Purpose of a title sequence

Title Sequences and Film Openings

Title sequences are found at the start of a film. They usually include both text and footage together. I have learnt that title sequences can be used as an extremely effective way to both foreshadow what is to come in the film with clues to the genre, setting and sounds but can also give us a glimpse into what has happened in the story before the start of the film. An effective title sequence will do one of these things. Title sequences are also set up in different ways unique to the genre of the film, e.g, the typology and how it fits the footage in the background (do they complement each other or are they in contrasting formats?). Film openings can be very important to the audience in order to 'set the scene' in terms of what else is going to happen. For example, in the film "seven" the typography for the names of the people involved with the film was written as if it were handwriting, which added extra eeriness and related to the film.