After doing research into 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo's' opening title sequence, which is a Hollywood movie, I thought it would be a good idea to do some research into the way that an independent British Drama film presents their credits, as this is probably what our thriller would be if it were a real film in the real world. So I decided to study the opening sequence to 'This is England', a British independent drama produced by Warp Films.
The sequence has a definite pattern with the way it presents its credits, it presents them in order of importance, beginning with the most important names, the credits then decrease in importance and they then begin to reveal more important credits again near the end of the opening title sequence.
They start with the production companies, which is most important for the film as it is the most important factor for it's success, they then move on to actors as the hierarchy of importance travels downwards, as these films don't rely on big names but rather actors/actresses who aren't necessarily well known as they have a low budget, but they hope to uncover new talent and have a cast who can produce a good performance.
Towards the end of the sequence they begin to show some gradually more important credits such as costume designers, and the general members of the production team, ending with the directors name who they also credit for writing the film.
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