Film opening conventions

Most movies follow the same or similar conventions of what they put in the being of their movies normally starting with the distributor's ident and the producers ident then moving onto the names of those who played a big role in the making of the film for example the actors of key characters, writers, producers etc. Depending on the level of fame people have decides where they will be placed in the films opening, well known actor like Leonardo Di Caprio would get a place early on in the movie.

In The Room-mate the order of what is shown in the opening scene are as follows:

 Distributor ident  

 Distributor title presents

Title of production company  

Title of film 

Name of star actors 

Casting by 

Costume designer 

Music Supervision By 

Music By

Edited By

Production Designer 

Director of photography 

Executive Producers 

Produced By  

Written By

Name of Director