Content of Opening titles

Here is the usual order of the opening titles in films

Name of the Studio
Like Walt Disney Pictures, Columbia, Lions Gate, Universal,

Name of the production company

Producer name/production

A film by (Director name)

Starring
Principal actors

Films Title

Featuring (actors)

Casting or Casting by

Music or Music composed by or Original score by

Production design or Production designer
Others include:
Set designer
Costumes
Hairdresser
Make-up artist
Sound recording
Visual effect director or visual effects by

Editor or Edited by

Director of photography

Producer or Produced by, Executive Producers

Based on the book (Play, graphic novel etc.) By or From a play/book by
If based on a book or other literary work.

Story or Story by
Person who wrote the story on which the script is based, gets "story by" credit.

Writer(s) or Written by

Title Sequences

I have been researching title sequence and gaining ideas for our own title sequence

I came across the opening sequence for the movie The Andromeda Strain(1971) I can straight away tell that the movie is a sci fi/thriller movie because there are pictures of scientific maps and diagrams.

The words are moving across the page in all different directions and one of the main words that is repeated is 'Secret' this could show some confusion over the word or they are trying to show the importance of that particular word to the audience. This is similar to our opening sequence as we have a 'secret formula'.

The fonts are mainly typewriter style showing that the film is older also it could show that it is a more sophisticated movie and aimed at a different audience compared to what universal movies would usually be aimed at because they generally produce big blockbuster movies for a main audience of 16 - 25 than any other age groups.

The colour red is used a lot which could show that parts in the film may be dangerous.

The titles are written on scientific paper work which also emphasizes the genre and what the movie will include.

The music is quite eere. It is also generally distorted and there are very few sounds. there is also no melody only the sounds of percussion and little scifi sounds, this could show that the film may be quite 'secret' and there wont be many big action moments or there maybe more intense dialogue moments than visual. Generally when the music is loud, punchy and there is a strong beat and there are visuals to match it we know that there will be lots of big action moments like 'The Avengers or Transformers'. Towards the end of the sequence the music builds up in volume, then it sounds like the computer/machine is about to break then it repeats it. Afterwards the music changes to a pitch bent piano showing that something isn't right, or something keeps changing.

However it doesn't give away anything about the characters or settings.