This document provides a breakdown of the opening title sequences and logos for several films and production companies. It describes the visual elements, sounds, camerawork, editing, and typography used over specific time intervals. For the Momentum Pictures logo, simple lowercase lettering fades in and out over a black screen. The Alliance Film logo uses flashing lights that form the company name along with tense fizzing and breaking sounds. The BH Productions logo features floating objects and a sinister girl in a dark room with blood and storm sounds. Finally, the Sinister opening shows scratchy found footage of people hanging from a tree in fog before the title scratches onto the film reel.

1. Description of Action Timing Mise-en-scene Sound Camerawork Editing Typography
Black screen with the indent of the
company
“Momentum pictures”.
00:00:00 –
00:00:03
Momentum Pictures
ident.
- - Fades to and from black. Simple lower case
lettering in a sliver metal
colour. All the letters are
the same size.
Black Screen. 00:00:03 –
00:00:07
- - - - -
Black screen with little gold lights just
like the fireworks appear one by one
on the screen zooming away and
slowly getting bigger.
Turning into a beam of light which
fly’s across the screen. Which slowly
makes the company name “ Alliance
Film” appears. Logo shape fills in and
once again a beam of light appears
across the bottom of “Alliance Film”
highlighting the ‘Alli’.
00:00:07–
00:00:21
Alliance Film Ident Little fizzing sounds like
fireworks. Breaking up phone
noises. Creates tension.
- Black tot black transition.
Also graphic design for
the gold fuzzing firework
shapes.
Simple bold capitalised all
the same height. Bronze,
Gold and Sliver colours.
There is a chair spinning mid air (old
fashion chair) in the middle of the
room. A door with a bright white light
shining through it then slams shut
fast. Then a again another object
which is a book is floating around mid
air. Camera turns on to a girl wearing
white, with a evil sinister look on her
face. Blood is on the wall behind her.
Camera focuses on the light hanging
then the company’s name and logo of
“ B H Productions” appears. This
starts to build the tension for the
audience.
00:00:24-
00:00:41
Old room, dark and
gloomy. Big old
fashion windows.
Blood on the doors
and walls. Blue, black,
brown – cold tones.
White dress –
contrasting to the
setting. B H
Productions ident.
Phone breaking up
Fizzing crackling noises. Door
slams. Sounds of storms and rain
hitting against the window.
Camerawork is as if it id
someone standing in the
middle of the room
looking around them. Also
has a handheld effect to
it.
Blue filters, floating stuff.
Fading from dark to light,
fast cutting from different
angles.
Logo B H Productions
bold, possible Arial. The
letters in “Production” are
spaced out.
Step Outline for the Opening of Sinister-2012

2. Description of Action Timing Mise-en-scene Sound Camerawork Editing Typography
Plan black screen. 00:00:41 –
00:00:44
- Old tape recorder like its
stuck or its at the end of the
tape and it is flicking.
Scraping and creaking
noises.
- - -
Flash of red. The film footage
starts playing which looks
like its off an old camera. It
shows 4 people standing
below the tree with brown
bags over their heads
covering their faces also with
ropes around their neck’s
which are tied to the tree
above. The people are just
standing there slowly one of
the branches start to drop
down lifting the people up
higher. The people start
kicking and walking their legs
in the air trying to feel for
the ground. Camera cuts and
the people are still hanging
and swing slowly. The film
footage ends to show the
title of “sinister” scratched
into the footage- footage
shakes and fades to black.
00:00:45 –
00:01:50
Garden
Very green
Fog/ smoke
Old film sound. The odd
deep sound. You can hear
breathing in the
background and the sinister
track in the background. All
the sounds starts getting
louder building tension.
Camera is a bit shaky
however it is a set as
if its being filmed by
someone.
Made to look like it
was filmed on an a
old fashion camera.
When the people are
lifting up higher the
footage jumps. This
is like a bit of the
footage has been cut
to cover up and hind
something. Footage
shakes and fades to
black.
The title of the film is
scratch and it looks
like its handwritten.
Genre: horror Sub genre: slasher / serial killer / supernatural
By Kayleigh-louise Birch