Timeline of a film opening!

The conventional order of a title sequence is:

• Production company ident
• Distribution company ident
• Distribution company title
• Production company title
• Actor 1 (Major star)
• Actor 2 (Major 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:


Title sequence of Taking Pelham 123

• Production company ident: Columbia pictures (0:05-0:20)
• Distribution company ident: Metro-Goldwin Mayer pictures (0:23-0:25)
• Distribution company title: Relativity media (0:28-0:32)
• Production title: Scott free/escape artists production (0:35-0:37)
• Actor 1: Denzel Washington (0:45-0:47)
• Actor 2: John Travolta (0:50-0:52)
• Film title: Taking of Pelham 123 (1:15-1:18)
• Actor 3: John Tuturro (1:45-1:47)
• Actor 3: Louis Guzman (1:49-1:50)

 Here is the visual evidence for the timeline:

The title sequence determines the importance of different titles shown. It is there mainly to promote production and distribution companies as they are the ones who are putting money into the film. The title sequence credits the people contributing and advertises the stars and producer of the film to the audience. For example: major stars like Denzel Washington and John Travolta are introduced in the taking of Pelham 123 film to grab the attention of the audience. This is done mainly because they have a lot of fans which will encourage many viewers and people will automatically think this is going to be a good film.