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Happy 2019! This week we chat with Director Marialy Rivas (Young and Wild) about her latest film PRINCESITA and its gorgeous glowing credits, created by Santiago-based studio Smog.
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Happy holidays, Art of the Title patrons!
After much deliberation, the Top 10 Title Sequences of 2018 are finally here! Have you seen them all? They are chosen from among TV, film, video games and conferences so there are likely quite a few surprises!
The top 10 were chos...
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We dive into the pizza-fuelled, eyeball-infested animated titles to feature film Slice (2018)! We speak to Slice director Austin Vesely and artist and animator I Saw John First about their process, what makes a good title sequence, and classic horror VHS cover art. Animated intros are rare in film so this is...
2018-10-29 09:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
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We fought back an army of the undead to bring you our latest feature: a deep dive into the making of The Walking Dead's season nine title sequence!
We speak with Walking Dead showrunner Angela Kang, post-production supervisor Ryan DeGard, and title ...
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We dive into the Emmy Award-winning titles to Starz's new show Counterpart and catch up with Creative Director Karin Fong.
For the opening to this Cold War espionage series, Fong and the team at studio Imaginary Forces create a smooth and stark sequence that looks forward (enormous, abstract landscapes!) while looking bac...
2018-10-10 12:14:42 +0000 UTC View Post
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We take a deep look at the opening to FOX's new show Deep State with Michael Pearson of UK-based studio MMMultiply and Composer Dan Berridge (Broadway Project). The opening is a dark journey of smoke and mirrors that takes familiar lyrics from the Talking Heads' iconic song "Once In A Lifetime" to a whole new place.
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We're back with a deep dive into the sharp and delectable opening to American Psycho (2000) with Director Mary Harron and Designer Marlene McCarty, a film that was controversial on its release for its violence. It's since become a horror classic, hailed for its satirical portrayal and critique of American consumeri...
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Fall in love with title designer Galen Johnson's melting, mesmerizing opening titles to the global anthology Madly (2016) – a film that brings together six stories of love from six very different filmmakers: Gael García Bernal, Anurag Kashyap, Natasha Khan, Sebastián Silva, Sion Sono, and Mia Wasikowska.<...
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This month we have a very exciting new feature for you:
10 Women of Title Design — Part Four!
In our fourth annual "10 Women" feature we present 10 title designers that happen to be women, including directors, designers, creative directors, animators, and choreographers whose work spans film, TV series, conferences, illustration, m...
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"Space: the final frontier..." Learn how the team at Prologue created the main titles for the newest Star Trek series – Star Trek: Discovery (2016)
We speak with Creative Directors Ana Criado and Kyle Cooper, Writer/Historian Kurt Mattila, and Editor Rache...
Happy New Year, Art of the Title patrons!
After much deliberation our list of the Top 10 Title Sequences of 2017 is finally here! How many of them have you seen?!
Our picks were chosen by members of the Art of the Title team based on criteria including originality and innovation, impact, atmosphere, relevance to the larger work, and technique. Paring the lon...
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Get a close-up view of the meticulously crafted opening of The Borrowers, a 2011 BBC movie adaption of Mary Norton's beloved children's story of the same name.
We speak with title designer and macro photographer Clemens Wirth (Herbst) about the creation of this beautiful Christmas-themed opener.
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Learn about the process behind the gilded and Art Deco-inspired titles for OFFF Milano 2017, created by director Onur Senturk, designer Craig Ward, and a team of craftspeople.
We dive into the intense live-action shoot, including make-up and effects, led by Onur Senturk, and the bespoke typography created specifically for the sequence by Crai...
2017-11-30 15:45:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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We examine the creation of one of Saul Bass's lost title sequences – the opening of Martin Ritt's 1957 film noir Edge of the City – and the striking advertising campaign that accompanied it!
We also look at how some of the unused designs created for the film may have influenced some of the Basses' most celebrated work.
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We present a look at the mystical opening of Agn``es Varda's groundbreaking Cléo de 5 à 7 (1962).
Writer Tina Hassannia dives into the tarot reading at the beginning of the film, analysing the pathos and pop in this classic of French Left Bank filmmaking.
