Favourite title sequence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phwOOmFYudU



Grease opening is a animated sequence which has an upbeat song which sets the mood of the film as being quite playful and joyful. It starts with introducing the studios 'Paramount pictures' over the moving image of a radio that is also moving along with the music. It then features the main protagonist, John Travolta as Danny,  in bed in a messy bedroom, however his face isn't shown yet until he does his hair in the mirror. The name of the film is now shown right before revealising the first character, which is written in hair grease hence the name of the film 'Grease'. The fact that hes just woken up and looks very scruffy may show that his character is quite laid back and perhaps unkept. It then skips to random images of different types of people dancing along to the music, alongside a animation of Elvis which refers to the time and the ages the film was shot in. After this, the next protagonist is shown seems to be completely opposite to the first, as she's in a very tidy environment and is very neat. It then introduces her name Sandy, played by Olivia Newton-John. It then again skips to random scenes hinting the era the films in, such as old fashioned cars and Marilyn Monroe before showing the next character. The girls shown as quite boisterous and active as she swaps a pink turtle neck for a more revealing blouse, with short stylish hair. So far the opening has showed 3 characters and has given the impression it perhaps may be a musical from all the joyful moving images and times. For the other characters, they're shown less subtly and shown as a group instead of individually which shows how their role isn't so important as the others. Some of the animation is also exaggerated such as objects with eyes, like a car swallowing a man which again refers to how playful and cheering it is. Now majority of the characters have been met, it shows the difference between groups such as all the girls together in a car and all the boys together in a car. As they're both riding down the roads it has credits listed on the buildings and more names of characters, such as musicians and choreographers. The music eventually ends up dying out until the last animated scene which is of the high school, Rydell High, which then turns to real life image.

Credit order:

Paramount pictures - High reputation of good quality films
Title of film: Grease
Main protagonist: John Travolta
 and.... Olivia Newton-John,
Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway
Choregrapher: Patricia Birch
Music supervision: Bill Oakes
Associate producer: Neil A.Machlis
Produced on broadway: Kenneth Waissnan and Maxine Fox
Editor: John F.Burnett
Production designer: Phil Jefferies
Photography director: Bill Butler
Screenplay by: Bronte Woodard
Producers: Robert Stigwood and Allan Carr
Director: Randa Kleiser