
Most end credits are typed in white characters on a black background, and it can be displayed in different orders. The length of some end credits will make you wonder, who are all these people and what do they do? Who is in the end credits and in what order do they appear? The length of the end credits depends on the number of people on the production team. Therefore, the introduction of the closing credits was made as an avenue to acknowledge the members of the film crew it took to create the movie. As these people do not feature on-screen, it is important to acknowledge them in another unique way. There are other important people who make it possible. The actors are not the only ones who make the film. The statement, ‘it takes a village’ is not a farce. This made actors more famous, and it made other producers contact them for new productions. Not only could fans now identify them, but they can also now put a name to those faces.

There was a time when fans could not identify their beloved actors. Who decides these names? Why do we even need to know their names? These are all relevant questions that will be answered as you read on. Time-consuming end credits have caused a lot of movie fans around the world to ask several questions.

Over the years, the length of end credits has increased with some even as long as fifteen minutes. However, once the ’70s came, the statement ‘give honor to whom it is due’ begun to apply to both opening and closing credits in Hollywood.Īt first, closing credits were not so long, just like in the 1964 movie, Fail Safe. Nonetheless, just the title was enough to start the movie. Some movies had just opening credits, while some had just the end credits. In the early 1900s, there were hardly any movie credits.
