Titles

The whole purpose of the titles is to show the actors/actresses and all the people involved in the film.
It also gives you an idea of what the film will be about it will also tell you who directed the film, who produced it and the title of the film.
For this analysis I watched the opening sequence of the 2008 film HOSTAGE in the opening sequence it is all black and red which symbolizes Danger. the music is rather tense and it sounds as if it is leading up to something. All the pictures are animated and the people have guns and it shows the police which tells you straight away what the film will entail. The first title to come up is the distributors-then is the production company-then comes the director-then the main actor (Bruce Willis)-then the title-the the rest of the actors. The link to the opening sequence is below.


http://www.artofthetitle.com/2008/02/28/hostage/


For our titles we have gone for the black background with a red font to fit our crime thriller genre

The functions of an opening sequence in a crime film are designed to tell the audience the names of who is in the film and who helped organise and make the film. This sequence normally follows a set order.

The order is:

1. Producer
2. Highest billing
3. Director
4. Title
5. Actor
6. Cast
7. Crew
8. Final name