What makes a good title sequence? How do you set the tone for a television series or film in 90 seconds? What do Hollywood directors want to see in a presentation? Danny Yount walks through the stories behind many of the most recognizable film title sequences in the last decade, including Kiss Kiss Bang Bang,

via http://www.theatlantic.com Pablo Ferro’s spindly lettering graced classics like Dr. Strangelove. Now, a documentary spotlights his contributions and colorful life.  Anyone obsessed with film title design will recognize the name Pablo Ferro. The artist disrupted conventions starting with Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove, where Ferro famously dwarfed all the leading cast and production names by making the “and”s, “with”s, and

The Opening Titles for Style Frames NYC. A Tendril Design + Animation Production directed by Anthony Scott Burns and Chris Bahry, and scored by John Black of CypherAudio. There is a great post on the making-of and process here:motionographer.com/2013/02/07/in-depth-coverage-stylefames-ny-opener/ Credits: Production Company: Tendril Design + Animation Directed by: Anthony Scott Burns and Chris Bahry Music

Opening titles for the 2013 Semi-Permanent design conferences. Shot on a 5D MKII and built in AE with no fancy plug-ins. Cheers to Simon, Murray & Andrew! semipermanent.com/ Music by Planet Love Sound / Produced at 1976 Studios planetlovesound.com/ 1976studios.com/ Made by Danny Yount dannyyount.com/

Agency : We Are Pi Director, Editor, VFX : Sophie Gateau Line producer / 1st Assistant Director : Lucas Posson Director of Photography : Alexandre Jamin Dancers : Maxime Bernard, Coralie Chaperon, Fleur Copin, Christian Kulenga, Hélène Renoux, Julien Verderi Colorist : Robin Risser @ Sabotage, Paris Music Composer : Kaiser Sound Studios

If you’ve ever seen a movie, you’ve seen opening titles of some kind. Opening credits have existed pretty much since the beginning of moving pictures, and they are as varied as the films themselves. “THE FILM before THE FILM” is a short documentary that traces the evolution of title design through the history of film.

Four minutes montages of Laurent Brett’s  best work with main titles for movies such as OSS 117, The Artist, Hostages and more. Laurent Brett started to work in 1993 in the video and commercial business at Bandits production as a post supervisor. After 4 years spent in the dark rooms of post companies, he started

I admit it. I binge-watched the Netflix series “Orange is the New Black” last week. Aside from the compelling character development, the spot-on production design and value and suck-me-in-and-never-let-me-go storylines, the opening title sequence is its own little masterpiece. It features closeups of faces of actual female prisoners — complete with tattoos, piercings and bad

When you create a film as powerful and revealing as “ESCAPE FIRE: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare”(Roadside Pictures/Lionsgate), the new documentary that takes an unflinching look at the problems with the American healthcare system, you need a marketing campaign that is equally compelling. That’s why Directors Matthew Heineman and Susan Froemke, and Executive Producer Doug Scott, President of Ogilvy Entertainment, turned to BIGSMACK, the

  Richard Morrison has created the film titles for Tim Burton’s “Dark Shadows.” It’s the third collaboration between Burton and Morrison, following on from the pair’s work together on the opening sequences for “Batman” and “Sweeney Todd.” The sequence was produced by th1ng, which exclusively represents Morrison for film titles design, world-wide. Morrison and th1ng

CHICAGO, IL – Dora The Explorer, Nickelodeon’s popular children’s show, has a bit more to explore thanks to Calabash Animation – the award-winning animation studio led by Creative Director Wayne Brejcha and Executive Producer Sean Henry – who partnered with the network to create the new minute-long show open. Working with character animation created by

Danny Yount on Designing Film and TV Title Sequences from Australian Broadcasting Corporation on FORA.tv

  A swift look at the very best of Jared Flynn’s motion design reel, including work for Science Channel, History, National Geographic, Bonfire Films and a couple of his personal works as well.

