Mara ([info]marap) wrote,
@ 2009-11-08 18:42:00
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pretty credits picspam

'Pretty Opening Credits' Picspam
The wonderful opening credits of four television shows.







Prison Break | FOX | 2005-2009

credits shown are the season one credits | watch online at dailymotion
here

designer of credits unknown




+ The layering of the blueprints and tattoo images over the shots is really pretty. Adds a really nice touch and i don't think the credits
would be as effective without it.

+ Love how the music is fast, but a lot of the shots of the credits are in slow motion. It creates a nice juxtaposition which actually works
really well. You get a sense of building up speed, despite the slow shots. It's interesting. The shots become quicker and not
in slow motion as the credits continue and they build to the end shots which are much faster.

+ I like how the title 'Prison Break' appears over two shots. So that it can appear for a reasonable time, I am guessing, but not be boring
by remaining on one shot for too long, as well as keep with the fast speed of the shots which has been built up to by the end.

+ Love the ending shot with the little paper crane floating down the drain. It's so cute and so appropriate and a lovely way to finish the credits
with the little appearance by the crane floating by.




Roswell | The WB and UPN | 1999-2002

credits shown are the season two credits | watch online at youtube
here

credits designed by yU+Co.


 

+ The beginning of the credits is so eerie yet beautiful, with the pods, newspaper clippings and silhouettes, accompanied
by the lovely - yet almost foreboding - piano notes of 'Here With Me'.

+ Beautiful use of colour, with the strong blue and yellow.

+ Uses matching character shots to go with each actor's name. However, there are random other shots in between each few names,
which allows for a a nice mix and breaks up the individual character shots.

+ Timed beautifully, such as with the 'but I...' lyric soaring as the text of the title glows and comes into focus.





Friday Night Lights | NBC and DirecTV | 2006-

credits shown are the season one credits | watch online at vbox7 here

designer of credits unknown




+ The focus on the places and landscapes is wonderful. Really helps to paint a picture of Dillon and give insight into life there.

+ The somewhat limited use of character shots is interesting. There are some, definitely, but it's not totally made up of them. There are lots
shots of the places and landscape as I said, and some of football where you can't really see faces. Also, a lot of the shots of the characters
are subtle, eg. backs and faces looking down. It's nice and makes for less obvious credits, plus I give them points for managing to resist the
urge to fill the credits with pretty shots of Riggins.

+ The layering of the images as they slowly dissolve into each other is just stunning, such as shown in the second and third images.

+ How can you not love credits that feature a giant ice-cream cone?





Rush | Network Ten Australia | 2008-

credits shown are the season one credits | watch online at youtube
here

credits designed by Complete Post




+ Fresh and modern without trying too hard to be that way.

+ The 3D line rendering of the buildings is really effective. Especially cool is how, in parts, the buildings rise up and the camera
angle shifts, rising up and tilting down.

+The transitions from one image to another are really cool, with backgrounds disappearing but the foreground/subject carrying on,
remaining over the next image.

+ The blue line is nice, giving a sense of speed and direction as it rapidly reveals the names.




x Deliberately not coloured in Photoshop. All that was done was a slight increase of the brightness/contrast. The pretty colours are exactly what you see when watching!
x Comments appreciated!


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[info]yourinterlude
2009-11-08 01:19 pm UTC (link)
TQSM :)
"+ How can you not love credits that feature a giant ice-cream cone?" This is a wonderful point indeed haha!

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[info]pastel_sunspots
2009-11-08 01:23 pm UTC (link)
Beautiful picspam, love the way you describe each credits, makes me want to watch Roswell again :)

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[info]poisonshades
2009-11-08 01:29 pm UTC (link)
Prettyyy. Your coloring is exquisite, darling.

Hope you had a good weekend! *squishes*

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[info]taperjeangirl
2009-11-08 01:51 pm UTC (link)
ROSWELL!!! So gorgeous *dies*

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[info]hopelessfangirl
2009-11-08 02:08 pm UTC (link)
I simply adore the FNL credits. It truly does sum up Dillon in such a short amount of time.

The Roswell credits are also gorgeous. I revisited that series just a few years ago and I could still remember the first few seconds of the credits sequence perfectly, with the newspaper clippings and all of that.

Clearly Jason Katims's shows have the best opening credits! ♥ Beautiful picspam!

