Film Language Tag: superimposed titles
Titles (text) that appear over a still or moving background image. Titles that appear over a solid color background (such as black) are not considered superimposed.
A Credit to Your Race, Watermelon Man
Jeff (Godfrey Cambridge) is set to work as a black salesman working with black customers.
Auto Focus Opening Title Sequence, Auto Focus
A retro title sequence superimposing opening credits onto animated images and stills from the cast.
Big Dealer Man, Coffy
Coffy (Pam Grier) goes over to the Dealer Man's (Morris Buchanan) apartment.
Closing Sequence, Sergeant Rutledge
Mr. Hubble (Fred Libby) confesses to the crimes, proving Sergeant Rutledge's (Woody Strode) innocence. Lieutenant Cantrell (Jeffrey Hunter) converses with Miss Beecher (Constance Towers) outside the courtroom.
Closing Sequence, The Red Ball Express
The men of the Red Ball Express successfully supply the tanks, and proceed to head back to HQ.
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.
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.
Goodbye, The Godfather Part II
After finding the bodies of the men who tried to kill him, Michael (Al Pacino) says goodbye to his son, Anthony (James Gounaris).
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.
Jerry Maguire Opening Title Sequence, Jerry Maguire
A list of opening credits superimposed upon a montage of the protagonist's work experience.
Lolita Opening Title Sequence, Lolita
A list of superimposed opening credits while the title character gets a pedicure from the protagonist.
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 Sequence, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Guy (Nino Castelnuovo) finishes his shift at the auto garage.
Opening Sequence, The Godfather Part II
As a boy, Vito Andolini (Oreste Baldini) is run out of his hometown, Corleone, Italy, and immigrates to the United States by himself.
Opening Sequence, The Living End
Jon (Craig Gilmore) gets a diagnosis at the doctor's office
Opening Sequence, The Hunger
Miriam Blaylock (Catherine Deneuve) and John (David Bowie) invite a young couple from the nightclub to their home.
Opening Sequence, Close Encounters of the Third Kind
In the Sonoran Desert, a group of researchers discover Flight 19, a group of World War Two fighter planes that went missing over the Bermuda Triangle.
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.
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 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 Rebellion, The Grey Zone
The Sonderkommandos (David Arquette, David Chandler, Daniel Benzali) enact their plan.
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 Wailing Opening Title Sequence, The Wailing
A list of opening titles as the story begins with the first killings.
The Women's Munitions, The Grey Zone
Dina (Mira Sorvino) and Rosa (Natasha Lyonne) discuss the plan for smuggling gunpowder to the other camps.
Vertigo Opening Title Sequence, Vertigo
A list of opening credits superimposed upon an extreme close-up of a female face followed by symbolic imagery.
