Title Sequence Timeline

Having now filmed my two minute film opening 'Black Sands', I thought that I should now start looking at title sequences of some of the films that have really influenced me throughout the creative process of 'Black Sands'.

One of the biggest dystopian films and television programs that has really influenced me is 'The 100'. I'm a big fan - and have been since I saw the advert on E4 which I originally found very annoying - and something that I love about the first episode in the first season is the part when one of the main characters called Clarke Griffin breaks out of her prison cell and starts monologuing. The idea of having a monologue at the beginning is an idea that I have taken and decided to use in 'Black Sands'.

The opening starts with the introduction of Clarke in her cell drawing on the floor. It then goes on to set the scene and the monologue explains the situation of the characters. 

However, after looking at this scene, I noticed that the credits are not seen even though the clip is just over two minutes long. I therefore went on and looked at the scene straight after this one and found the credits. 

00:12	The first credits appear: ‘Starring Eliza Taylor’
00:16	‘Paige Turco’
00:20	‘Thomas McDonell’
00:24	Instead of following the pattern of a credit every four seconds, the sequence is paused to focus on Clarke asking Wells why he is on the drophsip
00:26	Another credit is shown: ’Eli Goree’
00:40	Between 00:26 and 00:40 there are no credits, making the audience focus on the 100 prisoners inside the dropship and the ship itself entering the Earth’s atmosphere
00:41	The credits restart: ‘Marie Avgeropoulos’
00:43	The credit pattern decreases to every two seconds: ‘Bob Morley’
00:45	The audience is made to focus on the Chancellor’s speech as the credits halt again
00:49	Credits return: ‘Kelly Hu’
01:00	During the eleven second gap between the credits, the audience is again meant to focus on the Chancellor’s speech and the reaction of the 100 prisoners
01:03	‘Devon Bostick’
01:06	‘With Isaiah Washington’
01:22	During the nineteen second pause of credits, the audience is supposed to focus on the people’s reaction on the Ark and take in the new perspective on the 100 prisoners being launched towards the Earth
01:35	‘Guest Starring Terry Chen’
01:44	‘Richard Harmon, Sachin Sahel, Alessandro Juliani’
01:51	Producer is credited: ’Produced by Jae Marchant’
01:54	Executive producers are credited: ‘Executive Producers Leslie Morgenstein & Gina Girolamo’
02:03	‘Executive Producer Dharat Nalluri’
02:08	‘Executive Producer Jason Rothenberg’