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The Who and What of opening credits Standard order: eg Reign of Fire (2002), a post-apocalyptic film

Studio or Distribution Company presents They may or may not have financed the making of the film but they are the companies that sell the films to film theatres, television, DVDs etc.

Production Company a business entity that finances or produces motion pictures. *In our case it would be MASHAB productions

A Directors name FILM (Or Producers) these are used as an auteur or visionary of the film. Directors who have a distinctive style that audiences will have specific expectations when seeing his/her name in front of the title eg Michael Bay

The Stars Anywhere from one to three lead actors are often listed just before the title which is equivalent to having their names above the title of the film poster. This is where the term top billing originated.

The title of the film which speaks for itself

The TOP cast leading actors with significant roles in the film

The casting directors usually put the casts together in the film. Sometimes the producers or sometimes talent agencies put their clients into the film

MIX AND MATCH

Producers - they run the operation of the movie; make hiring decisions, budget planning and expending, and supervising the cast and crew from pre-production to production and through postproduction. and Executive Producer - may be the person who put the project in motion. The EP often does not participate in the day-to-day production of the film but may oversee the producers who do

Music composer person who made the original score or soundtrack of the film.

Editor takes the pieces of the film and assembles them into the story the film becomes.

The Director of Photography he/she will oversee the lighting, camera set ups, lens choices, filters, equipments and sometimes framing of all the shots depending on the director. Usually 2nd in command beneath the director

Written by or Screenplay - The person(s) who bring the blueprint for the whole process. The ones who first determine the story, the events, major images, the characters and the dialogue. Writing for film is very different from any other writing, because the final or shooting screenplay is not the final product, it's the beginning

The director the person responsible for conveying a vision of what is written in the script. He works with the writer, producer and designer in pre-production and establishes the staging of the action, designs the shots and guides the actors in their performance.

Check more examples of opening credits from other post apocalyptic films: 12 Monkeys directed by Terry Gilliam Doomsday directed by Neil Marshall The Last Man of Earth directed by Ubaldo Ragona Knowing directed by Alex Proyas

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