Columbia Pictures is an American film production studio to do with the Columbia Tristar Motion Picture Group, which is also a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment. They released such well known films as 'Hellboy', 'Spiderman 2' and 'White Chicks'. Also, the font, colour and background of this shot works well, because the font of the title makes it bold, open, and blocky, making it noticeable and in focus, especially with the large size. The colour works too, as it makes the audience refer to it as bad, and feel that something bad's about to happen, as red has connotations of bad and evil. The background also works as it's black, making the red stand out even more, and making it seem even more wicked and evil.
Robert De Niro is an American actor and film producer who has starred in such films as 'The Godfather: Part 2', 'Raging Bull' and 'Goodfellas', and to put Robert's name at the front would mean it would immediately bring people in as they know him from these other films. The method of putting the more famous actors first is commonly used as it would attract more attention from the people who are figuring if they should watch it or not, and after these other films Robert's fan base significantly increased, as he became more famous for his roles. It also contributes to the concept of making Robert DeNiro's character look psychotic underneath the innocent look, which is the whole concept of the film simply put.
This title frame works as the title contrasts in front of the thick smoke, making it easier to see and also blended in. Also, the font and colour of the title is similar to that of a taxi sign, with the way it's lit up, yellow and even the same font. This refers to the film being primarily centred around the taxi driver, and makes it stay relevant to the plot of the story. The smoke would then thicken and fill up most of the screen, giving away for the other parts of the credits with the rest of the names. The other names go from lit up to dark, relating to a taxi's sign once again.
The film also stars Jodie Foster, who's known for such films as 'The Accused', 'Silence of the Lambs', and 'Nell'. Whilst not being too famous back then due to her age, in the present times she's more involved in movies, and in contrast to that, more known.
The movie even includes Alfred Brooks, who's famous for being in such movies as 'Drive', 'Lost in America', and 'Defending your Life'. The movie sets out these actors with their characters, almost as if it is a script, saying Alfred is playing as Tom in the movie. This method of introducing characters has long since stopped, as movies tend to just reveal the characters in the movies and hope the audience knows who they are, or have them and their characters at the credits of films.
The movie then goes on to set the credits in front of a wind shield, making it fluent, and having the film play out behind it. This works as the yellow of the text is easy to see in comparison to the background behind it, and also works, as the background's focused out, making the audience be able to focus on the text at the bottom left easier. And it's better to keep the text at the bottom left and small, so it doesn't obstruct the view as much.
The credits in this scene play out at the centre top in front of the night sky, also working as the yellow would reveal the text, and due to there not being any yellow light the text would also be easy to see, and easy to pick out from the background. Having the credits above the establishing shot works, as it makes it easier to settle into the movie. It also allows the titles to be bigger than normal, and with that point, easier to see for the audience and not off to the side, whilst not being obstructed with any background scenery due to being above it all.
Martin Scorsese is an American film director, who's done such films as 'The Wolf of Wall Street', 'Goodfellas', and 'Shutter Island'. Due to directing these well known films, to see Martin as the director for this classic people would already be able to assume that the film will be good and professional.
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