Similar genre film openings

Today we researched certain films which we felt as though would help us and give us some inspiration. I choose the film 21 and over. I choose this film as it is an age group at which our film is targeted at. Our actors are of similar age. In this film it is heavily involved in drugs where the main characters took the drugs and over time they become more heavily consumed with alcohol. This is similar to our film as in our film we are showing party scene. We were asked to create a timeline in order of the opening credits and to give us an idea in what would work well and what didn’t work well.

21 and over:

Timeline:
0-6 seconds there is a blacked out screen, with music on in the background which builds up tension.
6-21 seconds there is the person who made the credits, then there is the distributor who in this case was columbia pictures, and then the production company which in this case was, A trigger street production,  in association with relativity media. Up to this, the credits are moved quickly and this is due to the music. The music is quick which then blends into the credits. There are single digit number in the background for effect.
21- 25 seconds the title of the film, 21 fly's into the shot and stays there.
25- 37 seconds the main characters names appear onto to cards as a link to the title 21 as the game of cards is called 21. This is a good pun which is shown throughout the opening credits. The main names are given there own card such as Jacobs Pitks. The title links well with the card of the Joker card. All the names link in to the cards. These main characters are on screen for longer than the film companies at the start and this is to show the names in the film. The main characters in the film are shown. The colours contrast to what the cards usually looks like, this is added affect for the audiences viewing. e.g. the ace of spades usually  has a white background with black spades however in this video this is the reverse. This creates an overall enigma as to why things are not the same and why every card has a black background.
38- 43 seconds these are characters who are not as important and therefore they are grouped together. This is where the characters and these people are not as important in the film itself. They are not apart of the main characters. These three people shown the time is quicker which highlights that they do not have as big part in the film itself.
44- 50 seconds this is where the director and producers are shown. they are given longer than the actors as they are the people who are the most important in creating the film. However they are after the actors as they are behind the scene when creating the film whereas the actors are the people who you will see.
51-54 seconds the cinematographer and the editor are shown. They are both shown in one place.
55- 70 seconds there is a series of special effects after all the titles are done. Then the title of the film arrives which ends the opening credits of the film. The title of the film is shown at the start and end of the film.