I found that there is a specific and correct way of ordering the titles within the main sequence, before this research I had no knowledge of the ordering and didn't think there was one. So this research has helped me to understand the basics and develop my knowledge of film openings.
After looking on http://www.artofthetitle.com I found You've Got Mail's opening title sequence in this order.
- The film first introduces the film production companies and main ident in this case Warner Bros
- Then the central (A-list actors) protagonists actors are introduced
- Then other key roles such as editing, casting, music and costume are introduced
- Then the producers
- and finally the director who is introduced rather informally as this fits with the non-serious genre of a rom-com by the introduction 'Produced by'
After looking on http://www.artofthetitle.com I found You've Got Mail's opening title sequence in this order.
I will now compare these to previous title researches and then use this sequence to help me order our titles.
