NW: Analysis of Title Sequence-Insidious(Wan,2010)

Order of Titles-
The first titles on the screen are: In association with Stage 6 films, an Alliance Films and IM Global Presentation of a Haunted Movies production. These title are then followed by A James Wan Film. After these few titles there is a short scene in the house where there is no text followed by INSIDIOUS in large, flashing writing.
After these the credits begin: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Ty Simpkins, (and) Barbara Hershey, Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson, Andrew Astor, Joseph Bishara, casting by Annie McCarthy, Kellie Gesell, costume designer Kristin M.Burke, music by Joseph Bishara, edited by James Wan, Kirk Morri, production designer Aaron Sims, director of photography John R Leonetti Asc, David M.Brewer, line producer Jeanette Voturno, co-produced by John R.Leonetti, Aaron Sims, executive producer Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, produced by Jason BLum, Steven Schneider, Oren Peli, written by Leigh Whannell, directed by James Wan.
Between each title there's about 5 seconds, so enough time to read the names without spending too long on them, each title is the same amount of time regardless of status of person involved in the film.
As they appear the titles start with the actors followed by music, casting, editing, costume and production designers/directors, then there is the executive producer, writer and finally the director, James Wan. The titles build up to the director because they are the most important and significant aspect of the film.
The film title comes before all the names of people involved in the film and after production titles.

Typography-
The font for titles and the film title are the same, capital letters are used for everything as well as the red colour of the font which is generic of the horror genre as red usually connotes danger or blood. The main title is centred and is very large in size, the other titles are of an average size taking up about a quarter of the screen, if there's a description of the persons job, eg executive producer that comes in a smaller font than the name, which makes the name seem more important. As each title leaves the screen, it dissolves away in an almost ghost like way suggesting the film may have something to do with ghosts and spirits.

Relationships between text and visuals-
The visuals in the background don't have a direct link with the text, however they do suggest that the film is going to be set in a domestic environment, which is one of the traditional psychological horror conventions.

Own Production

I created this by finding a photo of a stalkers wall featuring photos of girls as we think we may do something along these lines in our production. I then added text on top suggesting that the name of the director is the most important part as it is in bigger writing, I placed in the bottom left hand corner so that you can still take in the visuals which gives the audience an idea of what the film is about.