The art of the title sequence
by Julian Gratton
Back in 1995 I saw a film that simply blew my mind. The film was pretty good, but the thing that blew me away about it was the opening and closing credits. The film was the thriller Se7en, and everyone I knew who was into design at the time was instantly inspired by it. It was from this point I began to take more notice of title sequences in films, which soon introduced me to the work of Saul Bass and Stephen Frankfurt… who created the superb title sequence to ‘To kill a mockingbird’.
Fast forward to today and I have to confess I still love a good title sequence, in fact sometimes it feels that the actual title sequence is better than the film (as was the case with this title sequence from the movie Sahara). So it’s probably no surprise then that one of my favourite places to visit on the web is the fabulous site www.artofthetitle.com.
The site is basically a compendium and leading web resource of film and television title design from around the world. It honors the artists who design excellent title sequences and discusses, as well as displays, their work with a desire to foster more of it, via stills and video links, interviews, creator notes, and user comments.
The title sequence from Se7en, posted above from Youtube should whet your appetite for this site, but I urge you to go and watch it over at art of the title, so you can see what other people think about what was an incredibly ground breaking piece of film at the time. Rather than point out some of the title sequences I like, I think you should just go spend a lunch hour at www.artofthetitle.com yourself… I assure you it’ll make you look at the beginning of a movie you’re seeing in a very different way.
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