What do we expect to see in a Films Opening Title Sequence?



In a good title sequence we want to see scenes that will hook you to watch the rest of the movie and that make want to do nothing but watch it in that moment.

In  Black Swan the title sequence starts off with the colour pink, calm music and a ballet dancer, which represents purity, however  the music starts getting more and more intense while the sequence continues. the ballet dancer starts splashing paint/blood on the screen while getting more aggressive. this makes a twist. the dancer is also never shown fully which creates a mystery and we want to find out who she is and why is she acting that way? The contrast is strong between purity and sin as the blood/paint that's being splashes represents it.

another movie with a very good opening sequence is Step Father. The sequence starts off by showing Brad Pitt's name. This will bring make the movie sell a lot because he is a famous actor and people will watch it just because he is in it. The movie starts off with a man that is unusually minded, has everything lined up as if he has ocd. there are a lot of red objects that could represent love, death, or Christmas. The sequence creator has used contrapuntal sound to play 'silent night' in the background which then contrasts with the dead bodies that we see laying around the mans house. The film also shows a shot of the happy frame pictures the family has in their home, so it leaves us with a questioned mind of why is there bloody weapons and dead family members if everything was fine?