Research - Timeline of two film openings

There is a strict order in which names and jobs appear in the opening credits because it shows the order of importance for who is involved in the film.  The companies involved are shown first of all as they put in the money towards making the film, most significant actors in the film because if they are the most famous it will influence more people to watch the film as they have a high status and are known to be in good films. Then the casting crew, costume designers, music and editing crew, production designer, director of photography, executive producer, the writer(s) and finally the Director. This shows that the main people involved in the making of the film are shown last so their names are the most memorable and they get the most credit for their hard work.

Signs (2002)

00:03 - Touchstone pictures presents

00:08 – A blinding edge pictures/ Kennedy/ Marshall Production

00:14 – Mel Gibson

00:20 – Joaquin Phoenix

00:25 – Signs (music begins)

00:29 – Cherry Jones

00:34 – Rory Culkin

00:39 – Abigail Breslin, Patricia Kalember

00:45 – Casting by Douglas Aibel

00:51 – Music by James Newton Howard

00:59 – Visual effects supervisors Eric Brevig, Stefen Fangmeier

1:03 – Costume designer Ann Roth

1:08 – Edited by Barbara Tulliver A.C.E

1:14 – Production designer Larry Fulton

1:19 – Director of photography Tak Fujimoto A.S.C

1:24 – Executive producer Kathleen Kennedy

1:28 – Produced by Frank Marshall and Sam Mercer

1:34 – Written, produced and directed by M. Night Shyamalan

Captain America: The first avenger (2011)

00:03 – Cirected by Joe Johnston

00:08 - Screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely

00:14 – Produced by Kevin Feige

00:20 – Executive producers Louis D’Esposito, Joe Johnston, Nigel Gostelow

00:26 – Executive Producers Alan Fine, Stan Lee, David Maisel

00:30 – Director of Photography Shelly Johnson, ASC

00:35 – Production designer Rick Heinrichs

00:39 – Editors Jeffrey Ford, A.C.E and Robert Dalva, A.C.E

00:43 – Costume designer Anna B. Sheppard

00:48 – Visual effects supervisor Christopher Townsend

00:53 – Co-producers Stephen Broussard and Victoria Alonso

00:57 – Music by Alan Silverstri

1:02 – Music supervisor David Jordan

1:09 – Casting by Sarah Halley Finn, C.S.A, Randi Hiller, C.S.A, Priscilla John

1:15 – Chris Evans

1:19 – Tommy Lee Jones

1:22 – Hugo Weaving

1:27 – Hayley Atwell

1:33 – Sebastian Stan

1:37 – Dominic Cooper

1:41 – Toby Jones

1:48 – Neal McDonough

1:50 – Derek Luke

1:54 – Bruno Ricci, JJ Field, Kenneth Choi, Richard Armitage

2:00 – Stanley Tucci

2:05 – Paramount Pictures and Marvel entertainment

2:10 – A Marvel Studios Production

2.17 – A film by Joe Johnston

2:22 – Captain America: The first avenger