HW 2b - Analysis of Titles in Film Openings (DYM)

The Naked Gun (1988)

0:01- Paramount Pictures Presents

0:06- a Zucker Abrahams Zucker productions

0:13- Leslie Nielsen

0:20-The Naked Gun – From the Files of Police Squad

0:26-Priscilla Presley

0:32-George Kennedy

0:38-Ricardo Montalban

0:43-O.J.Simpson    Raye Birk

0:52-Casting by Fern Champion, C.S.A and Pamela Basker, C.S.A

0:58-Asscoaite Producers John D. Schofield   Kevin M. Marcy#

1:05-Music by Ira Newborn

1:11-Costume designer Mary E. Vogt

1:17-Editor Michael Jablow

1:25-Production designer John J. Lloyd

1:32-Director of Photography Robert Stevens

1:37-Written by Jerry Zucker   Jim Abrahams   David Zucker   Pat Proft

1:43-Produed by Robert K. Weiss

1:47-Directed by David Zucker

The titles were always in the centre of the shot and all the titles stuck to the same monochrome colour scheme, font and overall style. This opening used the colour white for its titles and there was not much use of colour throughout the entire opening. Despite how boring the monochrome colour scheme may make it seem, I feel it was needed as a lot more was going on in the shots so the white colour meant that the audience's focus on the shot would not be lost due to the stylistic choices. Both films followed the same type of structure with the order of titles, with the main actors shown at the start then the important people behind the camera and both ended with the Directors.

Rear Window (1954)

0:02-a Paramount Release

0:06-James Stewart in

0:12-Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window  Copyright MCMLIV BY PATRON, INC   ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

0:17-Co-starring Grace Kelly Wendell Corey Thelma Ritter

0:23-Raymond Burr  Judith Evelyn  Ross Bagdasarian  Georgine Darcy  Sara Berner  Frank Cady     Jesslyn Fox  Rand Harper  Irene Winston  Havis Davenport

0:34-Screenplay by John Michael Hayes    Based on the short by Correll Woolrich

0:41-Color by Technicolor  Director of Photography Robert Burks, A.S.C                                  Technicolor Color Consultant Richard Mueller

0:45-More credits

0:55-More credits

1:04-More credits

1:09-Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

The titles were also always in the centre of the shot and all the titles stuck to the same colour scheme of yellow and red, font and overall style. The rigid placement of the titles is a reflection of the time in which the film was made. The timings of the placement of titles in both films were evenly spread in both films.