RESEARCH - Timeline of Title Sequences/Conventional Order.

Conventional Film Opening:

A conventional film opening would start with the production company and distribution company. This is then followed by the film title and actors that star in the film. The crew then follows, including the costume designer, director of photography and product designer. The executive producers and producers are next with the director last.

There can be slight differences in this order. For example, the writer may appear towards the end of the title sequence, or after the production company. 

The actors with a larger fan base may appear before the film title in order to increase the audience of the film. 

The order of the title sequence for Memento is;

- Production Company 1

- Distribution Company

- Production Company 2

- Writer 

- Actor 1

Title Sequence Analysis: Memento (2000)

- Actor 2

- Actor 3

- Film Title

- Actor 4

- Actor 5 & 6

- Actor 7 & 8

- Crew: Casting by

- Crew: Music by

- Crew: Costume Designer

- Crew: Editing by

- Crew: Product Designer

- Crew: Director of Photography

- Co-producer- Co-executive producer 1 & 2
- Executive producer
- Producers 1 & 2
- Screenplay by
- Director

The plain blue font is easy to read against the background. Although the titles are in the middle of the screen, they do not interfere with the film as there is no narrative at this point. Three actors appear before the film title, this may be because they are famous or due to the contract between the actors and production company.




The order of the title sequence for The Roommate is;

- Production Company 1
- Distribution Company
- Production Company 2

Title Sequence Analysis: The Roommate (2011)

- Film Title
- Actor 1
- Actor 2
- Actor 3
- Actor 4
- Actor 5
- Actor 6
- Actor 7
- Actors 8 & 9
- Actors 10 & 11
- Crew: Casting by
- Crew: Costume Designer
- Crew: Music supervision
- Crew: Music by
- Crew: Editing by
- Crew: Product Designer
- Crew: Director of Photography
- Executive Producers
- Producer
- Writer
- Director

The titles are written in a plain white font as they are designed not to interfere with the narrative. The font size changes slightly; more important information is in a slightly larger font (as shown on the left).




Overall, both of the above opening sequence follow the conventions of a title sequence.The only difference found is the order in which the actors appear, this is dependant on the contract that they have with the production company and depends on who well know the actor may be.