Title Sequences Research by William Haines

Title Sequences often introduce the world, most Title Sequences contain sweeping establishing shots of the world you are about to experience. Through these epic establishing shots, you establish a location. Title Sequences in super hero films tend to showcase the town as well as it’s residents, this creates a lingering sense of danger throughout the rest of the film, knowing that many lives are at stake. Some Title Sequences happen on the ground, we are introduced to our character who may be getting dressed and getting ready for his boring job (Typical of Dramas). The sequence may introduce you to the hero, who is perhaps

saving someone or something.

There are a few title sequences which are literally just words. The iconic Star Wars Title crawl was just words yet it was surprisingly epic, it introduced you to the world using words. It featured in all 7 films (as of 2017) and served to introduce that particular timeline or character arc. For example, it explains why The Force Awakens took place a fair amount of years later and why we are following those characters.