girl with the dragon tattoo
The girl with the dragon tattoo is a very traditional film opening with the order of the opening credits.
at; 00.05, the production company appears; columbia pics and metro-goldwyn-mayer. The next title that comes to the screen is another production company at 00.09 of the opening credits. when the film gets to 00.12 this is where we see the first name other than a production company. the name that is shown is David Fetcher and tell the audience that it is his film. the fact that up until this point only three credits have comes up could suggest that people need to know that these are very important people in the film industry and are the heart and soul of the film. At 00.15 the main actor of the girl with the dragon tattoo is shown and the actor is daniel craig. due to the fact that he is fourth in the line of credit could also connotes his importance to the film. furthermore this could show that he is more important that the rest of the cast other than the people who come before him. the opening credit themselves are very dark and the opening image is a pure black screen that is backed up by the fast beat music. as the music build the scene begins to flash and creates a sense of animosity about the film that is carried on throughout. After Daniel Craig comes; Rooney Mara which is also a big actress in the film. up until this point we wouldn't know what the film is called as the title of the film has not yet appeared. this could prove to the point that the actors and production company mean more to the audience than the actual film. the title then is shown at 00.21. as the credits roll on from the point of 00.23 to 1.13 there are the names of the actors and actresses in the film. 1.13 is the point where the casting for the film is shown and it moves on quickly to the costume designer at 1.19. as the credits begin to speed up and the music intesifies. the fact that teh credits and names of people arent staykng on for a long period of time shows that they are less significent to the film. At 1.22 co-producers credit comes on the screen and there are a variety of names on at the same time. furthermore the fact that there are a number of names on the same credits could suggest that each person does not deserve to have their own credit and aren't that important in the film. 1.25 are the sound and 1.28 shows the music.the credits come and go even more quickly with gaps between them of two seconds at 1.30 is the ediitors and the 1.33 is a credit for the production designer, 1.38- director of photography and 1.46 shows the executive producers. one of the most important in my view of the film comes at 1.50 and its the producer. this comes after everything else and is very near the end. screen play comes at 2.08 and the director of the film is last with a time of 2.21
