RESEARCH - Edward Scissorhands title sequence analysis and order of credits.

       Edward Scissorhands

The title sequence I decided to analyse was 'Edward Scissorhands'. The credits in the title sequence appeared in this order:

 0.02-0.12 Ident

0.19-0.22 20th century fox presents

0.24-0.27 A Tim Burton film

0.32-0.43 TITLE
' Edward Scissorhands'

0.49-0.55 Johnny Depp

0.55-0.59 Winona Ryder

1.00-1.04 Dianne Wiest

1.04-1.08 Anthony Michael

1.09-1.13 Kathy Baker

1.14-1.19 Actor

1.19-1.23 Actors (2)

1.25-1.29 Actors (2)

1.30-1.33 Actor

1.34-1.38 Actors

1.40-1.44 Music by Danny Elfman

1.46-1.49 Casting by Victoria Thomas

1.50-1.54 Costume designer Colleen Artwood

1.56-2.00 Special makeup and scissorhands effects produced by Stan Winston

2.01-2.05 Edited by Richard Halsey

2.10-2.14 Production designer Bo Welch

2.15-2.19 Director of photography Stefan Czpsky

2.20-2.24 Executive producer Richard Hashimoto

2.25-2.29  Story by Tim Burton and Caroline Thompson  

2.31-2.35 Screenplay by Caroline Thompson

2.36-2.40 Produced by Denise Di Novi and Tim Burton

2.41-2.45 Directed by Tim Burton

The type of title sequence used was ‘titles over moving images’ I know this there was no dialogue, the sound giving was the quite dark, mysterious, high pitched soundtrack. There was no narrative (voice over) giving but the moving images gave the audience some indication to what is expected in the movie as the objects shown relate to movie itself including the scissors. As this one object is the title of the film and also being one of the main focal points of the movie.