timeline of roomate title sequence

We watched the beginning of the film "The Roommate" and analysed the placement and timing of the titles in the opening sequence. This film opening lasted just over 2minuets and was a narrative opening what is the begging of the movie with the titles going over the top.





The Title Sequence:

• production company 1 (6sec)
• distribution company (16sec)
• production company 2 (22sec)
• film title (25sec)
• actor 1 (32sec)
• actor 2 (37sec)
• actor 3 (42sec)
• actor 4 (46sec)
• actor 5 (51sec)
• actor 6 (55sec)
• actor 7 (59sec)
• actor 8 (1min4sec)
• two actors at once (1min12sec)
• casting crew (1min17sec)
• costume designer (1min25sec)
• music supervision (1min31sec)
• music by (1min44sec)
• editing (1min49sec)
• production designer (1min51sec)
• DOP (1min54sec)
• executive producers (2min1sec)
• produced by (2min5sec)
• written by (2min10sec)
• director (2min14sec)

The order in which the titles appear on the screen are in a very strict order and have to follow a certain pattern. The first title seen when the opening started was the production companies, reason being is because they are the most important people in the film as they are the ones where the money comes from and funds the film. The second title that comes up is the distribution company because this is nearly just as important as they are how the film gets to the audience so with out them the film wouldn't be seen. The film title was next too be seen before the actors, this is because there are not no major known actors in the film so they are not as important as the film title. The other people who come up after the actors are not as important to the film for the audience as they are all behind the scenes workers but they come up because they made a important contribution towards the making of the film.