What Titles?

The opening titles tell the audience some of the actors and distribution companies involved throughout the film.  They also mention the designers etc.

For example, in the film The Sixth Sense, the first title shown is 'Hollywood Pictures' which is the distribution companies logo.  The logo is in the centre of the frame, and fades in as well as fading out.

After this, 'Spyglass Entertainment' is presented to the audience.  This is another distribution company which is also in the centre of the frame.  It starts with an extreme close-up of the 'Spyglass' and then zooms out to reveal the entire logo.

These distribution companies are then repeated in writing, they fade in from top to bottom and have a bold, serif writing font.  They are white against a black background and fade out at the end.

It then follows by showing the production company.

The first actors name we see is 'Bruce Willis' which shows that he is the main character.  It is placed in the centre of the frame.

We are shown the title of the film after the first actor, this also stresses that this actor plays the main character in the film.  It is in the centre of the frame and also introduced with a musical change.

The next actors name used, 'Toni Collette' suggests that this person plays the next most important person in the film.  And also for the following 3 actors.

The doubled up cast, shows that these are supporting cast.  They are important to the film but not as important as the other characters.

The clip then introduces the people behind the scenes.  They start in order that they are heard or seen, for example, we find out the actors names first so therefore the person who did the casting for the film is shown first, we then hear the music and see some editing.