Title Research: Zodiac

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what titles are displayed during the opening sequences? 

 In the opening sequence of the movie Zodiac, some titles name people who helped with the film. The opening sequence also provides us with the production, the company, the actor, the title of the movie, who cast the cast, the costume, the sound designer, the producer(s), and the director.

what images are prioritized in the opening sequence?

the film opens up with an establishing shot of the city and proceeds to the house of a man and his kid, he takes his kid to school and goes to his office to work. The shot is a tracking shot of him walking to his room in the office looking at his desk and looking at papers.

how does the film establish a feeling of the genre from the outset?

the film ends in an office of investigators and proceeds with the workers analyzing the papers they have and attempting to figure something out. Also, the film titles the setting of the city and state.