Credits – Length of / Number of / Placement of and Top Billing and Single Cards for Main Actors and timelines

It is common that an Opening Title Sequence will at least contain 24 titles within the credits. With no doubt the main characters would generally come first and the director last. With in credits, it is important that all the titles are the same length of time, same font and usually same font size unless it is a heading. 

When having popular actors in a film, it is more likely they will be introduced on their own single card. So for example if Julia Roberts was starring in a romance, her name would be introduce on screen on its own, without any other titles on the screen. For example; Jennifer Aniston has a contract for her name to be on her own card, to show the significance of their roles.

Credits can be shown on any background. There are some opening titles that have just a blank board behind it, or just a static image from the movie or it could even be a scene of action. When having static images and blank boards it comes across like a slide show and it works quite similar. 

For my opening sequence I will use this rule of having 24 titles, doesn't matter whether I have 24 people to include. Using 24 titles will make it look more professional and well presented. I would like my background to be pain backgrounds but also action involved in the background as I think it makes it more interesting and viewers get attracted easily.