Amulet Title Sequence

For a school assignment I needed to do a title sequence on a book or novel I wanted to see turned into a film. I wanted to do it based off of the graphic novel series, Amulet by Kazu Kibuishi. It was one of my favorite graphic novel series when I was in middle school, and since the author is currently writing his last volume in the series, I wanted to give it the big screen treatment it deserves. The series is about the adventures of two siblings Emily and Navin Hayes. After the sibling's father David dies in a car accident, they and their mother move into their old family home. The home needs cleaning and repair and while cleaning, Emily finds a strange amulet belonging to her great-grandfather, Silas Charnon. After she puts it on, later that night, their mother Karen is kidnapped by a monstrous "arachnopod". Emily and Navin follow to save their mother through the basement into another world. They are pursued by a mysterious elf but are rescued by a rabbit-like robot called Miskit. Miskit brings them to Silas' house, and they meet his other robots Cogsley, Morrie, Theodore, Ruby, and Bottle. Emily talks to Silas, who dies soon afterward. Emily is spoken to by the amulet's voice, which tells her to accept the powers of the amulet to save their mother. Emily accepts, despite Navin's disagreement. They then hunt down the arachnopod in a plane with Navin as the pilot, and Emily uses her stone as a defense when Miskit's gun fails. I wanted to make it just about a min long like last time, just enough time to get the viewer interested without revealing too much. I wanted to try to incorporate the characters from the story and the amulet in the title sequence as well. Instead of using photoshop for my animation and drawing, I decided to try out procreate to see how smoothly that works. I am looking forward to this project and hope my drawing and animating skills improve threw using a more interactive program.