Opening Title - The Wire

This opening sequence portrays a sequence of events which show a wide variety of crimes with people taking part in them. This is obviously shown using the images of police departments, guns, handcuffs. It uses continuity editing to show a narrative in the 1:31 of the titles. Editing in this sequence is fast, showing a sense of fast pictures which indicates the type of movie this is, a fast paced action, crime film. The style and features show items used by gangstas in films like, a lot of money, cards, looking like they are playing a card game, and gambling things.

The editing is done with fast shots with a lot of short scenes giving the viewer the feel of the setting and showing the fast, action genre of the film with the short scenes giving a bit away to what the film, is like but not in a way where the film idea is given away. The sequence uses a lot of middle shots to show a lot of the setting, the tracking shots are also used a lot to feel as if the viewers are there and as if they have a front row seat.

The sound is very old motown, typical in these types of films to show to the audience that the setting is a very derelict place. It is a non digetic sound which is how they portray the atmosphere for the film. The credits are shown in the bottom of the screen using a informal font which also shows the theme of the film, gangster with action and adventure. The viewers are given a good few images to give them a feel for what the film like and this would give them enough information to make them want to watch the actual film.