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Dive into Alfred Hitchcock's classic THE BIRDS and its strange and unsettling opening title sequence. It's a rare beast indeed, featuring dark shapes, eerie electronic noises — and no music!
We take a look at the visual work of designer James S. Pollak and the aural contributions of Oskar Sala, Remi Gassmann, and longti...
2017-11-01 19:47:19 +0000 UTC View Post
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Writer/podcaster Alexandra West speaks to the creative team behind the macabre title design of FX's anthology series AMERICAN HORROR STORY.
Executive Producer Alexis Martin Woodall and Title Designer Kyle Cooper of studio Prologue discuss what it took to bring the six incredibly unse...
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Writer Will Sloan shows us THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST in this look at the title design of the Ernest P. Worrell TV show and films.
We speak with Emmy Award-winning animation designer Barbara Laszewski Garner about her work introducing audiences to Jim Varney's hilarious, impossibly elastic Ernest character.&...
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Skate the edge and learn the story behind MTV's avant-garde animated series Æon Flux (1991).
In his first article for Art of the Title, writer Toussaint Egan speaks with Æon Flux Creator Peter Chung and Composer/Sound Designer Drew Neumann about the show's history, the making of the series' iconi...
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Happy September!
We’ve got a special update for this month: we’re taking a short hiatus!
Our entire staff (of two) will be attending the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival and so we are taking a break to accommodate that. This means no new features for September – and no Patreon charges for you, our patrons!
Don't worry though, we'll be back in October (aka Shocktober) with some ...
2017-09-01 19:24:31 +0000 UTC View Post
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We're excited to finally bring you an in-depth look at the unique and explosive main titles to Lord of War (2005), a sequence which follows the life of a bullet from factory to flesh.
Check it out here:
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This week on the site: Baby Groot dances his way through the adorable and explosive opening to Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2!
We speak with Executive Creative Director Erin Sarofsky of Sarofsky and Animation Supervisor Arslan Elver of Framestore about putting ...
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This week we dive into the insane, action-packed, star-studded opening to Austin Powers in Goldmember! The sequence features skydiving and car stunts, three full dance routines, six different sets, as well as appearances by Tom Cruise, Kevin Spacey, Gwyneth Paltrow, Danny DeVito, Britney Spears, Steven Spielberg, and Quincy Jones.
We talk once mor...
2017-08-17 20:01:18 +0000 UTC View Post
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For some men nothing is written, even if they write it.
Read the story of Lawrence of Arabia's iconic opening sequence, its stunning 2012 digital restoration, and blacklisted screenwriter Michael Wilson's 40 year fight to get an on screen credit:
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The year was 1995 and James Bond had been absent for six years. Then came GoldenEye and its striking CGI titles. We chat with Bond title designer Daniel Kleinman about stepping in for Maurice Binder, reinventing Bond, and how American lingerie led to the fall of the Soviet Un...
2017-08-03 16:28:06 +0000 UTC View Post
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An unseen force watches a happy young couple in the opening of the horror classic Rosemary's Baby!
In her first article for Art of the Title, writer/podcaster Alexandra West examines this unnerving opening and its place in horror history.
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2017-07-25 17:17:18 +0000 UTC
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Celebrity caricaturist Sam Berman only created artwork for one title sequence, and it was for 1937's screwball comedy Nothing Sacred.
In her first article for Art of the Title, writer Mallory Andrews gives us the goods on the hand-sculpted opening to the film and a profile on famed artist Sam Berman.
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The 2017 Emmy nominations are in! Read our full rundown of the TV title sequences nominated for the Outstanding Main Title Design category, the surprises, and the snubs. Be sure to tell us which ones are your favourites!
Watch all the nominated title sequences:
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Meet the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling in the neon opening of Netflix's new comedy-drama GLOW (2017).
We chat with GLOW co-creators Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch, along with title designer Richard "Kenny" Kenworthy of UK collective Shynola, about the creation of this high energy title seq...
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We look at the powerful main-on-end title sequence from Wonder Woman (2017) with director Patty Jenkins and the team at Greenhaus GFX!
We discuss the creation of this stunning sequence, as well as the important role it plays in the film and future DC Comics movies. Jenkins and the Greenhaus team...