audience to notice that they are most responsible for the film.

The  credits are easy to read and fit into the opening well. However the programme is about killing vampires and is suppose to thrilling and scary. Therefore i think the credits should have been a it more scary, this could be done by using strange fonts and changing the music and the back grounds.