Research: Credit Order

As research for our editing process we thought it would be useful to look at the credit order of films of a similar vein to what ours would be. Credit order can communicate a lot about the scale and importance of both film and those working within it. It can help my group construct our own list as something that is realistic.



.Film four and the UK Film Council Present
.In Association with EM Media and Screen Yorkshire
.A WARP Films Production
.In Association with Big Arty Productions
.A Shane Meadows Film
.THIS IS ENGLAND
.Thomas Turgoose
.Stephen Graham
.Jo Martley
.Andrew Snim , Vicky McClure
.Joe Gilgun, Rosamond Manson
.Andrew Ellis, Perry Benson, George Newton
.Jack Harper, Jack O'Connell, Kris Dosanjn
.Kieran Nardcastle, Chanel Cresswell, Danielle Watson
.Sophie Ellerby, Hannah Walters, Michael Socha
.Script Supervisor: Diarmid Grimshaw, Casting: Louise Meadows, Des Hamilton Hair and Makeup Supervisor: Donald McInnes
.Costume Designer: Jo Thompson Makeup and Hair Designer: Catherine Scoble Production Designer: Mark Leese
.Music Supervisor: John Boughtwood Origional Music: Ludovico Einaudi
.Direcotr of Photography: Danny Cohen
.Editor: Chris Wyatt
.Line Producer: Julia Valentine, Co-producer: Louise Meadows
.Executive Producers: Tessa Ross, Peter Carlton, Paul Trijbits
.Produced by Mark Herbert
.Written and Directed by Shane Meadows



As we can see from this list there is a general wave of importance that flows throughout the sequence. It starts with the most important names such as nationally know Stephen Graham and director Shane Meadows. With these being the biggest names they are accompanied by no other names on screen. Thomas Turgoose also has his own screen time despite being a relative unknown at the time of making it because he is the lead. Various actors are mentioned suggesting it is an ensemble cast. The list then gradually becomes less important when reaching the supporting cast and crew as the text gets smaller and the screen time is shared amongst a few names. Eventually the importance grows again towards the finish of the sequence as the lists of producers arise.