Preacher Opening

Shot Breakdown
Shane Le Mar
Preacher Season 2 Opening – Full Theme
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Style – Text Layer/Luma Matte
Duration – 0.04
Visuals – Black Background on Video Layer
Audio – Gospel x Blues Fusion
Rhythm – Slow heavy hitting beats
Pace – Slow Blues
Context – Eugene is trapped in Hell

Notes:
The theme tune changes each season to
match what is going on in the universe but
the art style and music remains the same.
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Style – Live Action footage of New Orleans
Duration – 0.01
Visuals – Neon Signs, Above head shots
Audio – Gospel x Blues Fusion
Rhythm – Slow heavy hitting beats
Pace – Slow Blues
Context – The characters went to find god in
New Orleans

Notes:
Visual change on beat of music
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Style – Live Action footage of New Orleans
Chinese New Year
Duration – 0.01
Visuals – Neon Chinese Dragon
Audio – Gospel x Blues Fusion
Rhythm – Slow heavy hitting beats
Pace – Slow Blues
Context – The cast attended the festival
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Style – Live Action footage of Street sign
Duration – 0.01
Visuals – Street sign of Casino Location
Audio – Gospel x Blues Fusion
Rhythm – Slow heavy hitting beats
Pace – Slow Blues
Context – The characters went to the casino

Notes:
The neon of the Cinema sign is out of focus
and contrasts the sign well.
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Style – Live action of lighting a cigarette
Duration – 0.01
Visuals – Lighting a cigarette up close but
different aspects come into focus
Audio – Gospel x Blues Fusion
Rhythm – Slow heavy hitting beats
Pace – Slow Blues
Context – Jesse Custer smokes
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Style – Live action of Jesse, colour contrast
Duration – 0.01
Visuals – Black and blue contrast
Audio – Gospel x Blues Fusion
Rhythm – Slow heavy hitting beats
Pace – Slow Blues
Context – Scene from when Jesse spoke to a
tin foil hat man (fear-monger)
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Style – Text Layer/Luma Matte
Duration – 0.02
Visuals – Same shot as prior but text on top
Audio – Gospel x Blues Fusion
Rhythm – Slow heavy hitting beats
Pace – Slow Blues
Context – The lead actors name

Notes:
You can still tell what the footage is through
the text
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Style – Live Action Footage
Duration – 0.01 <
Visuals – Money counting from Soul Deal
Audio – Gospel x Blues Fusion
Rhythm – Slow heavy hitting beats
Pace – Slow Blues
Context – You can sell % of should to the
Asians
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Style – Live Action Footage
Duration – 0.01
Visuals – Blood Bags
Audio – Gospel x Blues Fusion
Rhythm – Slow heavy hitting beats
Pace – Slow Blues
Context – Cassidy is a vampire and drinks
blood bags
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Style – Text Layer/Luma Matte
Duration – 0.02
Visuals – Slight red tint to the red
Audio – Gospel x Blues Fusion
Rhythm – Slow heavy hitting beats
Pace – Slow Blues
Context – Name of the actor for Cassidy
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Style – Live Action Footage
Duration – 0.02
Visuals – A fancy mansion
Audio – Gospel x Blues Fusion
Rhythm – Slow heavy hitting beats
Pace – Slow Blues
Context – Tulip’s husband’s mansion where
Preacher killed the torturer
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Style – Text Layer/Luma Matte
Duration – 0.02
Visuals – Pitch black background
Audio – Gospel x Blues Fusion
Rhythm – Slow heavy hitting beats
Pace – Slow Blues
Context – Actors name
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Style – Live Action
Duration – 0.01
Visuals – Blooded wedding placeholder
Audio – Gospel x Blues Fusion
Rhythm – Slow heavy hitting beats
Pace – Slow Blues
Context – Tulip and Jesse were getting
married in a casino chapel and she went to
change her top upon which she beat
someone's head to a pulp
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Style – Live Action Footage
Duration – 0.01
Visuals – Hands and Guns
Audio – Gospel x Blues Fusion
Rhythm – Getting faster and more distorted
Pace – Fast screechy Gospel/Blues
Context – The Saint of Killers is following Jesse
to kill him for Genesis.

