Collective Proposal

SANCTION Proposal

Overview and background

This piece is a title sequence for Sanction, a CU Denver original web series. This series

is about a family that is torn apart by a father's death, with his wife and daughters left

to pick up the pieces. One daughter's story is very similar to that of The Prodigal Son,

in the way that she leaves the family and disappears only to return when her ill mother

calls her one day. The family is trying to find peace after the loss of the father, yet the

differences between the two sisters seem to be causing more problems. Will the family

come to terms before the mother passes away from her illness? Will the father's wishes

before he died ever be granted?

Objective

This project is meant to provide a consistent and provoking title sequence introduction

for the web series Sanction. The piece has themes involving love and loss, which may be

useful to introduce through the mood of the intro piece. Common motifs of the web

series may also be important to feature in the title sequence, including family values,

flowers, and the quilt.

Target Audience

This title sequence is intended for the audience of Sanction. It may include people who

attend CU Denver classes or functions such as teachers and students, people from

Colorado, and anyone who likes dromedy pieces.

Timeline/TRT

30-45 seconds

Treatment

The treatment of the piece will have colors that fit the feeling of the episodes. Most

likely it will have some darker, less saturated colors that will get lighter or more

vibrant towards the end of the title sequence where the name will appear. Less saturated/black and white backgrounds with vibrant imagery in certain parts of the footage.

Style Frames

We decided to combine our ideas with a scrapbook theme to represent family history and the past vs the present. The overal theme for the title sequence is memories that cannot be erased. The scrapbook will hold the screenshots of the video footage. Title appears when scrapbook closes. Names of actors-motion tracking or a stroke text reveal.

1. Shot of environment-vase with flowers, petal falls onto photo album on the table
2. Someone swiping the petal away, then opening the album
3. Slow pan over the photos in the album, then focus in on one specific photo
4. Show video footage of what is in the photo
5. Cut back to photo album and turning the page
6. Show video footage
7. Cut back to photo album, and writing the actor's name
8. Turn the page
9. Assembling the photo album, holding the photos
10. Zoom in to photo, and then the motion begins
11. This type of sequence continues until the end of the photo album.

Transitions: pan out, close zoom in, cuts, rough cuts,

rorschach ink blot
silhouette/moving figure-butterfly motion
Photo album

Production time=30-45 seconds