Credits Timeline

A credit timeline can be described as a breakdown of the opening credits. Within it there is an idea off how may tittle cards have been used, in out points of audio and when text appears on the screen. This is very useful and can help a student to understand the way opening credits could be written and approximately how long they should be on screen. There is no particular order when title cards appear on screen, many films have it in different orders but there tends to be quite common titles one sees. Such as; Director, Actors, Producers, Executive Produces, Film Title, Editor, Costume Designer & Institution.

 The pictures seen below are both Credit Timelines that i have created. The top one was created in class and it is based on the opening credits of 'Panic Room'. It is the first ever Credit timeline that i have created and it was not easy too understand at first but gradually it all came together. I understood the fact that the bottom lines resembles the in and out points of the background music and the top line represents the length of it. Around the lines we have title numbers which represent at what time the title cards come up on screen.

 For homework we were told to create our own title card and the one towards the bottom is the one i created using powerpoint. It is based on the opening credits of 'Fast & Furious 6'. There were more title cards in 'Panic Room' but that just means that there were less names on screen even the fact that 'Fast & Furious 6' is longer. Regardless of that i can now fully say i am confident in creating Credit Timeline and i am sure i can do one without any assistance and with full understanding.