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[info]crimsonskyx
2009-11-08 02:22 pm UTC (link)
Rush just ticks me off XD

FNL is the best TV show, i'm so happy it's back :D

I need to go & buy Roswell~ watched it when it was on TV. I also need to go & buy the rest of Prison Break... i stopped watching after season 1 because the suspense was killing me XD

Where in Australia do you live?
I live in Adelaide :P

I'm trying to find more people to chat with about FNL. I looked at your profile & we have similar tastes :)

I highly recommend White Collar, Merlin, Legend of the Seeker & Supernatural. If you haven't already seen it you should go out to your nearest ABC store & buy Black Books! It's worth every penny & more :)

Do you like period drama's?

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[info]gennagurl
2009-11-08 03:02 pm UTC (link)
Oh roswell..

Oh PB..

why are people ending the best shows? :(

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[info]boobear_1023
2009-11-08 05:44 pm UTC (link)
great job!! I don't think I've seen anyone do this type of picspam before.

I like the way you explained each credit.

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[info]silentwilight
2009-11-08 07:00 pm UTC (link)
Great choice of credits :)

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[info]brunah23
2009-11-09 12:47 am UTC (link)
missing prison...

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[info]anythingbutgrey
2009-11-09 01:01 am UTC (link)
i love the roswell credits so very much. they were so gorgeous, and you did a great job picspamming them.

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[info]cookiesmonsters
2009-11-09 02:09 am UTC (link)
FNL owns this whole post <3. I've always adored the credits on that show. Roswell as well. I would've included the Buffy opening credits as my number one.

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[info]blackember
2009-11-09 03:02 am UTC (link)
"plus I give them points for managing to resist the urge to fill the credits with pretty shots of Riggins"
And really, who would have blamed them if they had????

Love the "Rush" opening credits too, they did such a great job with them.

Really inventive topic for a spam, loved it :)

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[info]picklingspices
2009-11-09 03:38 am UTC (link)
YES! I adored the Roswell theme song (...sometimes a little more than the show, shh). Dido's Here with Me made it oh so perfect. LOVE LOVE LOVE

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[info]o0maybelle0o
2009-11-09 04:32 am UTC (link)
MISA FOREVER! DARN IT!

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[info]marap
2009-11-09 04:45 am UTC (link)
MISA FOREVER!

Definitely!!

How are you?

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[info]miss_universe93
2009-11-09 06:28 am UTC (link)
I love the inclusion of Rush in here! And the Roswell credits are some of my favourites, they are so pretty.

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[info]lysachan
2009-11-09 08:42 am UTC (link)
This is one of the most fabulous picspams ever! So much pretty. ♥

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[info]satine_59
2009-11-09 12:07 pm UTC (link)
I hate the fact that tv shows don't have pretty credits anymore :( (I blame Lost who did it first!)
Lovely picspam, FNL is my favorite (oh that song ♥)

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[info]_coccy_
2009-11-09 04:01 pm UTC (link)
i love the roswell one though my fav from that show are the credits of season 1 and 3

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[info]katiebug78
2009-11-10 11:48 am UTC (link)
This is really interesting and I love your analysis - plus you have two of my favourite shows (PB and FNL) in here...so extra points. S1 credits are still my favourite of FNL - I think I like them progressively less each year - the first year ones were gorgeous...and all taken from the pilot too (except for one shot of Minka).

Thanks for this hard work.

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[info]tvalcoholic
2009-11-18 10:33 am UTC (link)
*loves* this entry :)

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[info]demon_in_dreams
2009-11-18 06:54 pm UTC (link)
i love them all, but the prison break one is the best for me. love that show <3

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[info]smelltheflowers
2009-11-19 07:23 pm UTC (link)

I stumbled upon this picspam while making a similar one of my own (Featuring my favourite TV openings) I have to ask: Where did you find the FNL opening caps? I've looked everywhere because I want to include the show in my picspam too, but can't find any. I would greatly appreciate any help you could give me :)

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[info]antar82
2009-11-21 12:56 pm UTC (link)
Love this picspam. Expecially FNL and Roswell, my fav.

Beautiful use of colour, with the strong blue and yellow.


Right. And that is the theme of all the season credits. My fav credits were the ones from season 3.

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[info]dist_reflection
2009-12-19 04:47 am UTC (link)
You should totally join the community picspammy and post it there.
I didnt know you watched Rush? But now that I think about it I think you mentioned during that Channel 7 lecture we had.
I love that Roswell is like the only warm toned theme here Friday Night Lights has a little but that warm, heated vibe of the orange that Roswell's opening creates.

I will have to give this a go at some point. WOuld be cool to compare the shows I watch and see the similarities and contrasts.

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