Title sequences originally only contained credits to the creators of the film - this developed around the time of Hollywood's boom with the introduction of credits to actors and movie stars, and then became a medium to introduce the story that the film was going to tell.
To fully understand the purpose of title sequences in film, you must first know the conventions of them, and see how the use of such conventions help to bring about an understanding through text and connotation.
For example, films commonly start with idents from the production company - this shows the audience who created the film and thus establishes a 'brand' for the company - which means that people who like a film produced by one company may be more likely to watch another film by the same company. There will also be credits for whoever else was involved in the making of the film, and the actors who star in it, for similar reasons.
Connotation is also something that is heavily relied on in storytelling via the medium of film - even in the title sequence, music is used to create mood (i.e. suspense), colour connotations such as red for blood, white for purity and blue for sadness are used to establish themes and the emotions of the characters, which can also be created with pathetic fallacy (using nature and the weather to establish mood.)
We can also see characters and settings in the title sequence to give the audience context to the film. This can establish the date, the location and the theme.
All of these examples show that the title sequence, in short, helps the audience to gain a greater understanding of the theme and plot of the film.
Out of the four film openings that we watched, I think that the Skyfall opening remains the most prominent in my mind.
This film opening has incredible detail -
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