The audience are informed in the opening seconds of the film that these are the institutions behind the film. Film 4 is the production company and UK Film are the distributors These are shown not only to inform the audience of the companies behind the film but it also implies the genre of film they will be watching. Eg Film4 are known for gritty British dramas. As they are both animated they are almost separate from the opening which further signifies the importance of the companies. Between both animations is a fade transition which slowly reveals the following company. The only sound used are the effects which run alongside the animations of the companies.

The significance of the production company and distributor is further emphasised as it features soon after the individual animations like the other credits. All of the credits adopt a box like style with a blue and white colour. The white font connotes innocence and purity, however when accompanied with blue, it connotes the sea which is the location of the town where the film is set. After some research, I am yet to find out the specific name of the font but it is a regular bold font always in capital letters. This further implies the importance of the text due to it's large size and how it fills the screen fully. The company names are in larger font so the audience take notice of them inside of the smaller words such as 'association'. The genre of the film is not revealed through the font but it's regularity and blandness suggests the film is targeted at an older teenage audience and above. This is confirmed as the rating for the film is a 15.

The box font continues to reveal more information about the production to the audience. The order of the credits is very important as it has been chosen specifically to highlight which companies are more important than others. The credits which are shown now are less vital than the ones before as the director has picked the order purposefully showing there relevance. However the size remains the same suggesting all played a big part in the film. No actors names or specific names such as directors are shown in the opening 2 minutes of credits. The credits move into each other by a blink to black transition with a small pause. This gives the audience time to focus on the names. Diogetic sound can now be heard for the first time. Bird calls are used to establish the setting and inform the audience that the film is based at the seaside. The sound is a convention of this setting so all audiences will recognise the setting.

The title of the film is finally shown at the end of the sequence. The sound of waves crashing slowly are used to again confirm the setting for the film. The title and picture shown are in high key lighting which implies the equilbrium is settled and yet to be disturbed. It may also connote happiness and positivity. Consistently, the blink transition is used to change the text shown to make the sequence seem seamless and proffesional. A soundtrack is also being played with is very calm and relaxed, this is used as it is associated with the calm sea which is not stormy.The last piece of text is to signify to the audience that the film will soon begin as the word 'prologue' is shown. A different colour blue is used to give a sense a gloom as it is darker the the original colour used. The black background may suggest danger and also that the equilibrium is soon to be disrupted.