The first post in a special program on French title design 1950’s -1980’s, co-curated by Hervé Tissot and Laure Chapalain. Graphic designer/cartoonist cum celebrated crime novelist Tito Topin‘s end credit sequence for Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful is a provocative piece of vintage 1970’s pop art. Topin combines socio-political criticism with his … Continued
We get too few Asian title sequences on Watch the Titles. Why? Because it’s not a norm for local (Asian) filmmakers to invest in creative title sequences. Says Josef Lee, founder of the leading Singaporean design studio Mojo, who is making a serious effort to bring the creative title sequence into focus in Asia. We … Continued
The kids spy movie Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore left most critics unimpressed, which could explain why the uncompromisingly stylish James Bond-inspired title sequence by Imaginary Forces (IF) slipped past everyone’s radar. Well, almost… Using the original storyboards, IF’s creative director Michelle Dougherty takes us through the process of creating the title … Continued
The emphatically French-flavored 3-D title sequence by the seminal creative duo Kuntzel + Deygas for the 2009 film Le Petit Nicolas (Little Nicholas), brings to life the original drawings by veteran French cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé to project a nostalgic 1950s aesthetic.
A sinister series of bodily fluids accompanied by somewhat incongruous happy music, invites us on a journey through vomit, cigarette butts, and other murky substances adorning sumptuous fabrics and bespoke wallpapers, conjuring up an opulent decadence gone wrong. Behold, the latest title sequence by Deubal zooms in on excessive human debauchery and its gloriously slovenly … Continued
Title designer Paul Donnellon of VooDooDog talks about the process of creating the stop-motion end credit sequence for Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang. In little over 10 weeks, Donnellon and his team delivered a fabulous happy-go-lucky sequence, all the while dealing with a director who was unfamiliar with the animation workflow. A story about … Continued
The London-based Irish student Kris Clarkin created this live-action opening title sequence for a proposed film adaptation of the book Kill Your Friends, which addresses the age-old unholy trinity of sex, drugs and champagne against the debaucherous backdrop of late 90s Britpop hedonism. Made on a spectacularly tiny budget of 350 British pounds sterling, Clarkin … Continued
Concept by Gaspar Noé, eclectic typography by Tom Kan, ear-melting soundtrack by Daft Punk‘s Thomas Bangalter, and magical electrophotographic images by experimental filmmaker Thorsten Fleisch: These are the ingredients of the high impact, high energy title sequence of Enter the Void. If you haven’t seen these floating around on the web yet, you’re in for … Continued
Fast-paced, violent, loud, in-your-face and brilliantly executed. That just about sums up PIC‘s opening title sequence for The Final Destination. The perfect introduction to the fourth installment of a successful horror movie series. We discussed the ‘Making Of’ in an email interview with art director Jarik van Sluijs and executive producer Pamela Green of this … Continued
Watching title sequences on a website is great, but nothing beats the silver screen, right? So we decided, it’s time to take this show on the road. Fall 2010, the Forget the Film, Watch the Titles compilation program, featuring one hour of the best contemporary title sequences, will be screened in 12 cities and the Playgrounds … Continued
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