When you see a man in a tuxedo holding a gun, you immediately identify him as James Bond. When you see the first few seconds of the gun barrel sequence, you know that a Bond movie is about to start. Sexy silhouettes? John Barry’s 007 Theme? Bond! It was Maurice Binder who designed the titles … Continued
The end titles of Silent Hill: Revelation. Whatever you thought about the movie, I’m sure you’ll agree that this is one HELL of a title sequence. Directed by French motion designer Kook Ewo, with 3D animation and visual effects provided by Chez Eddy, the end titles is designed to keep you spellbound in your seat … Continued
Submarine Channel produces four animated trailers for e-books by the acclaimed Dutch thriller author Charles Den Tex. Each e-book trailer explores a different motion comic technique, and is made by an upcoming Dutch artist. The best selling thriller CEL was made into a feature film in 2012 and is available as an e-book at charlesdentex.com. Made … Continued
You can’t really tell, but the Opening Titles of this year’s Playgrounds Digital Arts Fest in The Netherlands are, in fact, an exquisite corpse. And by that I mean the 20th century Surrealist technique, also known as ‘cadavre exquis’, where creators consecutively work on a piece of art in collaboration. Three designers working on the … Continued
Sometimes it’s better to team up than to compete. Two upcoming French motion designers-directors Jean-Baptiste Lefournier and Camille Bovier Lapierre joined forces to compete in a pitch against a famous title design duo for the title sequence for one France’s biggest blockbuster movies of the year, Astérix and Obélix: God Save Britannia. Lefournier shares his … Continued
The beautiful and evocative music and sound design of our motion comic The Art of Pho was done by Matteo Taheri and Niels Hahn of Pastelle Music. It was a sheer joy to work with these two talented guys. Their music perfectly captures the journey -both physical and emotional- of our main character Little Blue. … Continued
French Fridays on Watch the Titles updates with the Main Title of another classic of French cinema, Godard’s Band À Part – a low budget crime flick that was strongly influenced by American B-movies in the heist genre. The fast sequence of jump-cuts used in the first part of the opening titles produce an almost … Continued
Here’s to the ones standing in the wings, the support teams in the background, the quiet achievers. Their names are often overlooked but without them not only would nothing get done, but significant contributions to arts and greater mainstream culture would surely be lost… Director and self-proclaimed “fan boy” Neil Berkeley seized the opportunity to shine … Continued
Waves they come and go. The “French Wave” was, until yesterday, a category on our music video platform 2Pause dedicated to those free-minded French directors that once placed an indelible mark on the music video scene. Those talents have all moved on to make feature films, like Gondry; to shooting fashion, like Sednaoui; or to … Continued
We’ve seen retro before at Watch the Titles, but this is Retro with a capital ‘R’. Done with an immaculate sense of styling, tongue-in-cheek, and oozing with Fun, Foreign Language is a music video that emulates the title opening sequence of all our favorite vintage action films and TV shows. You name it; Bond, Baywatch, … Continued
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