Sci-Fi Drama Credit Sequences

 Intro + Changes

        Suprise! Our genre idea has TOTALLY changed. Scrapping the idea of integrating any sort of fear to our genre, we now decided on creating a sci-fi drama. However, my research wasn't entirely impractical, we still loved the idea of creating a lot of suspense throughout the short film. Plus, I have researched sci-fi films in the past, so this change wasn't too dramatic for me. 

    Moving on, the next step into researching for our film opening is beginning credits scenes. Integrating the correct type of detailed credits into our film is essential for conjuring the most realistic and well-done film opening we could possibly create. 

Analysis #1:

    Spaceman (2024) is about an unassisted astronaut befriending an unidentified specimen while floating on a spacecraft through space. The first credits seen are in a very small font against a fully black screen. This could be used as anticipation for the audience creating suspense even before any visuals are shown. Then, the titles importance is shown from its isolation. This could also be interpreted that the main character, or the spaceman, is all alone in the endless abyss of space. I feel this could be a great way for my group to reveal the significance of the title of our opening while also addressing part of our story. Throughout the rest of the opening, the credits are relatively small, with a blocky basic font, revealing that the credits should not be the focus of the audience's attention.

 

Analysis #2:

    Children of Men (2006) takes place in an overcrowded steam punky world, where not a single person has been born for the past 18 years. Much like Spaceman, this film opens with a pitch-black screen where the production companies are shown. Again, I believe this begins the film with an unsettling and anticipating start and could be used to start the film in a dramatic way. In this opening, however, the title was not shown, giving more emphasis on the story at hand before introducing the name. The lack of credits goes well with the scene at hand, as the overpopulation of the city seems to have pushed the credits away.

Analysis #3:

      Moon (2009) is a film that uses a very unique method when introducing their credits. Instead of the usual plaster on top the visuals, Moon incorporates the credits into the background. This makes the whole movie look more futuristic, or unlike the world we live in today. The title is also given its own individual shot, the name "Moon" on top of a close up of the bottom of the moon. Using an actual visual of the moon when introducing the title solidifies the main storyline. The font is again a blocky, futuristic type, supporting the sci-fi aspects of the film.

    My group and I originally had the idea to use editing to put our credits on walls or integrate them into backgrounds, and this research relays that this is something the genre uses anyways!