The opening title sequence in "Wimbledon" begins with a sound bridge of a very recognizable sound of a tennis ball being hit backwards and forward across a court, which informs the audience of what the film is based on. As the scene continues a similar effect is used by Cooper where with each sound effect of the tennis ball being hit by a racket, a plain white text saying either the actors name, a word or the directors name is displayed on the screen in a continued pattern displayed either on the left or right side. As well as the text changing with each beat of the sound bridge, Cooper cleverly allows the shots to cut to another area of a blue, cloudy sky which keeps the audiences attention. This effect continues as when the actual name of the film "Wimbledon" appears on the screen, with each tennis ball beat the text of the title shrinks smaller and smaller until it disappears completely. There is then a change in the background shot to a visual, moving painted style image of a crowd, with their heads moving left and right spectating a tennis match linking with the movement of the credits. There is then a break in the sound bridge of the spectators clapping representing a winning point associating with the sport being played on court. There is another change of backgrounds in the shot staying in tune with the beat, first a bunch of reporters holding massive cameras taking pictures and then to the umpire of the match sitting in his high chair with his head moving left and right watching the game. Cooper choosing to use all the different backgrounds was a clever move as it gives the opening title sequence visual variety and therefore is more appealing to watch from the audiences perspective, avoiding boredom for the first minute in which the sequence lasts.
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