Opening Title Order

After looking at different title sequences i have notice that there seems to be some sort of order. of course that when in the cinema people would expect that the production company logo is first shown and then people such as the actors/directors/produers are in the main opening title sequence. However, to make our opening titles seemed realistic if there is some sort of order it would be best to follow this in our own piece.

To find this out i have done some research into this. I have found out that different types of films have different a different style of order. For example on television shows which have recurring character/ different characters they take out the names that are not in that episode. Also some title sequences do not show the names of the recurring/main characters but show clips of them instead this is shown in the American programme "8 simple Rules"(shown Below)

Here each character is shown to the audience without the names of the actors showing but are still introducing themselves to the audience but each character coming to the door. Another example of this is the show "Gilmore Girls"(clip shown Below) alike "8 Simple Rules" they show each character that is in the show, but in "Gilmore Girls" opening titles the sequence changes depending on the episode as if a character is not in the episode then the character is not in the opening titles.

Also, unlike the opening titles in "8 Simple rules" they have included the actors name along with the clip of the character. Plus, i have found with television programmes opening credits they have the producting company in the closing titles rather than the beginning like films.
After looking at television opening credits i can look in what i need to avoid in my own opening title sequence through finding the contrast between TV and film.

I have found out that the opening credits tend to start with the production company followed after by the director. Plus, this is done in a certain way too. Most commonly the production company would be stated by saying "A Production Company Name Production" and the directors saying " A Director’s Name Film.” After this then the most important/main/ most famous characters are then stated. However, there is never more that five as it would be too much. Then the title of the film. Also, if we where carrying on with the film after the title we would have the other main characters in the plot but with less value. Also i have learnt that if there is a more well known actor playing a smaller role then their name would be shown as well as the character's name that they are playing such as “And John Doe as Character X.”