Archive for January, 2009

titles

i started thinking about titles for feature length films vs. those for short films. i’ve been looking at titles for feature length films up until this week but i wanted to get an idea of what short films are doing for titles. i checked out a couple wholphin dvd’s at the library to take a [...]

thinking about colour

end titles for Stranger Than Fiction…

i like the color palette and the use of overlaying images/colours, adding and substracting colours and the way opacity is being used. also, the movement and pacing of the titles. the contrast between the rougher images and the clean type is nice.
here’s an interview with the studio that made these [...]

notes to self

what music will be used for the opening titles?
if the whole film is 10 mins long, how long should the opening titles be?
what information should be contained in the opening titles? (title, credits, which credits get saved for last?)
what are admission/submission requirements for the three main film festivals?

from the film maker

from the production binder of Amanda Thomson
Heart Robin
Will be a short film, approximately 10 minutes in length, shot both in HD and Super 8 film.
Short Synopsis
Heart Robin, is about a young woman’s coming of age. Robin Lee spends her nights in bars, picking up young men, and letting them take her home. She does this [...]

film titles online

http://mmbase.submarinechannel.com/titlesequences/index.jsp
http://www.artofthetitle.com/

opening titles for juno

A flickr set by LA based studio Shadowplay on creating the titles for Juno.

the opening titles for juno

Gareth Smith of Shadowplay suggests, “the more you can see the human touch in the design work, the more warmth and charm it will communicate.” He also says, “a good opening title sequence sets the tone of the [...]

first proposal

THEME/TOPIC

designing for culture

THESIS
Independent films often don’t have the resources to promote their films successfully to their audiences. The first points of contact for a film, the promotional materials and then the opening title sequence, are important to the success of the film. They setup the film for the audience and are the beginning of the [...]

in the beginning