One of the most effective techniques used in the title sequence is the use of colour. The movie is titled "The PINK Panther" and so the opening sequence is very appropriately rather pink. The pink panther is the title character (although not really a character except in the opening) and so it is expected that he is pink. The accessories the pink panther has eg; the fruit hat, the cowboy hat, the limousine, are all pink. In fact everything that the pink panther has is in different shades of pink!
The pink pather, though, is not the only thing put into this title sequence that's pink. The lighting on the pink pather is pink, the names of the principle actors and film crew's names appear in different shades of pink lights like those at a movie premiere or on Broadway showing the cartoon panthers effervescence and also it's importance in the movie.
The use of all this pink draws the audience's attention back to the title of the movie, The Return of the Pink Panther. Because everything to do with the cartoon version of the pink panther is some shade of pink, it highlights the importance of the panther and ensures that, even though after the opening title sequence it becomes just an object and no longer a character, the audience still remembers that the pink panther is that the heart of the entire movie.
Also, another use of the colour pink, sets up the movie to be funny and light because it is recognised as a humourous link to the title. The theme of pink is more dominant in the title than in any other part of the story with the only real exhibit of pink in the movie being that of the diamond. But it sets up a nice mood for the movie and importance of the prized pink panther diamond in the future.
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