Function of a Title Sequence

Titles name and give credit to the people involved in funding, making and producing the film, usually presented in one long list once the film is over.

However, a short list of the key people/companies involved are typically shown in a short sequence before the film starts, these are known as Title Sequences.

These initial credits are included in order to give key institutional information like name the people most involved in and important to the process of making the film: such as the production studio, producer, director and main cast - the addition of celebrities' names in the main cast could also engage the audience more as they look forward to seeing them.

How a Title Sequence is presented also sets the tone and genre for the rest of the film, and potentially hint at narrative or characters.

Typically, 21 titles are provided in these, these usually include:

Money
Production studio
Directors name film
Main star
The film's title
Actor 1
Actor 2
Actor 3
Actor 4
Actor 5
Casting by...
Costume designer
Music credits (e.g. film score composer)
Edited by...
Production designer
Director of Photography (DOP)
Executive Producer
Produced by...
Based upon... (e.g. book)
Screen play (writer)
Director

Title Sequences can set the film's tone and genre through the general stylistic choices of how they are
shown, such as how the text is applied to the sequence (e.g. as part of the character's world), the font choice and colour that they use, or even the transitions between them.