Opening Credits
Like Knots Landing, Falcon Crest ran different styles of opening credits. The opening scenes of the introduction show Angela Channing being driven from San Francisco to the Falcon Crest vineyard as the Bill Conti composed theme music begins to play. After she arrives at the Falcon Crest mansion the Falcon Crest coat of arm and title cards appear. In season 1 and in the first half of season 2, each actor's title card was followed by a multi-picture combo. In the second half of season 2 and in seasons 3 and 4, the multi-picture combos were replaced by location footage transitions.
In season 5, the scenes of the limousine driving Angela from San Francisco to Falcon Crest were eliminated and the title cards appeared directly over the location footages, in a similar style to the opening credits of Dynasty. The previous logo for the first four seasons was updated.
In seasons 6 and 7, rippling elliptical transitions between the title card and cast credit screens were added. The logo was also redesigned with new colors and typeface. In season 7, the falcon graphic was animated to fly across the screen before freezing in the centre and becoming the coat of arms. Season 8 had a more basic variation of this style.
The final season utilized a completely different style. Each actor's title card was immediately followed by footage depicting sex or violence in order to cultivate the atmosphere of a crime drama.
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