main titles

Film's opening sequence

Main titles are the opening credits of a film or television show, typically appearing at the beginning and displaying the title along with key cast and crew names.

Distinguished from end credits, main titles often feature stylized design, animation, or music that establishes tone: The main titles for Se7en became iconic.

In television, main titles usually include the theme song and may run before each episode.

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big screen · silver screen · movie · names · star billing · cast · director · orchestra · score · fanfare · theme music · film score · silhouettes · opening scene · animation · studio logo · movie premiere · billing

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sequence position in film/tv

main titlesend credits

Names after the story ends

closing credits · end titles · credit roll · outro · crawl

prominence/hierarchy

main titlessubtitle

Secondary title text

Family

main, title, mainly, mainline, mainland, titles, titled, titling, entitle

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Rated G