Assignment 10: Film billing

Model example

Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol

Genre: Action/Thriller

Picture

Start of opening

The film starts of with footage which establishes :

Location (tunnel) Enigma: who is he?

A character creates enigmas instantly. lights off a spark of a wire in the tunnel.

Credit 1

Time: .03 Possessory Distributing company - Paramount pictures and skydance productions

Invested into having ownership, so the distribution company usually have the 1st billing

The font is medium sized, white and clear and in capitals.

Credit 2/3

Producers of the film have control over

where the film was filmed, sets, editing

etc.

Establish more of the setting

Time: .08PossessoryProduction company

Time: .06 PossessoryProduction company

Credit 4

Time: .12 Crew director

The director would then come next as he directed the whole film

Credit 5

Time: .15 Cast Main actor

Main actor gets the higher billing then the other actors.

Title 6,7

Title 6 Title 7

Time: .19Title of the film

Time: .20Title of film

Credit 8,9,10

Credit 8 Credit 9 Credit 10b

Time: .24Cast Supporting actor 1

Time: .27Cast Supporting actor 2

Time: .30Cast Supporting actor 3

The supporting actors then come after the main actor.

Credit 11,12,13

Credit 11 Credit 12 Credit 13

Time: .35Cast Other actor

Time: .36Cast Other actor

Time: .40Cast Other actors

These are the other actor that have a smaller part than the main actor/supporting actors.

Credit 14

Time: .42 Crew Casting

Credit 15

Time: .48 Crew Visual effects supervisor

Credit 16,17

Time: .51Crew Co producers

Time: .54CrewCo producers

Credit 18

Time: .56 Crew Music

Credit 19

Time: .59 Crew Composer

Credit 20

Time: 1.03 Crew Costume designer

Credit 21

Time: 1.31 Crew Based on

Credit 22

Time: 1.34 Crew Writer

Credit 23

Time: 1.41 Crew Director