Immediately we are shown an ident, we learn "Narcos is presented by "Gaumont International Television" , a distribution and production company. This ident is presented over a moving image of what we can assume is a tape recorder, or some sort of VHS device, which immediately hints at the possible genre of the show. Additionally, after that particular shot, comes a zoom in close up of a location on a map. Both moving image shots strongly hint at the show having crime and thriller conventions, both shots suggesting aspects of law and law breaking are present throughout the show. This idea is backed up by the next shot of what can assume to be the spilling of the narcotic - crack cocaine on a backdrop of writings and diagrams on a blackboard, that appear to be a breakdown of the molecular structure of a particular "Substance". Essentially 10 seconds into the sequence, the audience would've already figured out that show is either about or has themes of drug use/distribution/production. For about 20 seconds after that, the title sequence credits the show's key actors on different backdrops relating to the crime genre of the show, as well as the show's directors and producers. The font of the credits is a simplistic, classic font in an off-white colour (another hint at themes present in the show), which is usually on top of a backdrop of either a still image, or a segment of footage which adds in with the shows codes and conventions. Throughout the entire title sequence, a Latin American, slow/romantic style instrumental plays, ever more adding to the already obvious clues to the show's content. The Hispanic style of music ties in with the footage of the use of one of Latin America's (and the world's) most infamous narcotics (at the start of the sequence), so we even get an idea of the locations involved. The title of the show is then presented at the very end of the title sequence in a large bold font over a moving picture of what we assume is the location of the show.
Hackers (1995)
"Hacker"'s title sequence very interestingly, and unlike "Narcos" begins with short footage of the actual film itself, rather than any sort of credits. For the first minute the sequence exposes what we can assume to be the immediate plot of the film. It then proceeds to cut to a black screen, and present the very first ident (which we understand to be "United Artist Pictures") in a bold white font in all caps. After this it resumes to more footage of the film as the credits appear and fade in the same font, whilst a techno song which builds slow and speeds up plays in the background, linking with the film's computerese themes.
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