Looking for a short intro for a movie? Motion Array has what you need! Movie intro templates are essential for any video editor. Not only does a good intro announce your film and set up your story, but it’s also a crucial way to get the viewer invested in watching your film.
Creating these opening sequences from scratch can take a lot of time, which is where these customizable movie intro templates will save the day. Simply drag and drop your media into place, and click render. You’ll soon have a short movie intro you can be proud of.
Summary
Part 1: 26 must-have movie intro templates for editors
1. AE Cinematic Template
This free After Effects movie intro template offers 8 modern and moody placeholders for text, and a placeholder to add your logo at the end. It’s ideal for trailers or increasing the impact of your opening sequence.
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2. Space Logo
Space Logo is an After Effects movie intro template that offers an eye-catching logo animation for your next video project. And it couldn’t be easier to use: Just drop your logo into the timeline, change the text, and render. This template is excellent for sci-fi, adventure, and kids’ movies with dreamy themes.
3. Mountain Logo
If you’re wanting a stylish After Effects movie intro template to use as a short intro for movies in the romance, action, and adventure genres, Mountain Logo is for you. It features a smooth camera pan through a mountain passage followed by a clean and elegant logo reveal. You get 1 logo placeholder, 1 editable text layer, and a full-color controller in the download.
4. Cinematic Dynamic Opener
This stunning DaVinci Resolve template offers a range of dynamic effects, with 22 editable text layers and 26 media placeholders. Vibrant and sleek, the Cinematic Dynamic Opener is great for live event videos, social media updates, or a gorgeous intro to any film.
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5. SuperHero Logo Reveal
Are you looking for a dynamic superhero-style logo reveal worthy of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes? The SuperHero Logo Reveal movie intro template has everything you need for a compelling opening for your trailer, review vlogs, or film.
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6. Horror Movie Opener
Horror Movie Opener is a creepy Premiere Pro movie intro template with a terrifying design and zesty text animations. Make it your own with 15 editable text layers, and try it out as a dark intro or opener to any film needing an authentic horror touch.
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7. Cinematic Trailer
Containing 15 full-screen text animations and 16 media placeholders, the Cinematic Trailer Premiere Pro template is fantastic for movie and TV show intros. The glitchy media transitions and sudden text bursts add a dramatic flair to this trendy short intro for movies and series.
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8. Movie Opener
The Movie Opener sequence has glitchy split-screen transitions, beautiful colored light leaks, and geometric shape flourishes. This unique template is super easy to use and immediately grabs your viewer’s attention.
9. Cinematic Launch Trailer
This fast-paced cinematic trailer template features snappy glitch transitions and dynamically animated graphic flourishes. Great for your action and thriller openings, this short intro for movies could also be used for high-tech promotional videos.
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10. Cinematic Opener
Cinematic Opener is another After Effects template that can be used across a range of video types, including as an opener for business presentations and slideshows. The seamless text animation is simple and clean — in sharp contrast to the colorful and glitchy split-screen transitions.
11. Space Epic Opener
With 11 animated space scenes to choose from, Space Epic Opener is a striking After Effects movie intro template. The pack includes customizable nebula effects to create jaw-dropping intro sequences. Your sci-fi and adventure movies will thank you for adding this one to your editing tool kit.
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12. Blockbuster Epic Trailer
This cinematic After Effects template is well-suited to both an opening title sequence and a film trailer. The blue cloud nebula is the ideal background for the lens-flaring metallic title animations, making it bold and eye-catching as a short intro for your movies.
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13. Epic Cinematic Trailer
The Epic Cinematic Trailer for After Effects is amazing for sci-fi intros and trailers. The title animations are sleek and straightforward against a starry background, while the warped transitions give you the feeling of jumping through space.
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14. Intro Projector
A short, neat opener for Premiere Pro, the Intro Projector movie intro template is a refined choice for wedding videos, photo slideshows, and movie projects. The simple text animation falls elegantly over tracking shots of beautifully displayed vintage film reels and projectors.
