A title sequence is the run of shots that opens or closes a film and carries its title and credits: with AI, you generate the worlds as stills, move one thing in each shot, then give the words a place in the picture.
By Zoey Z.Last updated
An AI film can look finished until the title appears in a default font on black. A title sequence gives those seconds the same care as the story. We read the prompts behind the titles and credits of Duro, Still Time, In ’twixt Vows, Battery Boy, The Herder and Drop of Water, and the 59 video clips Jaime Yao generated for a main title tutorial. Here are the four kinds you can make, five steps to build one, and the wording those makers used.
00:10| Title sequence | Title card | End credits | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | A run of shots with its own design | One shot with the title | Names after the story |
| Where it goes | The opening, or after a first scene | Wherever the title lands | The end |
| What to plan | Worlds, motion and space for names | The words and what sits behind them | Space for the names to stay readable |
| Kind | Where the words live | What to ask for | Seen in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Letters in the world | Made of something in the scene | The material and how it moves | Duro |
| Title over a held shot | Laid quietly on the picture | A long pause, then a plain fade | Drop of Water |
| Graphic moved by sound | A finished logo or title | The exact artwork, kept unchanged, timed to audio | Still Time |
| Worlds first, words later | Added afterward in the editor | Slow shots with space left in the frame | The worlds in Jaime Yao's main title tutorial |
00:10
glowing text painted in soft golden light on the bottom of a pool, so the ripples bend the words and then break them apart.Walter Mauro, director of Duro
00:08Marius Jensen, director of Still Time
Adrien Bodson, director of Battery Boy
tiny brass robot riding across the floor beneath the name.Adrien Bodson, director of Battery Boy
cotton world.Jaime Yao, director of The Herder
Jaime Yao, director of In Our Time
Step 1
List your credits, then give each one its own image, because a sequence holds attention by moving somewhere new each time a name changes.
Step 2
Generate a still first, then animate the one you approve, because a picture is quicker to change than a moving shot.
Step 3
Say what moves and what stays, so the shot feels designed rather than busy.
The other signs stay still.
Step 4
Decide whether the words belong to the scene or sit on top of it, then ask for that in plain terms, with the exact spelling in quotes.
00:08Step 5
Line the shots up on the timeline, hold each one long enough to read its name, and let the music decide where it changes.
Hold the composition almost still to create generous negative space suitable for end credits.
Ask for the words as written, so the model copies your capitals and does not guess at them.
with correct spelling and capitalization exactly as written.
Write what happens to the words after they have been read, so they leave as part of the scene.
breaking the letterforms apart into scattered golden shimmer
Tell the model to hold the picture first, so the viewer settles into the shot before there is anything to read.
After a long pause, the title DROP OF WATER slowly fades in
When the shot should stay the focus, say that the words leave it alone.
It does not distort, animate, or interact with the water.
If you already have a logo or title graphic, give it as a reference and rule out any redrawing.
Preserve the typography, proportions, line structure, white color and red dot EXACTLY.
Give the model your track as a rhythm reference, so the title reacts to the music instead of shaking at random.
The graphic animation must react precisely to the amplitude and percussive impulses of @Video1.
Say how large the words should be, so the picture behind them stays visible.
Place the title PHANOS in the center of the frame, but do not make it too large.
Repeat the pace in every prompt, so separate shots still cut together as one sequence.
All motion is slow, calm, and controlled.
A title sequence is the designed run of shots that shows a film's title and main credits, usually near the start. It sets the mood, and with AI you can generate its images and motion from prompts.
A title card is a single shot that shows the title. A title sequence is a run of shots with its own design, and it can include one or more title cards along the way.
Long enough to read every name you need to show. A single credit shot in Duro runs 10 seconds and the Still Time title runs 8 seconds, so a short film can use one shot rather than a full run.
Often at the very start, or after an opening scene once the story has given the viewer a question. In a short film it can also come at the end, over a shot held still for the names.
Often, if you put the exact words in quotes and ask for them as written, but read every letter before you use the shot. Set small text and names in the editor, where spelling cannot drift.
Yes, Flick has a free plan with no credit card: 100 credits at signup, 200 more for joining the Flick Discord, and 100 credits every week. GPT Image 2 stills run on the free plan, while Seedance and Kling need the Standard plan ($20 a month).
Build the worlds, move them slowly, and place your title on one canvas.
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