Sunday 14 December 2014

What is a title sequence

What is a title sequence?


A Title sequence is seen at the beginning/ opening of a TV programme or Film. It introduces, the distribution company, the production company, the most important casts members, (lead acts.), title of the show itself, followed by the director/executive directors and producers, sometimes followed by other important crew members (e.g. music producers, stylists) It can be presented as an overlay over the opening of the film or over a blank screen, title sequenced are usually occur with music but can also play along without any.

the aim of a title sequence is to set the mood or atmosphere for a film, so the audience can establish what genre the film is, for example horror movie title sequences have different conventions to a high school movie title sequence so the audience can identify what type of film they are watching. If used as an overlay over the opening scene of the film it can help introduce the setting of where the action will take place.


Title sequences can be used as a narrative enigma, or replace a missing scene that was unable to be filmed later in the movie, as the story of that scene can be told through the title sequence.


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