I have a new project to complete for my university course, called ‘Winter is Coming.’

The aim of this project is to create an opening title for a fictional anthology series called ‘Winter is Coming,’  with each of us creating a basic outline for an episode and constructing the opening title sequence around that.

Below you will find some preliminary notes I made about the project.

Winter is Coming opening credits

• Nordic/Gaelic/Welsh noir inspired
• Typically from the perspective of the police (most commonly dealing with murder)
• Sometimes deal with corruption of government
• Slow burn tension and drama
• Opening title to be 60-90 seconds long
• Can either be an opening scene with credits or more traditional opening credits (like a montage)
• Winter is Coming- anthology series style

 

Episode style/story notes-

• Cops vs bikers (Ragnarök, name for Biker Gang)
• Corrupt local government official funding bikers (either through drugs or weapons)
• Police pick up the trail after a body is found, suspected be a gang killing
• Bikers preparing for a war with other gangs

 

Opening credits content notes-

• Opening shot of dead body central to plot
• Majority of credits are a close up of the two leads (separately) faces, half on show, over a black background while short clips from the episode fade in and out beside them
• Leads= lead investigator and biker gang leader
• Clips showcase the characters personalities through actions (such as arrests for the cop and beating someone for the gang leader)
• End of credits feature the series title (Winter is Coming) and the episode title (Ragnarök) as a subtitle.
• Alternative: Main title comes up, a “snowstorm” covers it over in white and replaces it with Ragnarök.