creating my opening title sequence

When I first started filming I thought that I would run out of time to get it all done. I decided to do the filming in my bedroom as I thought it would be easiest. I was then concerned about lighting because I wanted a dark atmosphere, however, because I was filming on my iPad, it was coming out too dark that i couldn't even see the characters moving. I then used a small light which was actually quite bright, but added tension, especially when it quickly turned off. When I was finally happy with the filming, i started editing. Editing didn't take too long to do for me. I put all the shots together and worked around that. I shortened a few scenes as there were parts that you could hear me saying go at the start to let the actors know to start the scene. There were also parts where there is a slight pause before the characters start moving. After cutting those parts out, the scenes started to flow through each other nicely. I then started adding black breaks in-between each to add tension to my opening. having the breaks between each section makes the audience wonder what will happen next and they will think that somethings going to pop out at them so it makes it more scary. I had to add between 15-25 titles in my video, so in some of the breaks I added titles such as, producer, cast director, editor, etc.

coraline opeing title sequence

Coraline opening title sequence:

0:02 - Focus Features Presents

0:08 - A Laika Production

0:13 - in association with Pandemonium

0:18 - Coraline

0:22 - Dakota Fanning

0:26 - Teri Hatcher

0:30 - Jennifer Saunders

0:34 - Dawn French

0:37 - Keith David, John Hodgman, Robert Bailey Jr.

0:41 - and Ian McShane

0:49 - Lead Animators Travis Knight, Trey Thomas, Eric Leighton, Phil Dale

1:00 - Concept artist Tadahiro Uesugi

1:04 - art directors Bo Henry, Tom Proost, Phil Brotherton

1:09 - Storyboard supervisor - Chris Butler

1:22 - editors Christopher Murrie, Ronald Sanders

1:25 - Visual effects supervisor Brian Van't Hul

1:34 - Music by Bruno Coulais

1:44 - Supervising animator Anthony Scott

2:00 - Produced by Bill Mechanic, Clair Jennings

2:10 - produced by Henry Selick, Mary Sandell

2:16 - based on the novel by Neil Gaiman

2:19 - written for the screen and directed b Henry Selick

snow white and the huntsman opening title sequence

Snow White and the Huntsman opening title sequence:

0:02 - Directed By Rupert Sanders

0:06 - Screenplay By Evan Daugherty and John Lee Hancock and Hossein Amini

0:15 - Screen Story by Evan Daugherty

0:19 - Produced By Joe Roth

0:25 - Produced By Sam Mercer

0:33 - Executive Producers Palak Patal, Gloria Borders

0:38 - Director of Photography Greig Fraser

0:43 - Production Designer Dominic Watkins

0:49 - Editors Conrad Buff A.C.E Neil Smith

0:54 - Kristen Stewart

0:58 - Charlize Theron

1:03 - Chris Hemsworth

1:09 - Sam Claflin

1:14 - Ian McShane

1:17 - Bob Hoskins

1:21 - Ray Winstone

1:25 - Nick Frost

1:30 - Sam Spruell

1:33 - Toby Jones, Eddie Marsan

1:38 - Johnny Harris, Brian Gleeson

1:43 - Vincent Regan, Lily Col

1:47 - Music By James Newton Howard

1:51 - Co-Producer Sarah Bradshaw

1:55 - Costume Designer Colleen Atwood

2:00 - Casting By Lucy Bevan

2:04 - Visual Effects Supervisors Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan

2:12 - A Roth Films Production

Credit List

If I created a whole film, I would need to put credits at the end. this is what I would put on the credits.

