Research - Title Sequence

Title Sequence

The title sequence is the first thing we see when watching a film and similar to the film usually follows a convention. After watching a number of openings I had noticed that there was a set order of titles which appear at the beginning of the film. 

1. Production company ident

2. Distribution company ident

3. Production company title

4. Actor (Big name star)

5. Actor (Big name star)

6. Film Title

7. Actor

8. Actor

9. Casting

10. Costume 

11. Music Supervisor

12. Music By

13. Edited By

14. Director of photography (cinematography)

15. Producer

16. Written By

17. Director

This is a common order which is followed in all film openings. The order in which the titles appear are very important. This is where credit is claimed for the films. Stars and Production companies would want to splash their name all over a blockbuster hit movie. There is also often a battle between big name stars on who goes first as every big name star would want their name to be affiliated with hit movies.