Ooh yeah we love it when two worlds collide! A Spanish creative known as Hexagonall re-creates title sequences for new stuff in the style of title sequence über-lord Saul Bass (who we often bang on about in our Forget the Film, Watch the Titles musings). Complete with the Lalo Schifrin-esque intro music, he’s done super-sweet … Continued
The Dutch motion design and animation studio Soulbase created a powerful character-based 3D title sequence for the Amsterdam-edition of FITC – the worldwide design and technology event previously known as Flash In The Can. It took them little over two weeks to make it. Soulbase co-founder Floris Vos explains. Let us know what you think … Continued
Designed by Ben Conrad of Logan, the main title of Zombieland combined spectacular slow motion live action scenes of attacking zombies and a powerful score by Metallica with suiting typography. Pure solid entertainment, so the jury voted anonymously for this title sequence.
We released the first “Forget the Film, Watch the Titles” DVD-set in December 2010. This double DVD is a unique publication about title design and features almost 3 hours of video content. More info | Shop ABOUT DVD 1 The first DVD features a collection of 38 great contemporary title sequences. With a special focus … Continued
SXSW -famous film fest in Texas- added the ‘Excellence in Title Design‘ award to their Film Design awards. “Open internationally to all Title Sequences that exist as part of a completed film finished in 2009 or later”. Meet the jurors: Kyle Cooper and Karin Fong, Art Of The Title, and yours truly: Submarine Channel and … Continued
Bedtime Stories is your typical Disney family film about bedtime stories coming to life. The opening titles and end credits sequence use the currently fashionable idea of a pop-up storybook. We talked to title director Simon Cassels (Down With Love), who found visual inspiration in the work of the American photographer Thomas Allen, about the … Continued
“Marshall, Will, and Holly on a routine expedition – Met the greatest earthquake ever known – High on the rapids it struck their tiny raft, And plunged them down a thousand feet below – To the Land of the Lost…” Remember?
‘Lucio’ is a documentary about the legendary forger Lucio Urtubia, a.k.a. ‘The Basque Zorro’. The titles are noteworthy for the following 3 reasons: 1) they conjure up the atmosphere of a thriller, not a documentary; 2) this is Spanish motion designer Unai Geurra’s debut as a film title designer (Forget the Film supports promising title … Continued
After The Pink Panther 2, Karin Fong worked with Charles Khoury and Imaginary Forces‘ (IF) creative team on the main title of another iconic and successful movie franchise. Terminator Salvation is the fourth installment of the popular SF series based on the infamous cyborg character. IF’s title design draws heavily on the monumental logo of … Continued
With five superstar title designers presenting together for the first time, we can safely boast that the Flux/Forget the Film, Watch the Titles event at the Hammer Museum in L.A. was nothing short of legendary. More than 500 people attended – too many to fit in the beautiful Billy Wilder theater that seats 299. Everyone … Continued
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