Applied Animation - Initial Story Ideas

At the start when coming up with a story board there was one idea i definitely wanted and that was for the title sequence to be revealed using the dragon, so the dragon would fly across the screen and as it passes by it reveals the title credits.

However i didn't know what to do after wards i was unsure whether or not to have it at the start or the end and how i get to that point as well as what could be the establishing shot. I wanted to have a scene where Brom was teaching Eragon how to sword fight and it to transition to the enemy by closing in on Dragons back and back out again to reveal Brom having vanished and replaced with the Shade to hint at his death. All these scenes however didn't have a
nice enough flow and would of been too quick not giving enough chance to be on screen so i was struggling.

It was then suggested that i look into the synopsis on the back, which proved to be a really effective way of coming up with a title sequence because a synopsis is essentially a title sequence or preview to get you interested in a book instead of a film.

'When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will buy his family meat for the winter. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon soon realises he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the empire itself.
Overnight his simple life is shattered, and he is thrust into a perilous new world of destiny, magic and power. Can Eragon take up the mantle of the legendary Dragon Riders? The fate of the empire may rest in his hands...'

With this i was able to come up with a starting point, Eragon finds the egg in the woods, this moves on to the dragon flying title sequence with the bright light and then the Ra'zac jump down from above darkening it so its almost 'overnight' that the change happens and he is facing off against the enemy in a dark and dingy world, he is then saved by Saphira who carries him and Arya off signifying that he will become a dragon rider but because Brom was left behind it signifies that he is not with them at this point (he's dead now).