I have looked at the beginning of a Family Guy episode to try and understand how many titles are used and what they are, where they are placed etc. and to find out how many shots appear in a short opening sequence and then how often the shots should change.
During an episode of Family Guy there is a short opening sequence that introduces the episode before the theme music is played.
Midway through the theme music, just two of the titles are played, which are
"Created by Seth Mcfarlane" and "Developed by David Zuckerman".
These titles are shown in black on a yellow background at the top centre of the screen allowing the main characters to surround the titles.
When the music finishes the other titles are shows, one at a time, with pauses between them of 3-10 seconds, depending on what is happening in the scene.
The titles are:
- Executive Producer - Seth Mcfarlane
- Executive Producer - Daniel Palladino
- Co. Executive Producer - David. A. Goodman
- Supervising Producers - Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman
- Producer - Alison Adler
- Producer - Gene Laufenberg
- Supervising Director - Peter Shin
- Supervising Director - Pete Michaels
- Produced by - Kara Vallow
- Written by - Dave Collard and Ken Goin
- Directed by - Pete Michaels
How many shots are in an opening scene of Family Guy?
In the beginning of Family Guy, before the opening titles there is a scene that sets the scene for the episode and introduces some of the characters.
The beginning scene generally lasts 1-2 minutes. The one I have studied lasted 1 minute and 18 seconds. The amount of different shots used in this opening scene was 28.
So if you divide 78 seconds by 28 shots, you get 2.78. So the average shot for a Family Guy opening lasts about 3 seconds.
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