Notes:
As we begin to see more of the ‘bad’ cast they
music begins to distort more and more.
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Style – Text Layers/Luma Matte
Duration – 0.01
Visuals – Text and Guns from before
Audio – Gospel x Blues Fusion
Rhythm – Getting faster and more distorted
Pace – Fast screechy Gospel/Blues
Context – Actors name
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Style – Live Action Footage
Duration – 0.01 <
Visuals – Projector working
Audio – Gospel x Blues Fusion
Rhythm – Getting faster and more distorted
Pace – Fast screechy Gospel/Blues
Context – When Eugene got sent to hell his
Person Hell Projector broke and her got send
to the common space with Hitler
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Style – Text Layers/Luma Matte
Duration – 0.01
Visuals – Text overlaying the projector
Audio – Gospel x Blues Fusion
Rhythm – Getting faster and more distorted
Pace – Fast screechy Gospel/Blues with
trumpet adding to the craziness that is
occurring
Context – Actors name
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Style – Live Action Footage
Duration – 0.01
Visuals – Herr Starr’s nipple chain
Audio – Gospel x Blues Fusion
Rhythm – Getting faster and more distorted
Pace – Fast screechy Gospel/Blues with
trumpet adding to the craziness that is
occurring
Context – Herr Starr had an interview to work
for heaven where they had a physical
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Style – Text Layers/Luma Matte
Duration – 0.02
Visuals – Text and Nipple chain
Audio – Gospel x Blues Fusion
Rhythm – Slowing down more distortion
Pace – Trumpet based Gospel/Blues
Context – Actors Name
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Style – Live Action Footage
Duration – 0.01 <
Visuals – Hitler's jumpsuit and personal
number
Audio – Gospel x Blues Fusion
Rhythm – Regular pace but a lot more
distorted
Pace – Fast screechy Gospel/Blues with
trumpet adding to the craziness
Context – Hitler is in hell and helps Eugene
to realize he must be bad to survive in hell as
there are worse places than hell
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Style – Text Layers/Luma Matte
Duration – 0.02
Visuals – Jumpsuit and text
Audio – Gospel x Blues Fusion
Rhythm – Getting faster and more distorted
Pace – Fast screechy Gospel/Blues with
trumpet adding to the crazy tone
Context – Actors name

Notes:
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Style – Live Action Footage
Duration – 0.01 <
Visuals – Live Action Footage
Audio – Gospel x Blues Fusion
Rhythm – Getting faster and more distorted
Pace – Fast screechy Gospel/Blues with
trumpet adding to the crazy tone
Context – Jazz Bar where Jesse hoped to find
god and singer who was an agent of
heaven/Herr Starr
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Style – Text Layers/Luma Matte
Duration – 0.02
Visuals – Text
Audio – Gospel x Blues Fusion
Rhythm – Getting faster and more distorted
Pace – Fast screechy Gospel/Blues with
trumpet adding to the crazy tone
Context – Actors name

Notes:
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Style – Live Action Footage
Duration – 0.01
Visuals – D.O.G
Audio – Gospel x Blues Fusion
Rhythm – Getting faster and more distorted
Pace – Fast screechy Gospel/Blues with
trumpet adding to the crazy tone
Context – God came down to earth and
found fetishes
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Style – Live Action Footage
Duration – 0.01<
Visuals – Blood splattering on motel door
Audio – Gospel x Blues Fusion
Rhythm – Getting faster and more distorted
Pace – Fast screechy Gospel/Blues with
trumpet adding to the crazy tone
Context – When The Saint of Killers went nuts
again and slaughtered the whole motel
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Style – Live Action Footage
Duration – 0.01 <
Visuals – Oil Leaking towards cigarette butt
Audio – Gospel x Blues Fusion
Rhythm – Getting faster and more distorted
Pace – Fast screechy Gospel/Blues with
trumpet adding to the crazy tone
Context – When the stolen car needed more
oil and they siphoned it through the intestine
of the police officer and the cars blew up
because of Cassidy’s ‘blunt’
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Style – Live Action Footage
Duration – 0.02
Visuals – Car Blowing up/Driving away
Audio – Gospel x Blues Fusion
Rhythm – Getting faster and more distorted
Pace – Fast screechy Gospel/Blues with
trumpet adding to the crazy tone
Context – When they began to head to New
Orleans
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Style – Live Action Footage
Duration – 0.02
Visuals – Flames revealing text
Audio – Gospel x Blues Fusion sound effects
of flames crackling
Rhythm – Getting faster and more distorted
Pace – Fast screechy Gospel/Blues with
trumpet adding to the crazy tone
Context – N/A
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Style – Text
Duration – 0.03
Visuals – Text
Audio – Gospel x Blues Fusion
Rhythm – Getting faster and more distorted
Pace – Fast screechy Gospel/Blues with
trumpet adding to crazy tone
Context – Developers names