15. Dramatic Film Intro
With its graceful transitions and text animations, this After Effects movie intro template is both modern and multi-purpose. Dramatic Film Intro suits a contemporary drama, but can also add a tasteful polish to slideshows, wedding videos, and live event teasers.
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16. Blockbuster Epic Trailer
The Blockbuster Epic Trailer template offers a metallic text design with loads of additional effects like lens flare and smoke. Its slick and bold finish is perfect for trailers and promos, making this After Effects movie intro template a versatile must-have.
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17. Stranger Street Film Opener
Stranger Street — Film Opener is a grungy, city-style template for After Effects. The rotoscoped media and paint-splash text elements give the design a graphic-novel feel that’s great for expressing your artistic side. This template will add interest to any urban or horror-themed project.
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18. Brush Film Opener
The Brush Film Opener is a painterly template that could be used for various project types, including presentations, showreels, and event films. The text animations are simple, but the full-screen brushstroke animation makes this template stand out.
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19. Intro for Horror Movies
As you would expect, the After Effects Intro for Horror Movies template is a suitably spooky pick for your scary stories. The smooth camera tracks around a grimy abandoned building, creating a 3D effect with your text along with shimmering dust particles.
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20. Cinematic Demo Reel
This After Effects project features 13 dynamic split-screen transitions and 25 fluid text animations. Its fierce design would work well as a short intro for a range of projects, including thrillers, action, and drama.
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21. Color Cinematic Opener
Color Cinematic Promo for Premiere Pro is a neat and pretty movie intro template with considerable versatility. The seamless full-screen effects are perfectly highlighted with the colorful, dynamic light-leak overlays.
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22. Freeze Frame Transitions
Ideal for presentations, promotional videos, title sequences, and short movie intros, the Final Cut Pro Freeze Frame Transitions pack is not to be missed. The fast-paced transitions give you a bold splash of color around your frame, with dynamic paintbrush titles for your messaging. Final Cut Pro makes awesome intro videos, so take this pack out for a spin today.
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23. Space Meditation
This stunning After Effects intro sequence mixes abstract backgrounds with smooth title animations. The relaxed, floaty transition style and mellow color palette give this template an otherworldly feel.
24. Retro Vintage Opener
The Retro Vintage Opener is a fast-paced and trendy After Effects movie intro template that would look cool as a promotional video or title sequence. It features a vintage color palette and fun stop-motion animations.
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25. History Documentary Opener
Bring your latest documentary project to life with the History Documentary Opener for Premiere Pro. A dramatic and stylized template, this sequence has an old antique feel courtesy of flickering film-reel transitions and grungy text elements complemented by sepia color tones and light leaks.
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26. Lens Flare Cinematic Opener
The Lens Flare Cinematic Opener for Final Cut Pro is a sleek title sequence with colorful glitchy transitions and dynamic text elements. This versatile template has a high-tech finish perfect for sci-fi features and shorts.
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Part 2: How to use movie intros in your next project
Movie intro templates are ready for use across all leading editing platforms, and variants can be customized depending on the application you choose. The great thing is that intro templates generally follow a similar structure, making them easy to use — even for beginners. Here’s how to use your latest template download from Motion Array in After Effects:
- Step 1: Open the downloaded project in After Effects. Navigate to the Project Browser and select Media Comp.
- Step 2: Drag and drop your media to the timeline to replace the placeholder.
- Step 3: Go to Text Comp and open it in the timeline. Customize the messaging, font, and weight of your titles.
- Step 4: Go to Color Comp and select the layer whose color you wish to change. In the Effect Controls panel, adjust the colors using the Picker.
When you spend time and energy creating a film, you want to make sure your opening and closing credits do your project justice. Thankfully, there’s a wealth of movie intro templates to choose from, so finding something for your next masterpiece won’t be a problem.
Why not check out this list of super handy short film credit templates for your film end credits? If you found this article helpful, you may also enjoy Motion Array’s video intro templates for even more options.
