Jun 20 2008
Title art
As you might gather from my first post, I’ve had a long-running appreciation for main title sequences in movies. That love carried me all the way to a New York-based company that created titles and opticals for indie films, where I worked for a couple of years before it had to shut its doors.
The way that opening credits can completely, succinctly sum up a movie, or encapsulate its mood, or even be works of art unto themselves, is remarkable. When font styles, graphics, music and colors work perfectly in tandem, titles can be cinematic perfection.
There’s a new website called The Art of the Title Sequence that’s starting to archive and present some of film history’s most exceptional works in that area. To be sure, there are many to include that haven’t yet been posted, but it’s off to a terrific start, covering everyone from classics like Saul Bass to contemporary talents like Prologue Films.
If you love credit sequences, you’ve gotta check out the site.
