2025 TITLE SEQUENCE

GOOSEBUMPS

THE VANISHING

This gooey main title sequence for the second season of the Disney + horror revival was a trip into the realm of practical effects. Coming off the heels of season one’s main title sequence, we knew we wanted to up our game the second time around. Our team spent weeks developing the technique utilized to capture our alien-like ooze all on camera.

The research and development phase took up the majority of the timeline; preparation was essential for the 2 day table top shoot.

I was able to see the entire process through, from early experimentation, to helping capture the effects on set, and finally putting it all together in after effects.

ROLE - Production Assistant, Storyboard Artist, Animator

PROCESS

We began with a long research phase testing potential solutions for practical black goo. We needed control over the way it moved and simultaneously, it had to look right.

Ferro Fluid testing by Davis Chu and Luke Shelley

Frozen Letterforms testing by Alances Vargas

After we landed on the effect, we turned toward developing a 20 second sequence around it. This included many rounds of storyboarding, as well as some temporary 3D scenes created by Alances Vargas to help tell the story.