J.R. Opening Title Analysis

Opening Title Analysis 

True Detective Opening Credits

Time	Text
00:02-00:04	Woody Harrelson / Mathew McConaughey
00:04-00:06	Michelle Monagan
00:06-00:08	Michael Potts
00:08-00:10	Tory Kittles
00:12-00:14	Casting by Alex L Fogel, CSA
00:18-00:20	Music by T Bone Burnett
00:23-00:25	Costume Design jenny Eagan
00:27-00:29	Editor Alex Hall
00:32-00:34	Production Designer Alex Digerlando
00:42-00:44	Director of Photography Adam Arkpaw
00:48-00:50	Co-producer Jessica Levin
00:52-00:54	Producer Carol Cuddy
00:54-00:56	Executive Producers Steve Goblin, Richard Brown
00:58-01:00	Executive Producer  Mathew McConaughy
01:02-01:04	Executive Producer  Woody Harrelson
01:07-01:09	Executive Producer Scott Stewdhans
01:12-01:14	Executive Producer Cary Joji Fuknaga
01:16-01:18	Executive Producer Nic Pizzolatto
01:20-01:24	TRUE DETECTIVE
01:24-01:26	Created by Nic Pizzicato
01:26-01:28	Written by Nic Pizzolato
01:28-01:30	Written by Nic Pizzolatto

Throughout this opening clip we see that the type face remains the same throughout and remains the same size despite the different credits shown. however their is some variation, unlike all the 'general' credits shown each for 2 seconds, the title is shown for approximately 4 seconds and is larger in size. The positioning of the text is generally at least a 250 pixels in from the sides of the footage, and is positioned according to what is happening in the film. This is what we plan to do in  our opening. Another point to make is that the colour of the text is at a constant white throughout (other than the red title) this is a neutral colour and will fit in with any footage whilst shown. This is an important factor to pick up when we plan to make our own opening as a neutral colour such as white would be a good choice to make as it will fit in with our footage well, especially after it is darkened in after affects, meaning that it will be easily noticeable and easy to read. In addition to this we see that the text does not have to many effects on it other than a possible fade in and fade out show occasionally. This is due to the fact that the text is placed over a moving image and if made too complicated it will be virtually impossible to read, therefore this is why this is the case in this title sequence.