Pretty In Pink Titles

List of Pretty In pink Titles

Pretty in pink was Written, produced and directed by John Hughes. It was produced in 1986.

• As we are watching the opening scene of Pretty In Pink the first shot is the Production company; Paramount Pictures. This is the company ident. Shortly after this shot there is another shot presented stating 'Paramount Pictures Presents...'. Paramount pictures is a distribuiter.
• The second shot is a 'John Hughes Production'. The background is black with white writing.
• After these two ahve been introduced there is a long scene showing the audience the mise-en-scene. There is a vehicle whcih is driving away - tracking shot. This attracts your eyes to follow the vehicle, almost introducing the area.
• We can connote from what we see that the area isnt the richest. Due to the cracks in the streets and the small housing. We can also connote fromt he types of cars outside the houses the era that this film was set in. However we still havent met any of the characters. signifying not a rich area also.
• The music playing (which is diegetic) is happy and gives the impression that the flm is a teen comedy. This constrasts with the scenes we are viewing. We would connote fromt the scene alone that the film would be a drama. But the music is contrsting with this. It is a rom-com. 
• GRadually as we almost follow the vehicle the title is shown. Pretty In Pink.

• As you can see, it is not what you'd expect. You would be expecting fancy writing, possibly with some pink in the background. However the background is dull and with no pink. THe writing is dull and harsh. The look of the title is constrating with the words.
• After the title is presented 'Starring Molly Ringwald'. The word starring is usually used when there is a star involved. Molly Ringwald was presesnted first because she is the biggest star. Here is a list in order of who else and what roles were titled after 'Molly Ringwald':

1. Harry Dean Stanton
2. Jon Cryer (both put in bottom right of the screen)
3. Annie Pot
4. James Spader
5. AND Andrew Mcarthy ['and' smaller font, as with DVD/poster billing block]
6. CO-STARRING  Jim Haynie
7. Alexa Kenin
8. Kate Vernon [its noticeable that these names fade out quicker]
9. MUSIC SCORE COMPOSED BY Micheal Gore
10. CASTING BY Paula Herod AND Marcie Lyroff [split over 2 lines]
11. COSTUME DESIGNER Marylin Vance
12. EDITED BY Richard Marks
13. PRODUCTION DESIGNER John W. Corso
14. DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Tak Fujumoto
15. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS John Hughes AND Micheal Cinich [again, split over 2 lines]
16. WRITTEN BY John Hughs
17. PRODUCED BY Lauren Shuler
18. DIRECTED BY Howard Deutch [film time: 2:57]