Timeline on title sequence: Taking of pelham 123

The conventional order of a title sequence is:

• Production company ident
• Distribution company ident
• Distribution company title
• Production company title
• Actor 1 (Star)
• Actor 2 (Star)
• FILM TITLE
• Actor 3 (lesser known star)
• Actor 4 (lesser known star)

The film: Taking of pelham 123, does follow these conventions. The timeline below shows you how:

TIMELINE

• (0:05-0:20)-Columbia pictures is introduced
• (0:23-0:25)-Metro-Goldwin mayer pictures is introduced
• (0:28-0:32)-Relativity media is introduced
• (0:35-0:37)-Scott free/escape artists production companies are introduced
• (0:40-0:42)-A film by tony scott
• (0:45-0:52)-2 main actors introduced
• (1:16-1:20)-Title of the film is shown
• (1:42-1:52)-Lesser known actors credited

 Here is the visual evidence for the timeline:

The title sequence is there really to give people credit for contributing to the film and to let the audience know who stars in film and who it was produced by. The production and distribution companies in particular as they are the ones who are putting money into the film. It is also good promotion for the companies. Big name stars usually have it written into theire contract where their names will appear and it is the well known who are credited first to really attract the audiences attention.