Different types of Opening Sequences

What does it tell us: 
- it shows us an introduction to the main characters
- gives us a sense of where it is set
- Tells us the era it is set in
- The genre of the film
- Tells us the title and the narrative of the film
- An understanding of the tone/ atmosphere of the film

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo: 
- Only colours used are black and red showing that it is a dark film and gives us an idea of the genre
- Fast and loud rock music to show that there is a lot of action in the film
- You don't clearly see her face - mysterious
- Black ink to emphasise the tattoo and the name of the film
- Items thrown around in the air to show violence
- The keyboard and leads being thrown across the screen leads the narrative of hacking and technology
- You see the main villains face
- He is a journalist and she is a blogger, the ink connects them metaphorical and reveals information of the narrative

This is a discrete title sequence - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

- this is a mini film before the film and helps to get the audience into the mood of the film not tell you what the film is about. it can give you an idea of the tone and the genre of the movie, A 'discrete' opening sequence also is often animated and includes a lot of editing work

The traditional title sequence - Drive 
-  a clear sense of genre
- establishes the location
- introduces the main characters
- You get a sense of the tone of the film
- You get a sense of the era of the film

Straight into the film -Scream
 there are no titles at all and the film starts directly with the action of the opening scene, this type of title sequence is far less common place and is more likely to be seen in a thriller or a horror.

The stylised opening sequence - Skyfall
is a combination of straight into it and discrete. It starts straight with the action scene, and the go into the discrete mini animated film.

I would use Traditional when making a film as it allows the audience to have a clear understanding of what the film would be about as they get a clear sense of tone,location,genre...

Jessica Jones Opening sequence:
Discrete title sequence as it has mysterious music
Tone is dark - it uses dark colours such as dark purple
Character are mysterious as you don't see there face and only the cartoon versions
 There is a vague sense of location which looks mysterious e.g alley way