Title Sequence

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Title Sequence

Trial and Error!


Hi, guys!! We each created our own visions of the title sequence and picked the best one. Come see our decision-making process!

My Vision

Mine (1)


    My title sequence is definitely on the simpler side. I wanted to go for a more symbolic piece, so I used Canva to quickly craft a draft with many different layers and colors. For the font (Manslava), I went for a messy handwriting look with the main title colored yellow to represent the main character (Hailey Davis). She consistently wears yellow throughout the opening sequence, symbolizing energy, playfulness, and optimism. Moreover, the title "Gone" repeats diagonally, which is connected to the yellow O to demonstrate another twisted side of the story (another dark route). Additionally, the red slide illustrates the quick downfall and conflict of the opening sequence as it begins light-hearted and happy as she plays with her dolls and goes to the park, where she quickly gets kidnapped by a mysterious figure in a mask. In fact, the red slide overlaps the yellow, showing that danger will soon approach and the happy mood will diminish. The black background further emphasizes the evilness of this story and abduction. Plus, the silhouette of the girl on a swing inside the O and the girl walking on top of the E is meant to resemble the main character as she navigates through the opening sequence. Overall, I chose something sweet and simple with a hidden meaning! However, it was too simple, and the colors combined weirdly, looking like ketchup and mustard, so unfortunately, it was eliminated from our final pick.

My Group Members

Jaden (2):


Jason (3):


Afifa (4 & 5):



    Here's a breakdown of each of my group's members' title sequences! Firstly, Jaden's title sequence is closely related to the main concept of our opening sequence, which is a little girl (Hailey Davis) who goes missing after she goes to the park. Sadly, it was not picked since the paper did not look good with the black background, and the text at the bottom of the poster did not blend in. It was a typewriter font on old paper to demonstrate that it was a missing person's poster that was printed for the town to see. Also, although the main character is a young girl, the figure of a girl on a scooter does not make sense since she walks to the park. Secondly, Jason's looked a bit too scary and eerie. However, the title sequence leaned towards focusing on the antagonist/masked person rather than the main character as he secretly watches Hailey at the playground, waiting for his chance to snatch her up. The darkness radiates evilness with the smooth, red fountain pen font to signal danger. However, it was not chosen since it looked out of place due to it going slightly off-topic since it didn't focus on the girl. Thirdly, Afifa made a title sequence (4) of a girl who has a hand over her mouth and appears to be taken away with red font and a pencil-like font with "HELP ME" on the side of the screen, which really gives a fearful mood, but it was not chosen since it is the face of a random girl who does not look like the actor, but it does display the "bang" ending of our opening sequence as she gets abducted and taken away into darkness.

    Lastly, the title sequence (5) from Afifa was chosen because of its true crime nature. For instance, the first half shows kids at a playground with black rectangles on their eyes to conceal their identity, making it ominous and eerie, especially with the context that kids have gone missing, so it is quite tense to see all those children at the playground alone. Furthermore, the brightness is extremely low and dark even though it is morning. Next, the other half is the playground at night with no children in sight, making the audience wonder where they went and ask what is hidden in the darkness, which is a perfect effect since it focuses on missing children for our opening sequence. The font is the same as the first title sequence (4) she made, but it is more curved, making it more distorted, creating a more imperfect and uncertain tone. Plus, the pencil-like font makes it look like it was quickly written by a person, and the red is a warning of the danger to come. Hence, it was chosen for our title sequence!

    Thank you for reading, bloggers. Make sure to check out my next blog. See you next time on my epic adventure!







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