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PRODUCTION COMPANY

The production company has to be included and is always the first to be shown in the title sequence this is because the audience can recognize the name behind the film and will want to proceed to watch. And so the audience can have a brief outline to who contributed to the production of the film.

DANIEL CRAIG

The first name to be shown is the starring role which is Daniel Craig, he is even shown before the director this is because Daniel Craig is more of a selling point and more recognizable because he is such a big well known actor. This shoot also introduces the character to the audience yet without showing the face so is a mystery to the audience and setting the genre as a thriller. When they see his name the audience immediately want to watch on.

JAMES BOND

They include this James Bond series name as people easily recognize the 007 and James Bond and will want to proceed with the film once this is shot as it interests them and glad to know its park of the James Bond series. Without this title then the audience may not know that it is an Ian Flemings film and it could lower expectations but as its included it gives a brief outline of the theme and genre of the film as linked to the others in the series.

SKYFALL

This is the first time in the opening title sequence that the films name is included and is dead center to draw the audiences attention to the name. The background is Daniel Craig moving down under the floor under water this is causing a lot of attention which connotes that the film will be full of action too. Apart from that the shoot is very dark and simple to draw extra attention to the title.

ACTORS

Once the name of the film and then the main starring actor as well as the production company has been listed and titled then the names of the less known actors are mentioned as are still big roles in the film and still attract big numbers of audience.

CO PRODUCERS

The titles then has to include co producers however here they are to the bottom corner more and smaller as not center this is because its not as important as the past information included as well as there is now more action going on in the background and is not just plain and dark

OTHER TITLES

Once all the main roles of actors and production company is listed then the other roles such as make and hair designers are titled. These are all involved as they are still very important on the team to the film contribution.

MUSIC

Its also very important that the music producers and writers are included as the theme songs are very well known for James Bond films and this song will become recognizable for Skyfall and therefore audience will know information about it.

PRODUCER

The producer is the last name and title included as they are the person who made the film happen