Timeline of a title sequence

The embedded video above is the title sequence to "Panic Room" a 2002 film. The first thing we see is an ident which is the logo of the production/distribution company Colombia Pictures and as the film begins we see the name "Colombia Pictures" written in a clear legible font. We see an establishing shot here of tall high rise buildings which sets the scene of a busy cityscape. This can also show us that this may be a Traditional opening sequence as a typical convention of this type of opening is to start with an establishing shot. Soon after we see a number of names appear on screen as well as other companies names involved in the making of the film. These names all appear in the same clear legible font so everyone can clearly read it. The colour of the font used is white which connotes purity or innocence which reflects how innocent the viewer is as they do not know what will happen in the movie. From this title sequence not much information about the film is given to us which may lead the audience to want to watch more so they can find out what it is about.  There are a number of different shots of high rise buildings with many rooms, as the title of the film is "Panic Room" this could be setting the location of where the main action will happen. As the credits end we are then introduced to some characters which is also a key conventions of  a Traditional film opening. There are numerous ways characters can be introduced but here they are introduced as they are walking along a busy road which also helps set the scene of a lively diligent city.

Here is the timeline of exactly how the credits appear:

1) Production/distribution company ident

2) Production/distribution company name

3) Type of picture (An Indelible picture)

4) Names of four cast members which may be the most famous ones

5) Film title

6) Names of other cast members

7) Casting

8) Costume designer

9) Music

10) Film editors

11) Production designer

12) Director of photography

13) Producers

14) Writer

15) Director

My thoughts:
Studying a timeline of a title sequence has been very interesting as I have observed in which order the credits come in. For this particular film I can see that they have put the credits in some sort of order of importance as they put the most famous cast members before the rest of the cast members. This may be essential to do because the most important people in the production of the film should be named first as they were key to the making of the film. Analysing this will be helpful for me when I come to editing our opening as I now understand that the titles aren't just put in any order, the order has been carefully thought about before hand. I will now be able to refer back to this time line when I need to so I can remember what order credits should come in which will be very beneficial for myself and my group.