The document summarizes the opening title sequence of the film "The Shining". It describes how the sequence shows a bird's eye view of a car driving down a winding country road and entering a wooded area. The titles then appear from the bottom of the screen to the top using a basic rolling text technique. The document notes that there are no advanced techniques used and the sequence has a low 240p resolution due to the age of the film.

1. Salford City College
Eccles Centre
Creative Media Production
1
Motion Graphics and Video Compositing Unit 64
Use of text:
(Title, Credits, animated captions, stings,
indents, interactive menus, web banner)
The Shining Opening Title Credits
Brief description:
What do you see?
The opening scene of the title sequence shows a car driving along a winding country road from
a bird’s eye view. It shows it slowly getting deeper into the woodlands and follows the car from
above the trees. The titles then start to appear one at a time from the bottom of the screen to
the top.
Techniques used:
Animation, Visual Effects, Colour Rendering,
Graphics, Movement
The font of the actual titles are very basic and the technique used is called ‘rolling
titles’,(where the text appears at the bottom of the screen and works its way up to the top)
Advanced techniques:
Blur, Sharpen, Distortion, Rotation, Opacity
There are no advance techniques used in this title sequence, the sequence is very basic and is
the same throughout.
Technical comments:
Video Format, Screen Ratio, Resolution,
Frame rate, Compression
The resolution of this title sequence is very low; 240p. This is because of the age of the film.