Order of Titles in an Opening

Order of Titles in an Opening

Order of the titles in an opening sequence shown in a title sequence before the actual film or TV show are often chosen specifically so the audience reads them in the certain order. I have observed that they come in a certain order;

1) Normally the distributors logo is first: 

these companies were most involved in the making of the films or tv programmes.

Next there is often the producton companies but not always.

Finally, the actors are listed in a certain order, this is often the order of 'importance' in the film; the actors are listed in order of most important to least important in the film.

This also applies to listing the crew members in the film, the order is usually the most important crew members to the least important.

Silent Hill 3D: Revelations

Although in some more recent films I see the opposite thing happening with the more important cast and crew appearing last in the sequence.

Panic Room

Buried