Closing credits, aka end credits or end titles, are a list of the Cast member and Film crew of a particular Film, television show, or video game.
Appearance
Typically, the closing credits appear in white lettering on a solid black background, often with a musical background. Credits are either a series of static frames, or a single list that scrolls from the bottom of the screen to the top. Occasionally closing credits will divert from this standard form to scroll in another direction, include
illustrations, extra scenes,
bloopers, joke credits and post-credits scenes.
History
The use of closing credits in film to list complete production crew and the cast was not firmly established in American film until the late 1960s and early 1970s. Films generally had
opening credits only, which consisted of just major cast and crew, although sometimes the names of the cast and the characters they played would be shown at the end. Two of the first major films to contain extensive closing credits – but almost no opening credits – were the blockbusters
Around the World in 80 Days (1956) and
West Side Story (1961).
West Side Story showed only the title at the beginning of the film, and
Around the World in 80 Days had no opening credits at all.
See also
External links
- * Opening and Closing Credits PDF
- * Credit Positioning PDF
