A title sequence opens a film by providing credits to institutions, actors, directors, and crew involved in the production. It is important for setting expectations and intrigueing the audience. A typical title sequence order acknowledges the production company, distributor, starring actors, crew members, executive producer, producer, film title, writer, and director. Title sequences are used to engage audiences, provide context about the film, recognize institutional contributions, and hint at the narrative without giving away the entire story. The film title itself is the most prominent text and should match the genre through appropriate typography. Common film publishers that fund productions include DreamWorks and Warner Brothers, while distributors like Lionsgate and Studio Canal are responsible for cinema distribution.

1. TITLE SEQUENCE CONVENTIONS

2. WHAT IS A TITLE SEQUENCE?
• A title sequence is what opens a film, it is used to give
credit to institutions, actors, directors, writes and
most who are involved in a film/ TV show.
• A title sequence
is important
for setting up the
film, this means
is must be relevant
and gripping to
intrigue the
audience.

3. TYPICAL ORDER OF
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
1. Production company
2. Distributer
3. Starring (Principle actors)
4. Crew: Casting By, costume, music,
designer, editing, D. of photography
5. Executive producer
6. Producer
7. Title of film
8. Writer
9. Director

4. WHAT IS THE USE OF A TITLE
SEQUENCE?
• They are utilised to grip the audience, a tame title sequence will
set expectations for the rest of the film low as the audience were
not gripped.
• They are used to introduce the film, give a slight background, the
title, introduce the characters, setting or context.
• Institution credits are needed in a title sequence, advertising and
giving credit to the companies that produced etc. the film is needed.
• Narrative – The opening title sequence should give some sort of
brief narrative that may hint to the rest of the story, it must link
in to what is about to come and should be gripping to attract the
audience.

5. TITLE OF THE FILM
• The title is the most important part of the sequence in
terms of credits/ text.
• Because of this it really needs to match the genre of the
film, using the correct typography is a must so it is
well matched.
• All of the titles below are typical of their genre and
are recognisable of being part of it, that show we know
what type of film we are watching

6. EXAMPLE INSTITUTIONS
• We all see the institutions at the start of a film but often don’t
know the difference, some have specialised genres which the
distribute and publish such as Pixar doing primarily children's
films.
• A publisher is the institution that funded the making of the film,
such institutions include DreamWorks and Warner Brothers.
• The distributer is what
gets the film in
Cinemas, often
the bigger publishers
will not use these
to save money.
Common distributors
are Lionsgate
and Studio Canal.

7. EXAMPLE INSTITUTIONS
• We all see the institutions at the start of a film but often don’t
know the difference, some have specialised genres which the
distribute and publish such as Pixar doing primarily children's
films.
• A publisher is the institution that funded the making of the film,
such institutions include DreamWorks and Warner Brothers.
• The distributer is what
gets the film in
Cinemas, often
the bigger publishers
will not use these
to save money.
Common distributors
are Lionsgate
and Studio Canal.