1. The document summarizes the opening title sequence of the film Psycho (1998), listing the production company credits over a black background to set the tone for a horror film. 2. It includes the names of the main stars, producers, director, and music credits. 3. The title sequence uses white bold text on a black background for the film title to attract attention and convey the unusual and eerie horror genre to the audience.

1. Conventional structure of
an opening title scene
Example- Psycho (1998)

2. 1. Production company name(s) -
Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment Presents
2. Title of the film -
‘PSYCHO’
3. Name’ (main star) -
Vince Vaughn and Julianne Moore, Viggo Mortensen, William H. Macy
4. Name’ (main star) -
Chad Everett, Philip Baker Hall, Anne Haney, Rance Howard, James Legros,
James Remar and
Rita Wilson
5. Name’ (main star) - Anne Hehe as ‘Marion Crane’
6. Lasting by - Howard Feuer
7. Music by - Bernard Herrmann
8. Music Produced and adapted by - Danny Steve, Eltmon and Bartek
9. Costume Design by - Beatrix Aruna Pasztor

3. 10. Edited by - Amy E. Duddleston
11.Production Designed by - Tom Foden
12. Director of Photography - Christopher Doyle H.K.S.C
13. Executive Producer - Dany Wolf
14. Produced by - Brian Grazer and Gus Van Sant
15. Screenplay by - Joseph Stefano
16. Directed by - Gus Van Stan

4. PSYCHO (1998)
● The film title is white bold writing in capital letters on a
black background, which helps attract the audience’s
attention and title being unusual and eerie, also coneys
to the audience that the genre is horror.
● The duration of each credit last 3 - 4 seconds long
● Through the title sequence the background colour is
black, and the colour black connotes death and evil,
indicating the genre is horror.