OPENING TITLES - INITIAL RESEARCH

TITLE SEQUENCES

The opening title sequence of a film is that film’s opportunity to make a good first impression on you, the viewer. A well-crafted title sequence introduces the audience to the tone and theme of the film as well as the cast and crew. 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. 

USUAL ORDER IN A TITLE SEQUENCE

DISTRIBUTION COMPANY - A film distributor is a company or individual responsible for the marketing of a film. The distributor may set the release date of a film and the method by which a film is to be exhibited or made available for viewing.
PRODUCTION COMPANY - A production company essentially helps to create the film- its assists in the budgeting, scheduling, scripting, casting and more. The company usually looks over the film from when it’s just an idea to completion.

INTRODUCTION TO DIRECTOR - Many films include "A (insert directors name) film." at the beginning of the title sequence as the director's first credit. The name is then repeated again at the end. Directors do this to promote themselves as the creator of the film, so it isn't as easily forgotten.
FILM TITLE

ACTORS

CASTING DIRECTOR

MUSIC

EDITOR 

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS/PRODUCERS 
BASED ON THE BOOK...
WRITERS 
DIRECTOR

While there are numerous variations, most opening credits use this basic order. Over the years, the order may have been to either coincide with the theme of the film or perhaps even just mix it up a little. 

EXAMPLES OF TITLE SEQUENCES

• All three of these opening sequences have used the same order, an order which is commonly used within films. I don't think there has been any special reason the order has been used apart from it is just a standard way of presenting a title sequence. 
• They are all from the same genre - Indie Comedy  
• Predominantly there is a mixed gender cast and crew, however both directors are male which does follow the general stereotype of men being dominant members within the crew. (i.e. D.O.P's, director's). 

1. Gentlemen Broncos (2009) - Jared Hess
2. Juno (2007) - Gareth Smith & Jenny Lee
3. Napoleon Dynamite (2004) - Jared Hess