This document provides a detailed summary of the title sequence for the film Insidious. It describes each visual and lists the credits for that section over 3 minutes and 50 seconds. Shots include a sleeping child, antagonists, the film title, portraits of main cast members, rooms in a house, and family photos. Music ranges from eerie to classical. It credits the director, writers, producers, cinematographer, editor, production designer and more through the changing visuals and shots of the house.
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0:01 – 0:02 – ‘Association with stage 6 films
Fades out at 0:02
0:03 – 0:09 – ‘An alliance films and IM global presentation of a haunted movies production’
Clouds then fades out at 0:09
0:11 – Ascending lightshade
0:14 – ‘A James Wan film’ fades into centre
0:19 – Lightshade rotates
0:26 – James wan’s name fades out of centre
0:33 – light rotation correct, camera then lowers and shows us a shot of a young child asleep in bed
Shot travels across the room
1:00 – shot of door frame before going through it
1:01 high pitched fast string music plays
1:02 – introduced to antagonist
1:17 – close up of antagonist
1:18 – 1:19 fades out
1:19-1:21 – Main film title ‘Insidious’ flickering in large red font
louder music fast string music plays at the same time the title appears and ends at 1:27
no fade out effect
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1:32 ‘Patrick Wilson’ eerie and relaxed classical music plays in the background
black and white image of house
Fades out 1:37
1:38 ‘Rose Byrne’
Dark bedroom
Fades out 1:44
1:46 Lin Shaye’
Room full of boxes
Fades out 1:51
1:52 ‘ Ty Simpkins’
Staircase
Fades out 1:58
2:00 ‘and Barbara Hershey’
Birdseye shot of staircase/looking down from top floor
Fades out 2:05
2:06 ‘Leigh Whannell Angus Sampson’
Top of the staircase
Fades out 2:10
2:13 ‘Andrew Astor Joseph Bishara’
Looking into a child’s bedroom (the cot)
2:12 photo hanging on the wall tilts
Fades out 2:17
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2:19 ‘casting by Annie Mccarthy Kellie Gesell’
Shot of a bed – slowly zooms out
Fades out 2:23
2:26 ‘costume designer Kristin m.burke’
Shot of a window
Fades out 2:31
2:32 ‘music by Joseph Bishara’
Shot of an empty room – A dark shadow is to the left of the shot
Fades out 2:37
2:40 ‘edited by James Wan Kird Morri’
Close up of a desk with crayons and toys
Fades out 2:45
2:47 ‘production designer Aaron Sims’
Shot of chair being pulled out
Fades out 2:51
2:52 ‘director of photography John R.Leonetti asc David M.Brewer’
Shot of a window with a hanging light which sways
Fades out 2:56
5. 2:59 ‘line producer Jeanette Volturno-brill’
Shot from the kitchen through to another room
Fades out 3:04
3:06 ‘co produced by John R.Leonetti Aaron Sims’
Slow rotating shot of a grandfather clock
Fades out 3:10
3:13 ‘ executive producer Brian Kavanaugh Jones’
Shot through a door way of a corridor
Fades out 3:18
3:21 ‘produced by Jason Blum Steven Schneider Oren Peli’
Shot of a room full of boxes with an arch to another room
Fades out 3:25
3:28 ‘written by Leigh Whannell’
Shot of a photo frame with a picture of the family
Fades out 3:31
3:36 ‘Directed by James Wan’
Gradually gets closer and closer to the old clock
Slowly fades out to the first scene
Eerie music fades out 3:42
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