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Spiderman 2 Opening Credit Analysis

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0:14 “Columbia Pictures Presents”

Columbia pictures are the makers of the film. It says at the bottom of the screen

0:30 Marvel. is a company that come up with the storylines and help with the making of the movie. They are usually makers of superhero films

0:43 “A Laura Ziskin Production”

Her name has top billing, this means she had a big part in the making of the film. We assume she is the director/producerand the film is said to be her “production”

0:57 “Spiderman 2”

This is the title of the film. We know this because it is big, bold and looks of importance. This makes it recognisable as the title of the film

0:59 “Tobey Maguire”

This is the first character’s name to appear on the screen, he has top billing. This means he could be one of the main characters of the film and because his name appears right after the title this shows that he is the

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one who is playing “Spiderman”

1:01 Picture of a character

This appears right after the first name which means the character on the screen has the name Tobey Maguire.

1:02 Picture of a second character

This character appears a second after the first character this means she could the second main character within the film, as the billing is top.

1:05 “Kristen Dunst”

Her name then appears and the picture of her is still faint in the background so the audience know that is her name.

1:08 “James Franco”

The rest of the characters names that appear in the film who are of importance are all mentioned with their name and picture.

1:10 Picture of a third character

The rest of the characters names that appear in the film who are of importance are all mentioned with their name and picture. Also, because these three characters are mentioned at top billing you know they all paly a big part within the movie

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1:13 “Alfred Molina”

The rest of the characters names that appear in the film who are of importance are all mentioned with their name and picture.

1:15 Picture of a fourth character

Using pictures of the characters allows the audience to know which actor is playing which character in the film.

1:19 “Rosemary Harris”

Characters of less importance appear near the end of the opening credits at low billing because they may not play a big part within the film but would still like to be mentioned

1:21 Picture of Spiderman

The character’s name who appeared before the picture of Spiderman did not have a picture of what she looks like. This could be because she plays a character who has a smaller part and this is put across by not including her picture

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1:24 “J.K Simmons”

The actors names that appear near the end of the opening credits have low billing which means they play characters who do not have a very big part within the film. This is shown because the main characters pictures are shown with their names. Whereas, characters with low billing do not have their pictures shown, just their names.

1:31 Picture of spiderman

This is a picture of the main character showing half of his face with the Spiderman mask on and the other half without the Spiderman mask. This shows the audience which actor is playing Spiderman as he may have his mask on throughout the majority of the film.

1:34 “Donna murphy”

The actors name then carry on with just the mentioning of the names and no pictures

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1:37 Picture of Spiderman with a man reflected within one of eyes on the Spiderman mask

The man that is reflecting in one the eyes has a sort of mysterious grin which could indicate that he has something bad to do within the film and could be considered ‘The bad guy

1:39 “Daniel Gillies and Dylan Baker”

Names are now grouped together and are not spate anymore, these are the characters with lower billing and the two mentioned may have worked together in the movie.

1:42 Bill Nunn, Vanessa Ferlito and Aasif Mandvi”

Names are now grouped together and are not spate anymore, these are the characters with lower billing and the two mentioned may have worked together in the movie.

1:46 “Casting by Diana Criitenden”

The credits are now appearing of the names of people who are not actually in the film but played a part in the making of it. The person has High billing.

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1:50 “Music by Danny Elfman”

The credits are now appearing of the names of people who are not actually in the film but played a part in the making of it. Also, in the background there are two characters kissing, this shows there could be some sort of love story within the film too.

1:54 “Costume Designers James Acheson and Gary Jones”

The credits are now appearing of the names of people who are not actually in the film but played a part in the making of it.

1:59 “ Visual effects designed John Dykstara ASC”

The credits are now appearing of the names of people who are not actually in the film but played a part in the making of it. The character in the back keeps appearing throughout which shows that as well as Spiderman she is also quite a main character too within the film

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2:02 “Film editor Bob Murwaski”

The credits are now appearing of the names of people who are not actually in the film but played a part in the making of it. The girl and Spiderman appear in the background again and it seems like they are hugging. This shows that the love story in the movie is a big part of it.

2:06 “Production Designer Neil Spisak”

The credits are now appearing of the names of people who are not actually in the film but played a part in the making of it.

2:10 “Director of Photography Bill Pope ASC”

The credits are now appearing of the names of people who are not actually in the film but played a part in the making of it.

2:17 “Co-producer Grant Curtis”

The credits are now appearing of the names of people who are not actually in the film but played a part in the making of it.

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2:20 “Executive Producers Stan Lee and Kevin Feige”

The credits are now appearing of the names of people who are not actually in the film but played a part in the making of it. Their names are placed at the top of the screen which could indicate that they played a big part in making the film

2:26 “Executive Producer Joseph Caraccilo”

The credits are now appearing of the names of people who are not actually in the film but played a part in the making of it.

2:31 “Produced by Laura Ziskin and Avi Arad”

The credits are now appearing of the names of people who are not actually in the film but played a part in the making of it.

2:36 “Based on the marvel comic book by Stan Lee and Steve Dikito”

This shows the audience that the film idea wasn’t thought of by the producers but the idea is based off a conic book

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2:39 “Screen Story by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar and Michael Chabon”

This shows the audience that the storyline was changed a bit which makes it different from the comic book version.

2:48 “Screenplay by Alvin Sargent”

The credits are now appearing of the names of people who are not actually in the film but played a part in the making of it.

2:54 “Directed by Sam Raini”

The credits are now appearing of the names of people who are not actually in the film but played a part in the making of it.

3:00 Picture of the main character with the face of the girl in the background

The idea that the girl is in the background of the picture of the actor who plays Spiderman shows that they are going to be the main two characters throughout the whole film.