Sherlock

State the production and distribution companies. How are they introduced? What purpose do they serve at the start of a film?

The films production and distribution companies were Warner Bros. Pictures and Silver Pictures production. It also shows that the film is a  a Guy Ritchie Film and that it is from  Wigramproduction. They are introduced towards the end of the opening sequences and are shown in creative font on  ancient  historical looking paper which looks like papers that investigators would have written, is gives us the audience that style of film Sherlock is already.

In the opening sequence Information of who the  Director ,  the screenplay writer , the producer and executive producers as well as the co-producers , the director of photography , the production designer and the editor of the film. There is also information about the cast of the film as well as the film title of the film " Sherlock Holmes" , the casting team , music producers , costume designers , Visual effects supervisor . Then at the end of the sequence the production and distribution team of the film is presented.

Where exactly is the film’s title placed? Beginning, middle or end of the opening sequence?

The film title is placed right in the middle of the opening sequence. Which sets the scene for the type of film it's.

List the information that is included in the title sequence and the timeline

0.07 Directed by Guy Ritchie
0.12 Screenplay by, Michael Robert Johnson and Anthony Peckham and Simon Kinberg
0.17 Screen Story by Lionel Wigram and Michael Robert Johnson
0.22 Produced by Joel Silver, Lionel Wigram, Susan Downey, Dan Lin
0.29 Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson were created by the late Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and appear in stories and novels by him.
0.34 Executive producers , Michael Tadross and Bruce Berman
0.39 Co- producers , Steve Clark - Hall
0.44 Director of photography , Philippe Rousselot
0.49 Production designer , Sarah Greenwood
0.54 Editor , James Herbert
1.00 Robert Downey Jr.
1.03 Sherlock Holmes title appears
1.07 Jude Law
1.12 Rachel Mcadams

1.16 Mark Strong

1.19 Eddie Marsan

1.22 Kelly Reilly

1.26 James Fox, Hans Matheson, Geraldine James

1.31 Casting by Reg poerscout - Edgerton

1.35 Music Produced by Hans Zimmer and Lorna Balfe, Music by Hans Zimmer

1.42 Costume designer, Jenny Bearan

1.45 Visual Effects Supervisor, Chas Jassett

1.50 A Warner Bros Pictures Presentation

1.54 In Association with Village Roadshow Pictures

1.57 A Silver Pictures Production

2.01 A Wigram Production

2.06 A Guy Ritchie Film