Look What I Found!

Here is a list of the order of film opening credits, of course this is just an outline and its not written in stone where all films have to follow the convention religiously and we won't be either, however this is a great guideline and it will make it a lot easier for us to strategically place the credits and to justify their order of appearance.

The order in which credits are billed generally follows their importance to the film, just not linearly. First is usually the motion picture company, followed by the producer, then the 'a film by' credit. Then we see the Title followed by the cast. from there we reverse gears on the whole "order of importance" guideline and work backwards to the director...

PRODUCTION COMPANY presents
a NAME LASTNAME production
a NAME LASTNAME film
"TITLE"
Lead Cast
Supporting Cast
Casting Director
Music Composer
Costume Designer
Associate Producers
Editor(s)
Production Designer
Director of Photography
Executive Producer
Producer
Writer(s)
Director

From http://www.indietalk.com/showthread.php?t=14862