Opening Titles : Black Swan

Opening title sequence timeline    

I have looked at an opening title sequence for the Black Swan to get an idea for what my credit sequence could look like. By doing this it allowed me to see when is appropriate to add the credits in and in what order. It also gave me the opportunity to look at the length of the opening.

Black Swan Opening Titles YouTube Video

0.1-0.4 - fades from black - FOR SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES PRESENTS

0.13-0.18- A DARREN ARONOFSKY FILM

0.023-0.30 - fades in one after the other - IN ASSOCIATION WITH, CROSS CREEK PICTURES

0.34-0.39 - MUSIC BY CLINT MANSELL - fades out through backing image covering it

0.43-0.48 - STORY BY ANDRES HEINZ

0.51-0.58 - fades in one after the other - PRODUCED BY, MIKE MEDAVOY - fades out through backing image covering it

1.00-1.08 - fades in one after the other - AND, ARNOLD W. MESSER
1.12-1.18 - fades in one after the other - EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS, TYLER THOPSON, PETER FRUCHTMAN
1.23-1.29- fades in one after the other - SCREEN PLAY BY, MARK HEYMAN, ANDRES HEINZ
1.32-1.38 - The main protagonist -NATALIE PORTMAN- fades out through backing image covering it
1.41-1.46 - VINCENT CASSEL- fades out through backing image
1.51-1.54 - MILA KUNIS- fades out through backing image
2.17-2.30 - Film Title - BLACK SWAN

This shows that in the title sequence the main institutions, production company's, come first.  Then it's the most important actor in the film which comes next in the sequence. The title of the film comes at the end of the opening credits, giving it more of a dramatic tone and also saving it to the end as more of an introduction to what's coming next.