Creating a Mograph Title Sequence: 1 Visualization and Planning

Learn how to visualize and plan out an intriguing title sequence for a movie, TV show, or documentary.

Introduction

• Title sequence: A movie within a movie
• What to know
• Finding inspiration

1. Pre-Visualizing a Title Sequence

• The initial pitch
• Working within a budget and time management
• When less is more
• Doing research
• Collecting ideas
• Freewriting
• Defining keywords
• Creating a rough storyboard, shared library, and Premiere Pro project
• Sharing a rough sequence
• Adding music and markers
• Refining the sequence, part 1
• Refining the sequence, part 2
• Thinking about, testing, and managing fonts

2. Preparing for the Final Product

• Proper organization with naming conventions and folders
• Understanding film credits structure
• Strong compositional techniques 101
• The importance of color
• Why is this moving? A look at strong animation techniques
• A look at the final product

Conclusion

• Next steps