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Title sequence

SINNERS

Creation of a fictional title sequence for Sinners, inspired by The Penguin title sequence created by Prologue. For this Sinners title sequence project, I explored the aesthetic of animated painting, both in the visual rendering of shots and in the work on transitions. The entire project revolves around a duality of colors: red to embody heat, celebration, and the energy of dance, and blue to mark the break toward isolation, fear, and the supernatural.

The title card: Sinners, over the guitarist and his audience
  • The original still frame: the two brothers at dusk

    1. Capture

    I select key still frames from the film.

  • The same shot graded, its sky turned red and blue

    2. Color grading

    In Photoshop, I adjust the hue and apply filters to isolate and accentuate the red and blue palette.

  • The same shot repainted in Procreate, in texture and blur

    3. Painting & texture

    I import the images into Procreate to repaint over them, which allows me to bring this painterly texture and artistic blur effect.

Illustrations

  • Two figures in the water, a burning house behind them
  • A guitar held out at arm's length in front of a pale curtain
  • A silhouette in flames at the water's edge
  • A red moon over a dark landscape
  • A tiny crowd in the distance, against embers
  • A guitarist surrounded by his audience in the hall
  • A man shouldering a rifle, a woman behind him
  • An upturned face, mouth open
  • The lights of a lone building in the night
  • A man in close-up, a barrel on his shoulder
  • A village in flames seen from afar
  • The two brothers embracing against red
  • A wall of flames
  • A lone wooden house by the water, the sky red
  • Two riders halted on the plain
  • A cart in silhouette at dusk
  • A vampire's face, mouth open, against red
  • A woman screaming in close-up
  • Two men in hats, armed, under a red sky
  • A line of silhouettes walking towards a red light
  • Two guitarists playing face to face
  • Three men in hats against a red sky
  • A snake coiled in a dark halo