what is a opening sequence

What is an Opening Sequence?

Using your research to date, define what an opening sequence of a film is and looks like. 

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Structure
Presentation of titles 
Order and importance of titles
Narrative structure
Genre codes
Conventions (& also unconventional)
Purpose

A opening sequence shows the beginning of the film and sometimes the personality of the characters, and Of course it includes the actors, directors and other members of the film crews name. The sequence also usually includes CGI to include the credits and other parts of the scene. the list of credits will go as follows. 

1. name of studio e.g marvel, universal or disney. 
2. name of production comedy 
3. name of producer 
4. staring..... (all the stars in the film) Justin, Timberlake, Scarlet Johansson or Brad Pitt. 
5. film title e.g avengers assemble, inside man or the firm 
6. all of the featuring actors 
7. the casting crew 
8. the music/composer 
9. production design 
10. editor 
11. photographer 
12. executive producer 
13. if it is based on a book the name will be here 
14. if it is based on any characters it will be here
15. story writer 
16. writer 
17. director 

In a opening sequence of a film, the opening credits are shown at the very beginning and list the most important members of the production. They are now usually shown as text superimposed on a blank screen or static pictures, or sometimes on top of action in the show. There may or may not be accompanying music. Where opening credits are built into a separate sequence of their own, the correct term is title sequence (such as the familiar James Bond and Pink Panther title sequences).Opening credits since the early 1980s, if present at all, identify the major actors and crew, while the closing credits list an extensive cast and production crew. Historically, however, opening credits have been the only source of crew credits and, largely, the cast, although over time the tendency to repeat the cast, and perhaps add a few players, with their roles identified (as was not always the case in the opening credits), evolved. The ascendancy of television movies after 1964 and the increasingly short "shelf-life" of films in theaters has largely contributed to the credits convention which came with television programs from the beginning, of holding the vast majority of cast and crew information for display at the end of the show.
In movies and television, the title and opening credits may be preceded by a cold open, or teaser (brief scene), that helps to set the stage for the episode or film.