03Horror title card
a horror or thriller title that unsettles from the first frame
Slam title
An action title that hits like a punch
08The prompt
An action film title card in a dark smoky warehouse. 0–1s: the title 【IRONCLAD】 slams onto the center of the screen in huge heavy brushed-steel sans-serif capital letters, the camera shaking hard on impact and a burst of orange sparks flying out from behind the letters. 1–8s: the title holds at the center while embers drift past it and the camera pushes in slowly, the steel catching orange light. Throughout: the title visible from the first second and readable for the whole clip, hard orange backlight through smoke, one continuous take, no subtitles.
Tip
Put the impact in the 0–1s beat and hold after it. The first frames are a close-up of the letters landing; the full title reads by 0.5 s.
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25Burn-through title
a title that burns through paper from the center
26Typewriter / redacted document
a typed dossier name blacked out with a marker