Film Language Tag: title sequence
The titles or credits themselves as well as any other elements (images and sound) that may accompany them.
Traditionally, James Bond films open with a lavish stunt sequence before the opening titles. The titles themselves appear over further stylized action, often involving the silhouette of a woman. The opening title sequence for West Side Story (1961) presented the credits as graffiti painted on various walls while an animated Pink Panther and Inspector Clouseau accompany the title sequences for the Pink Panther films, both opening and closing. In one of the more unusual credit sequences, Harry Nilsson sang the closing credits to Skidoo (1968), right down to the copyright notice. [also known as "credit sequence", and "opening title sequence]
Auto Focus Opening Title Sequence, Auto Focus
A retro title sequence superimposing opening credits onto animated images and stills from the cast.
Batman Opening Title Sequence, Batman
A list of opening credits while the camera pans around the titular logo.
Block-Heads Opening Title Sequence, Block-Heads
A list of opening credits next to drawings and letterheads.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Opening Title Sequence, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
A list of opening credits side-by-side with Butch Cassidy's gang robbing a train.
Catch Me If You Can Opening Title Sequence, Catch Me If You Can
A list of digital opening titles alongside a cat-and-mouse game between the FBI and the protagonist.
Death Proof Opening Title Sequence, Death Proof
A list of opening credits superimposed upon fast editing of some of the protagonists the antagonist's car.
Django Unchained Opening Title Sequence, Django Unchained
Much like the Italian original, a list of superimposed titles over the protagonist's journey through the landscape.
Dr. Strangelove Opening Title Sequence, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
A list of handwritten opening titles over the refueling of an important plane.
Fantastic Mr. Fox Opening Title Sequence, Fantastic Mr. Fox
A modern abridged list of opening titles over the geographical landscape of the film.
Far From Heaven Opening Title Sequence, Far from Heaven
A list of superimposed titles following the protagonist's car's journey back to her house.
Goldfinger Opening Title Sequence, Goldfinger
A list of opening credits side by side with moments from the film projected onto close-ups of a gold woman.
High Noon Opening Title Sequence, High Noon
A list of opening titles superimposed upon the gang arriving to town. Popularized the theme song, especially among westerns.
Hud Opening Title Sequence, Hud
A car drives across the Texas Panhandle landscape.
Jerry Maguire Opening Title Sequence, Jerry Maguire
A list of opening credits superimposed upon a montage of the protagonist's work experience.
Les Girls Opening Title Sequence, Les Girls
A list of opening credits alongside images of each actor's character.
Lolita Opening Title Sequence, Lolita
A list of superimposed opening credits while the title character gets a pedicure from the protagonist.
Lord of War Opening Title Sequence, Lord of War
After a direct address, a list of opening credits is superimposed on a montage of the life of a bullet... and the death of a child.
Monkey Business Opening Title Sequence, Monkey Business
A list of superimposed opening credits interrupted by the protagonist multiple times.
North by Northwest Opening Title Sequence, North by Northwest
A list of opening credits over vector-like imagery dissolved into the real world.
Oldboy Opening Title Sequence, Oldboy
A ticking list of opening titles superimposed upon the protagonist's kidnapping.
Opening Credits, The Landlord
The film opens with shots of the Park Slope neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, while trust-fund kid Elgar (Beau Bridges) details his plans to renovate a building in the area
Opening Sequence, The Living End
Jon (Craig Gilmore) gets a diagnosis at the doctor's office
Opening Sequence, Pulp Fiction
Before the opening credits roll, Honey Bunny (Amanda Plummer) and Pumpkin (Tim Roth) discuss robbery while at a diner.
Opening Sequence, Tangerine
Transgender sex worker Sin-Dee Rella (Kitana Kiki Rodriguez) meets friend fellow sex worker and friend Alexandra (Mya Taylor) at a donut shop in Hollywood, where she learns that her boyfriend has been cheating on her during her stint in jail.
Opening Sequence, The Joy Luck Club
June (Ming-Na Wen) recounts an allegory following a woman immigrating from China to the US. She brings a swan with her, intending to gift it to her future American daughter. However, an immigration officer confiscates the swan, and the mother is left with a feather.
Opening Sequence, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Newly engaged John (Sidney Poitier) and Joanna (Catherine Houghton) arrive at Joanna's hometown in San Fransisco.
Opening Sequence, Where Is My Friend's House?
Nematzadeh (Ahmed Ahmadpour) doesn't do his homework in his notebook, and the teacher (Khodabaksh Defai) threatens to expel him if it happens again.
Opening Sequence, Luck by Chance
Sona Mishra (Konkona Sen Sharma) is signed by producer Satish Chaudhary (Alyy Khan).
Opening Sequence, Making Love
Claire (Kate Jackson) and Bart (Harry Hamlin) deliver monologues about Zack (Michael Ontkean), who was Claire's husband and Bart's lover.
Opening Sequence, The Hunger
Miriam Blaylock (Catherine Deneuve) and John (David Bowie) invite a young couple from the nightclub to their home.
Opening Sequence, Fruitvale Station
Couple Oscar (Michael B. Jordan) and Sophina (Melonie Diaz) discuss their New Year's resolutions. At the Fruitvale BART station, White officers detain Black citizens, and Officer Ingram fires a gunshot.
Opening Sequence, Bessie
Bessie (Queen Latifah) performs in a vaudeville show and reflects on her childhood
Opening Sequence, The Exiles
A montage of photographs of Native Americans.
Se7en Opening Title Sequence, Se7en
A list of handwritten opening credits cut between and superimposed upon grimy investigation details and the killer's journal.
Skyfall Opening Title Sequence, Skyfall
A list of opening credits superimposed upon digital imagery and extreme close-ups.
Spider-Man Opening Title Sequence, Spider-Man
A list of opening credits in conjunction with digital webbing and foreshadowing imagery.
The Chaser Opening Title Sequence, The Chaser
A list of opening titles superimposed upon the antagonist claiming another victim and our introduction to the protagonist.
The Death of Ryan Quinn (Opening Sequence), Ratcatcher
Ryan Quinn (Thomas McTaggert) accidentally drowns when roughhousing with James Gillespie (William Eadie).
The Fugitive Opening Title Sequence, The Fugitive
A list of opening credits superimposed upon the protagonist, followed by an audio description of the locales used.
The Killer Inside Me Opening Title Sequence, The Killer Inside Me
A list of opening credits over still images of the cast.
The Pink Panther Opening Title Sequence, The Pink Panther
A list of animated opening credits while a detective plays a cat-and-mouse game with a pink panther.
The Shining Opening Title Sequence, The Shining
A list of opening credits over the protagonist's drive to his interview at the hotel.
The Spy Who Loved Me Opening Title Sequence, The Spy Who Loved Me
A list of opening titles superimposed upon a cat and mouse dancing game between the two main characters.
The Terminator Opening Title Sequence, The Terminator
A list of all-digital opening credits after a futuristic opening which lays the groundwork for the rest of the film.
The Thomas Crown Affair Opening Title Sequence, The Thomas Crown Affair
A list of opening titles side by side with rectangular collage-like moments from the film.
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Opening Title Sequence, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
The people of Cherbourg walks down the streets.
The Wailing Opening Title Sequence, The Wailing
A list of opening titles as the story begins with the first killings.
The Wild Bunch Opening Title Sequence, The Wild Bunch
A list of opening titles shown during freeze frames of a gang's lead-up to a bank robbery.
Vertigo Opening Title Sequence, Vertigo
A list of opening credits superimposed upon an extreme close-up of a female face followed by symbolic imagery.