Director and producer
Morgan Ash

Casting director
Ronnie Doherty

Cast 

Niamh McIlroy ... Samara

Keeley Askew ... victim

Jemma Maretti ... Sophie Longhorn

Bethany Preece ... Lisa Sutton

Jake Lawrence ... Liam Donalds

Scott Wright ... Harry Wickens

Connor Parnell ... Jake Walis

Yasmin Jackson ... Beth Johnson

Del Brown ... Mr Kingman

Lucy Day ... librarian

Taylor Ash ... bus driver
Micheal Stokes ... Policeman #1
Harry Garner ... Policeman #2
Natalia Zapata ... girl #1

Keesha Long ... girl #2

Alex Polydorou ... boy #1

Editor
Morgan Ash

Music
Rose Sainsbury

Sound editor
Aaron Saluci

Script writer
Paige Funnel

Costume designer
Jack Greenwood

Make up designer
Melissa Stevens

Graphics designer
Sam Hows

Stunt coordinator
Dan Locket

shot list

I created a shot list with the basic details about each shot that I took for my opening title sequence.

what my film is about

It starts of in a room with a girl panicking about something. She keeps on saying that she needs more time and is rushing around looking for something. The door then opens and the TV switches on. This shadow figure then enters the room and the girl looks very frightened. The shadow figure gets closer ad we then hear a loud scream. The scene then ends.

A group of kids are on the school field playing. This group of kids decide to stay late and break into the supply room which the police are keeping locked due to a crime investigation. Inside the room they find a locket on the floor. One of the girls (Sophie) picks up the necklace and opens the locket. Inside is a picture of a woman and a young girl. She then looks away and calls her friends over however when she turns back to it, the picture of the young girl is missing.

When Sophie gets home, she puts the locket on and falls asleep. She starts having strange dreams with the young girl in the picture in them. She wakes up all panicked and stressed and doesn’t realise what the dreams were about.

She gets ready for school and decides to forget about the dreams until she starts seeing the girl around. She sees her out the window, on the bus and by her school. She is there for seconds and then disappears. Sophie starts to freak out and tells her friends. Her best friend Lisa takes the locket from her and wears it herself.

The next day, Lisa tells Sophie that she was having the same dreams and seeing the same girl. They both then decide to go look up the case and find out who she is.

They go to the library together that afternoon and use the computers to look up the case. They find out the girls name was Samara. She was 8 years old when her parents left her to burn in their house. Her parents trapped her in her bedroom and set fire to the house. Lisa and Sophie both realised that that is what they were seeing in their dream; a burning house. Sophie then found out that Samara’s parents were then found hung in their new apartment.

It was getting late and they were the last ones in the library. All of a sudden the lights went off and they both see Samara in the distance. She starts walking towards them but then the lights come back on and she’s gone. As the girls get up they see Liam, Sophie’s boyfriend, dead on the floor. Both girls scream and run out the library. Sophie falls to the floor and cries whilst Lisa calls the police. After a few seconds the phone cuts off and the street lights start to flicker.

Sophie and Lisa get in the car ad start to drive away. On every corner they see Samara standing and staring at them.

They get back to Lisa’s house and run to her bedroom. The girls are panicking and keep saying they need more time. They are rushing around looking for something which ends up being the locket. The lights go off and Samara starts to walk in the room. They both scream. Lisa continues to look for the locket; however Sophie’s is too frightened and backs into the corner. Samara starts walking over to Sophie first.

Lisa shouts out that she has found the locket and turn around. When she looks over to Sophie, she sees that Samara has already hanged her from the door. Lisa cries and screams. Samara starts walking over to Lisa and Lisa looks her right in the eyes before smashing the locket into tiny pieces. Samara screams and vanishes. The lights turn back on Lisa calls the police straight away.

The next day, a group of kids are walking in the park. One of the girls treads on something and looks to the floor to see the locket. She picks it up. The scene cuts off.

Opening Ttile Sequence

 PLOT FOR THE OPENING TITLE SEQUENCE 

Starts of in a dark room with a small light on. A girl is going through her draws all panicked and frightened. She keeps saying she needs more time and is rushing around looking for something.
The light then goes of and the door automatically opens. The TV then turns on to a grey and black fuzzy channel. The girl is sitting there very scared.
All of a sudden this shadow figure slowly starts to enter the room. the figure starts to walk over to the girl. The girl is trying to back away and pushing things in the way.  
the shadow figure gets close and the last shot the audience see is a hand bang against the window and slowly slide down.

 CAST 

Niamh McIlroy - Samara

Keeley Askew - victim 

 LOCATION/SETTING 

My bedroom. Dark.

 MUSIC 

Dark

Eerie
sound effect of heart beat and creaking door