Analysis of a Title Sequences

The film which I am going to analyse is The Taking of Pelham 123, the films title sequence is very interesting by the way the writing is shown and how the writing has been mixed with the film.

The logo for Colombia pictures appeared at 0.08 seconds in the title sequence but Colombia pictures and other production and distribution companies are written on the screen at 0.16 seconds. The writing appears behind a black thick line and after the black line flies off the screen leaving the writing on the screen. The other production and distribution companies are Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer (MGM), Relativity Media, Scott Free Productions and Escape Artist.

The film title appears at 1.15 seconds and the numbers are shown by each of them flying in the screen one by one. The title is written in capital letters and large font but Pelham is written in a larger font than the rest of the title. 

Title sequence timeline:

• 0.16 seconds – Colombia Pictures logo
• 0.24 seconds – Productions companies names (Colombia Pictures, Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer (MGM))
• 0.29 seconds – Production company name (Relativity Media)
• 0.35 seconds – Production Companies name (Scott Free Productions and Escape Artist)
• 0.42 seconds – Film By Tony Scott
• 0.46 seconds – Actors Name
• 0.50 seconds – Actors Name
• 1.15 seconds – Title
• 1.20 seconds – Film Information
• 1.43 seconds – Actors Name
• 1.45 seconds – Actors Name
• 1.48 seconds – Actors Name
• 1.51 seconds – Actors Name
• 1.53 seconds – Actors Name
• 2.00 seconds – Actors Name
• 2.27 seconds – Actors Name
• 2.31 seconds – Casting by
• 2.34 seconds – Custom designer
• 2.49 seconds – Music by
• 2.52 seconds – Co-executive Producer
• 2.55 seconds – Editor
• 3.12 seconds – Production design
• 3.26 seconds – Cinematography
• 3.29 seconds – Executive Producer
• 3.34 seconds – Executive Producers
• 3.54 seconds – Producers
• 4.02 seconds – Producers
• 4.13 seconds – Time information for the film