AIGA San Francisco continues its series of evening events that focus on interactive design topics. Intended for designers with beginning to intermediate experience with designing and building for the web, tablet and mobile environments, each event will give you the chance to learn from local experts as well as share your own knowledge with other

“Motion Plus Design” is a non-profit project which aims to create the first exhibition center dedicated to Motion Design in Paris, France. Students, professionals and anyone interested can discover artists, meet them and learn a thing or two. This centre will also provide an opportunity to promote artists in other design departments so the different

Find the common element among these things: Psycho; United Airlines; Quaker Oats; Dixie Cups; Goodfellas; the Girls Scouts of America. I picked a grab bag, and I could have included a lot more, to show how diverse the work of Saul Bass was; he did graphics, and more, for all of them. There is no

One Fine Day, the creative design/animation boutique led by Creative Directors Nathalie De La Gorce and Chris Haak – proved the old adage that “less is more” true with a new show open for the popular romantic comedy “Hart of Dixie” (seen Mondays on The CW Network). With great style, the open creatively distills the

Creative studio Trollbäck + Company has partnered with TEDGlobal to create the opening titles for the conference being held this week in Edinburgh, Scotland. TEDGlobal’s 2011 theme focuses on “The Stuff of Life” where speakers and attendees of the 4-day conference analyze the resources, technologies and skills that make life possible and keep it going

  Creative studio Trollbäck + Company can now add iphone applications to its list of design services after the launch of their first app called +loop. Developed by Trollbäck + Company digital creative director Stephen Baker, +loop allows users to split their iphone screen into a custom grid of small video players that record and

This video absolutely fascinated me (and may have raised some goosebumps at times). Not only are the motion graphics and sound top-notch, but because it’s a matching-up of collaborators, each piece is distinct and forces you to examine it both visually and audibly. Resonance is the collaborative vision of SR Partners and seeks to explore the

  Looking to visually communicate the mythology of ”The Green Lantern” in a compelling way, studio Warner Bros. and director Martin Campbell turned to multi-disciplined creative design/visual effects studio yU+co, led by Creative Director Garson Yu, to design a :90 stereoscopic 3D main title sequence that not only grabbed the audience’s attention, but also brought

  Melbourne’s already vibrant cultural and arts scene is about to receive a fresh new feel and perspective with the launch of its first digital festival. Pause Fest, which will be held from the 7th-13th November 2011, is about the new, innovative, interactive, exciting, creative and contemporary in the digital, advertising and creative industries featuring

New York, New York, March 24, 2011 – Creative Studio Trollbäck + Company launched its digital division early March to expand its experience design capabilities and provide integrated digital solutions and interactive media for advertising / branding campaigns and public space installations.   Making the decision to expand into digital was strategic yet organic, considering

Some of the most exciting creative work is being done in the field of title design for film, television, online and live gatherings. With its INTRO competition, The Type Director’s Club (TDC) recognizes excellence in title design and gives international artists a forum to showcase their work. The deadline for submissions has been extended to

Los Angeles broadcast design studiojonberrydesigndesigned and produced the main title and graphics package for the new Authentic Entertainment series My First Home on TLC. My First Home follows first-time homebuyers through the process of hunting and buying their first home. “I wanted a look that was both intriguing and yet self-explanatory and I think Jon

Motion Graphics Fest 2008, held Jan. 15-21 in Chicago, features two world-premier theater screenings, multiple post-production studio tours, audio/visual art exhibits, a/v performances, six days of motion design, sound design, and motion programming classes. This event celebrates the best minds and brightest ideas of the emerging media landscape. Whether your a hard-core geek, a dedicated

Michelle Dougherty on Imaginary Forces’ Agitated, Blood-Red Vision By Bryant Frazer www.studiodaily.com The opening titles for director Joel Schumacher’s new film, a paranoid-numerologythriller called The Number 23, required an approach that mixed elements from the film’s narrative (all about a man’s obsession with recurring instances of the number 23 in human history) with visual continuity