The title sequence of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol begins 9 minutes and 38 seconds into the film. Over the course of 1 minute and 51 seconds, the sequence uses an animation of a burning fuse to reveal titles against the backdrop of clips from the movie. These titles include the production company after 6 seconds, Tom Cruise's name as producer at 9 seconds and as the lead actor at 17 seconds. The movie title is shown 21 seconds in. Throughout the sequence, viewers are given glimpses of the film's action-thriller genre, locations, and plot points to set expectations before the movie begins.

1. Mission Impossible:
Ghost Protocol
Title Sequence Analysis

2. The title sequence of Mission
Impossible Ghost Protocol
starts off at 9:38 into the
film.
(Left) The sequence starts off
with the lighting of a fuse
and in the background the MI
theme song starts.
The first title comes in at 6
seconds into the title
sequence. (Right) The first
name is that of the
Production House. It is in a
white font and centre of the
screen.
All of the title sequence
moves with the fuse of the
bomb which is an animation.

3. Although Tom Cruise is one of the main actors of the movie his
name does not appear in the beginning of the title sequence as an
actor instead, because he is one of the producers as well, his name
appears second after the production house at 9 seconds into the
sequence as a Producer (Above).

4. The animation of the fuse continues and it is at 17 seconds into the
titles that Tom Cruise’s name appears in the centre of the screen as
the main actor (Above). His name is the first to appear in the title
names of Actors.
Unlike other movies the title sequence of Mission Impossible: Ghost
Protocol is sort of a trailer of the entire film with even main
characters and main plot points shown.

5. The Movie Title finally comes 21 seconds into the
Title Sequence. The Font is different and it is larger
in size than the other titles also it is of a different
color.

6. (Left) The Title sequence also
shows scenes from the movie.
Also the rest of the titles appear
either in the right or left of the
screen rather than the centre
according to importance.
(Right and Below) Missiles and
Guns are shown giving viewers
an idea of what the movie is
like in terms of genre.
It is quite easy to tell what
the movie genre is from the
title sequence and the title of
the movie itself. Mission
Impossible movies have
always fallen in the
Action/Thriller Genre.

7. (Left) The Burj Khalifa is shown
giving viewers an idea of where
the movie takes us location wise.
Also the title sequence itself has
a secret agent type touch which
gives viewers who don’t know
about Mission Impossible movies
an idea of the film’s storyline.
(Right) The title sequence
continues giving us various
glimpses of the movie. From
the picture we can still see the
fuse which shows that the title
sequence is indeed moving
along with the fuse animation.

8. At 1 minute and 32
seconds into the title
sequence the names of
the producers are shown
and due to importance
they are shown in the
centre.
9 seconds after the
names of the
producers, the names
of the writers are
shown however the
names are in the right
of the screen rather
than the centre.

9. Finally at the end of the
sequence the name of
the director is shown in
the centre of the screen.
It is the final name
shown giving it
importance and so that
it is the final name the
viewers see before the
movie commences.
The title sequence
finally ends right
after the director’s
name at 11:29 with
the fuse finally
reaching the bomb.
The title sequence
was 1 minute and
51 seconds long.

10. Finally at the end of the
sequence the name of
the director is shown in
the centre of the screen.
It is the final name
shown giving it
importance and so that
it is the final name the
viewers see before the
movie commences.
The title sequence
finally ends right
after the director’s
name at 11:29 with
the fuse finally
reaching the bomb.
The title sequence
was 1 minute and
51 seconds long.