Comparing title sequences

The first title sequence I am looking at is Grease. Grease is released in 1978. The director is Randal Kleiser and the top casting are John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John and Stockard Channing. It is produced by Paramount Pictures Studios with a budget of $6 million in total. 

The Genre: From the upbeat and positive soundtrack and the comic feeling font, it shows a musical and romance genre. Also it uses ‘as’ which gives the idea of performance.

The Title: ‘Grease’, ‘John Travolta as Danny’, ‘Produced by Robert Stigwood and Allan Carr’, ‘Director by Randal Kleiser’

Tone: fun, upbeat, positive film. The opening is in style of animation and use of character drawings

Location/time: 1950’s, because there are some iconic period imagery and the style of the costume and props. USA. It is in high school setting, it has the fades from animation to the real life at the end.

Narrative: In high school, the teenagers, romance story from the juxtaposition of a male and female character, groups - ‘gangs’, the cars are a important element, from the characters’ bedroom it shows a conflict in difference, rebellion (smoking scene and driving cars)

Character hints:

Danny - messy, lazy, the leader as he is the first character appears, rebellion, rock, cool. He is the character who creates the ‘Grease’ title

Sandy - Wealth, kind, beautiful, use of animals which is very similar with Disney princess, has a princess vibe, might change Danny in the story

The second one is from American Horror story, it is produced by 20th Television. 

Genre: Horror, shows from the soundtrack which has some sound effects that create a uncomfortable feeling, the dark lighting, has iconic horror imagery (the blood, the doll, the knives), in the gothic font style

Title: ‘Connie Britton’, ‘Created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’, ‘American Horror story’

Time: America, in the basement at house, hunted house vibe, sense modern old “past and present”

Narrative: POV with a flashlight, someone searching / discovering / uncovering

Character hints: a sense of killer(s), horrifying, white dress which gives a innocence female stereotypical victim