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.

Opening Titles - The Shining.

The opening sequence of this is simple and does not present anything to do with the film or what the storyline is or what the genre is.  It is a very basic opening sequence with not a lot showing anything. The edits are very easy and simple and this doesn't present the audience with any genre thoughts or what the film is about. The shots are simple and the main thought of this opening are that it is easy, not presenting the genre or the storyline and doesn't give a lot away about the whole sequence.

Opening Title - Mission Impossible

This opening sequence of Mission Impossible shows the fast moving images and the equipment used by spy's to present the genre of action to the audience. The use of the quick editing shows that this film is a fast paced action film where the actors use equipment that presents the genre to the audience. The sequence is good in how it gives the viewers a good idea to the genre of the film but doesn't give the storyline away in to much detail. The main character is shown in the first part of the scene which shows his role. The storyline of the film is not given away too much but the genre and the characters are introduced. The soundtrack is a good way of showing the excitement of the rest of the scene.

Opening Title - Enter The Void

This is a very different opening sequence because of the huge amounts of colour and fonts the titles use. The different fonts and colours used in this title excite and get the audience to be fixated on the screen being fascinated by the fonts and colours the titles use, there is no pictures and still the viewers are drawn to the images on the screen. The names of everyone in the film are so fast when they are put on the screen that there isn't any chance for the people who are watching the film to see any of them so because of the fast titles the viewer is invited in by the colours and fonts instead of reading and seeing the names.

The different colours and fonts shows the names of the poeple in the film in a different way because if the names flashed up with no colour or different fonts then the titles would be boring because there is no pictures. The characters that are the main characters are shown first and the other people that are in the film are shown after but they are all done with different colours and fonts and this is a good way to present the viewer with the names but in a way that the the viewers like and would think that it is different to other titles. The music is very differrent it's a non diagetic sound which adds to the tempo and thrill of the opeining, with fast paced beats, this is also adding to the speed of the titles, with the music playing the titles seem to be flashing faster at the viewer.

The titles move so quickly that the film is presented to the viewer as a fast paced film with action adventure and a crazy different, unreal film that is not like other typical films that are produced.