Film Language Tag: Credits, Opening
Text credits appearing at (or very near) the beginning of an audiovisual work. (See also title sequence, which should be used when the emphasis is on more than just the opening text credits).
"Say It To Me Now" (Opening Sequence), Once
Guy (Glen Hansard), a busker, gets robbed. At night, Girl (Markéta Irglová) approaches him about his music.
Are You Watching Closely?, The Prestige
John Cutter outlines the three stages of a magic trick to a young girl while Angier drowns in a water tank in front of Borden.
Big Dealer Man, Coffy
Coffy (Pam Grier) goes over to the Dealer Man's (Morris Buchanan) apartment.
Hud Opening Title Sequence, Hud
A car drives across the Texas Panhandle landscape.
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, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
On his way home, Arash (Arash Marandi) steals a cat from a yard.
Opening Sequence, Cotton Comes to Harlem
Deke "Reverend" O'Malley (Calvin Lockhart) drives back into Harlem.
Opening Sequence, Handsome Antonio
Antonio (Marcello Mastroianni) finds out that he must return home and find a wife.
Opening Sequence, Get Out
Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) and his girlfriend Rose (Allison Williams) get ready to drive up to Rose's parents' house for the weekend.
Opening Sequence, Sunset Boulevard
Joe Gillis (William Holden) begins the story of his demise.
Opening Sequence, Aftersun
Sophie (Frankie Corio) and her father Calum (Paul Mescal) go on a vacation to Turkey.
Opening Sequence, The Godfather
Don Vito Coreleone (Marlon Brando) listens to requests on the day of his daughter's wedding.
Opening Sequence, Paris, Texas
Travis (Harry Dean Stanton) wanders in the desert and collapses.
Opening Sequence, 8½
Guido (Marcello Mastroianni) dreams of himself escaping from a traffic jam and flying high in the sky.
Opening Sequence, Sweet Smell of Success
Press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) picks up a newspaper with a column by J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster).
Opening Sequence, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Marianne (Noémie Merlant) instructs her students on how to paint a portrait.
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 , Waiting to Exhale
On New Year's Eve, four women in separate households navigate relationships with the men in their lives.
Opening Sequence , The Silence of the Lambs
Clarice Sterling(Jodie Foster), an FBI trainee, is assigned to interview a serial killer(Anthony Hopkins).
Opening Sequence, The Hunger
Miriam Blaylock (Catherine Deneuve) and John (David Bowie) invite a young couple from the nightclub to their home.
Opening Sequence , The Boys in the Band
Various characters within the film are depicted living their daily lives in New York City.
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, Edge of the City
Drifter Axel Nordmann (John Cassavetes) looks for a job at the waterfront and calls his parents.
Opening Sequence, The Children's Hour
Children from the Wright-Dobie School for Girls ride bikes, play outdoors, and perform in a piano recital for their parents to watch.
Opening Sequence, The Jackie Robinson Story
An offscreen narrator explains the importance of Jackie Robinson's story as a young Jackie (Howard Louis MacNeely) walks with his back turned to the camera.
Probing Siri (Opening Sequence), The Artifice Girl
Deena (Sidna Nichols) uses her phone's Siri for assistance, posing ethical questions of an increasingly challenging nature.
The Heavens Over Berlin (Opening Sequence), Wings of Desire
Damiel (Bruno Ganz) and Cassiel (Otto Sander), two angels, observe the lives and listen to the thoughts of Berliners.
Wai-Tung Exercises While Simon Works, The Wedding Banquet
Wai-Tung (Winston Chao) works out while a voiceover of his mother discusses his father's health and Wai-Tung's prospects for an arranged marriage. Wai-Tung calls his partner, Simon (Mitchell Lichtenstein), to cancel plans before bumping into an old acquaintance.
