step outline for an opening title sequence.

1. Step outline for film opening of
Genre:
Description of action
Timings
The company logo fades
00:00 – 00:10
into the blue sky.
Mise-en-scene
Sky and Clouds
Sound
No Sound
Camerawork
Mid shot
Editing
A faded shot was
needed to fade
from one clip to the
other.
A faded shot was
needed to fade
from one clip to the
other.
A faded shot was
needed to fade
from one clip to the
other.
A faded shot was
needed to fade
from one clip to the
other.
Cross cut was used
to show the
panning of the
camera
Typography
The company’s
Logo
Extreme Close
up.
Fades from the
streets to the
statues face.
N/A
There’s no
camerawork
needed for this
There’s no editing
needed for this part
of the movie.
N/A
Warner Bros Logo Fades
into the black screen
00:11 – 00:23
Black Screen
Start of a song
with suspense.
Mid Shot
Black screen then fades
into the upper half of a
house.
00:24 – 00:29
House at night.
Creepy Noises.
Wind, Suspense.
Low angle
The Camera is focused on
the upper floor of the
house. The light in the
room turns off.
The camera then pans
across to show the
streets.
00:30 – 00:33
House at night.
Creepy Noises.
Wind, Suspense.
Low angle
00:34 – 00:47
The house at
night with light
reflecting off the
house.
Panning
The scene then fades into
Mary showing her face.
00:48 – 00:52
The camera is
just focused on
her face.
A black screen showing
nothing at all.
00:53 -00:55
N/A
A soundtrack that
is building
suspense for the
audience/
viewers.
A soundtrack that
is building
suspense for the
audience/
viewers.
Screeching noises,
like a squeaky
door opening.
The company’s
Logo
N/A
N/A
N/A

2. The black screen fades
into the director. ‘A
William Friedkin Film’
00:56 – 00:59
The scene
showing a black
screen with ‘A
William Friedkin
Film’ in the
middle of it.
A blank screen
showing
nothing. Making
everything seem
mysterious.
The scene
showing a black
screen with ‘A
William Peter
Blatty’s’ in the
middle of the
screen
This scene is
showing ‘THE
EXORCIST’ in
capital leetours.
A black screen showing
nothing at all.
01:00 - 01:01
The black screen fades
into Red text showing
‘William Peter Blatty’s’
01:02 – 01:05
‘THE EXORCIST’ shown in
big capital letters across
the screen.
01:06 – 01:11
NOTHING ON THE
SCREEN
01:12 – 01:19
NOTHING ON
THE SCREEN
the Camera is
01:20 – 01:38
The screen
A soundtrack that
is building
suspense for the
audience/
viewers.
part of the
movie
There’s no
camerawork
needed for this
part of the
movie.
A soundtrack that
is building
suspense for the
audience/
viewers.
Screeching noises,
like a squeaky
door opening.
This is to build
suspense.
There are prayers
in the back which
make the
audience seem as
if something bad
will occur.
The sound of a
male praying can
be heard.
The sound of a
There’s no editing
needed for this part
of the movie.
Sans Serif Font
with a Red colour.
There’s no
camerawork
needed for this
part of the
movie.
There’s no
camerawork
needed for this
part of the
movie.
There’s no editing
needed for this part
of the movie.
N/A
There’s no editing
needed for this part
of the movie.
Sans Serif Font
Red colour
Capital Letters.
There’s no
camerawork
needed for this
part of the
movie.
There’s no editing
needed for this part
of the movie.
Sans Serif Font
Red colour
Capital Letters.
There’s no
camerawork
needed for this
part of the
movie.
There is a
There’s no
NOTHING IS ON
camerawork needed THE SCREEN.
for this part of the
movie.
A faded shot was
No text is on the

3. concentrated on the
moon/ horizon.
shows the
horizon.
male praying can
be heard.
longshot
showing the
sunset and a
few houses/
moon.
needed to fade
from one clip to the
other.
screen