National Film Vault

FILM NOTES

Titanic was released by Paramount Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox in December 1997, directed by James Cameron. The production became one of the most expensive films ever made at the time and went on to win eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Its combination of historical spectacle and intimate drama made it a defining cultural event of the late 1990s, and its theatrical run set box office records that stood for over a decade.

This cell presents the Titanic title card, the film's formal announcement of itself to the audience. The word TITANIC appears against a deep blue oceanic background with subtle ship imagery woven into the composition, a quiet visual threshold between the modern salvage framing and the story to come.