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Topo Credits

Topographic contours that draw themselves, a bloom of red ink and widely spaced serif credits.

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Cinematic title-sequence style for films, documentaries, trailers and premium brand intros. Pale contour lines draw outward from a summit on black letterbox while the map slowly turns, one contour traces in red, a blurred red ink bloom grows inside a drawn ring as credits resolve from blur, and the title settles over faint contours with a thin red rule.

Use this style

With Frame Jam installed, press Use this style in the local gallery, or just ask your agent:

Make a video with the Frame Jam style "topo-credits" and open it for review.

style.json Install Frame Jam

Palette

background#070707

letterbox#000000

contour#d9d6cf

red#c4161c

redDeep#8f0f14

text#e9e4da

muted#8d877d

Type

Display: Cormorant Garamond 600Uppercase title 104px, tracking 0.24em
Body: Cormorant Garamond 500Credit names 44px tracking 0.32em; roles 22px muted tracking 0.4em

Motion

Contours: power2.inOut
Drift: none
Credit: power2.out
Bloom: power2.out
Rule: power3.inOut
Average shot: 2.7s

Three long shots. Each credit holds at least 1.5s; nothing moves fast except the contour draw-on.

Transitions and text

hard cut to black between the map and the ink bloom
credits dissolve out through blur(6px)
letterbox bars stay fixed for the whole piece
credits resolve from blur(6px) while rising 14px
title resolves from blur(14px) and scale 1.04
thin red rule grows from the centre under the title

Style guide your agent follows

Black #070707 with permanent 110px letterbox bars; the only colour is red #c4161c.
Contours are 16–18 closed SVG paths built from layered sine wobbles around one summit; vary stroke weight every fourth line and fade opacity outward. Draw them outward with a small stagger.
Keep the map slowly rotating and scaling (linear) under the credits; trace one contour in red after the draw.
Ink blooms are a few blurred (40–50px) red ellipses scaling up at different times inside a thin drawn ring.
Credits: uppercase Cormorant Garamond, role small and muted above the name, very wide tracking; resolve from blur, never slide far.
End on the title with a short red rule and one quiet line (release window).