The titles begin with an establishing shot of a valley and a river. Tracking down the river, it has swooping motions so looks like a helicopter/plane flying through the sky. The shot then dissolves into another establishing shot of a car driving down a road. There are several more similar shots. They show a passage of time, and set a relaxing and tranquil setting and mood, this is juxtaposed to the genre of the film, and what the audience is expecting. An example of this kind of juxtaposed opening is ghost ship. This is a horror film but the credits are in soft pink fancy writing.
The credits themselves scroll into the establishing shots. They are in a simple, bright blue font. This looks as though it is cheaply made and shows a poor quality to the film. This maybe because the film was made in 1980 and they had less software or as many effects available to them. Some of the credits are in a smaller font, this shows there are less significant to the film than the names in larger font.
The music is juxtaposed to the relaxed setting of the shots; it is eerie and high pitched. This builds tension and is more like the horror film genre. In the middle of the music, there is an effect which sounds like a police car siren, this insinuates the police will be part of the film or that someone is breaking the law. There are also effects which sound like screams, this links to the previous point.
The credits scroll in the following order:
“A Stanley Kubrick Film” (Director) “Jack Nicholson” (Johnny) “Shelley Duvall” (Johnny’s Wife)
“The Shining” (Title of the film)
“Featuring Danny Lloyd”
“Scatman Crothers”
“Barry Nelson”“Philip Stone”
“Joe Turkel”
“Anne Jackson”
“Tony Burton”
“Jan Harlan” (executive producer)
“Based upon the novel by Stephen king”Produced in association with the producer circle company, Robert Fryer, Martin Richards, Mary Lea Johnson”“Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick and Diance Johnson”
“Produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick”
The titles come up in this way because they go up in order of how important they are. The titles don’t show everyone that was in the production of the film, they only show people that were of highest importance, if they were to name everyone that was featured within the film, then the audience would get bored and lose the feeling of the mise-en-scene and the atmosphere that the music creates.
Of Mice and Men credits
At the very beginning of the film, there is a black screen with blue writing in the centre of the screen. The music is a repeated single note, during the first credits. Single high pitched notes are added, the first one simultaneously with the film title.
The people mentioned in the first credits are; the company who made the film, the directors and the 2 famous actors (in capitals and a larger font), in that order. These are shown in this order, and separately from everyone else who helped to create the film, as people may watch the film simply because they like the directors/actors or the companies behind the making of the film are well known and rated.
After these people are mentioned the title of the film appears. It is in capitals, like the actors, and has a different font for the first letter. This shows the significance of this piece of information. The names of the people involved then continue. It first mentions the link to the novel, the writer in capitals. Other names, without job titles, are then mentioned, it is assumed they are less well known actors in the film. This is because they follow the same layout as the previous actors, however, there is more than one name within the shot, and this shows they are less known.
Up to now the credits has been in a pale blue font on a black screen, they enter with a fade, and leave in the same way. However, when the less important/famous people in the production are mentioned the credits change; a light shines brightly through wooden slats. The credits appear as the audience is blinded by the light. They are white and remain on the screen when the light leaves the shot, leaving the name on its own in the bottom left corner of the shot. The people mentioned here are: casting, costume designer, music, editor, production designer, director of photography, executive producer, screenplay and producers, in that order. When the camera pans across the room to show the man sat against the wall, the name of the director fades in. this shows the director is significant. The camera than zooms slowly into the man’s face, to introduce the character. Finally there is a jump cut to a daylight shot of a woman in a field wearing a red dress with a rip in it. This shows the juxtaposition of the shots, and to show the end of the credits.
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