Roma
Title Sequence / 2025 / Los Angeles
This title sequence was created to highlight the emotional resilience and transformation of its protagonist, Cleo. The sequence follows a symbolic metamorphosis—a mother’s grief transfigured through the imagery of a crow.
Research
Roma (2018), directed by Alfonso Cuarón, is a deeply personal and visually stunning film that follows the life of Cleo, a domestic worker for a middle-class family in 1970s Mexico City. The film captures themes of memory, motherhood, class, and resilience, offering a quiet yet powerful portrait of everyday life amid political and personal upheaval.
Concept: Acceptance
Framing Device: Crow Transformation
Keywords: Grim, Mysterious, Dreamy, Liberation
In the film, we follow the resilience of Cleo, as she navigates an unexpected pregnancy and a miscarriage. We were inspired to recreate the feeling of the difficult experience of a young mother having to let go of her child. We expressed this through crafting a narrative of a human mother turning into a dark crow, having to leave her nest alongside her baby egg as an action of strength.
Visual Style : Photo + Illustration
Tone + Mood
Storyboard Photoshoot
Typeface
Process
Final Sequence
Video