opening credits analysis

first is the showing of the production company this is basically a must in most movies/TV series opening credits in order to let everyone know who the movie/TV series was produced by. 

next it commonly gives you the lead actor/actress names.For this example in 'Strike Back' they also use a silhouette of the actor behind their name so that the viewer knows which character that actor is playing.

then they mention the supporting actor/actress but they are shown to not having as an important role as they don't have silhouettes of these supporting actors/actresses .

then once they have gone through all of that they bring up the name of the movie/TV series, sometimes this is backed up with an establishing shot with the main characters.

this is all accompanied by the soundtrack of the movie/TV series.