Title Timelines (Action)

Fast and Furious 6 is a typical action film which is very popular with a lot of the target audience our film is aimed at. The title sequence shows the production company at the start which is universal pictures, it then goes on to name another 2 producers who had a part in the film. This is very typical of action films to credit the production companies first and then later go onto the big name actors. These production companies have approximately 5/6 seconds on screen each before the actors name come up. Each actor is put into an order of what you could describe as being the most famous ones first and so on. Each actor has a maximum of 2  seconds on the screen because a big film like this has a lot of names to cover in a short opening. This makes them seem less important than the production company who take more credit for the piece. After a while 2 actors names appear underneath each other on each screen as a way of putting the less important ones in. All of the actors names are complete by about 1.10 which is over half way through the opening credits. After the names in the action genre then come the individuals in production who took part in creating the film for example the music composer etc. In this specific action film they have around 3 seconds on screen but the majority of the names come in twos or threes as they are valued less than big name actors. Finally the writer of the film is the penultimate name and has longer on screen, this shows he was very important in the production and so gets more credit in the film. The last name to appear is the director of the film which gets a similar amount of time to the writer because they are the person that made the film happen and are most important when filming it. The title comes last which happens very often in action films as it is the most important part of the film and the last thing the audience want in their head before they actually watch the film. Although it is last on screen it last no longer than 4/5 seconds showing that because it is on a black background they do not want to hold the shot for too long as it can bore the audience.

Rhys Williams