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i watched the titles and parts of the first two films of the patterns trilogy. i like both titles a lot. i think short titles for short films is the way to go. the packaging and website for the trilogy is really well done and visually works really well across the films and titles.
patterns 1
patterns [...]

amanda mentioned this film in terms of similar themes to her film…

and the making of on flickr and vimeo….

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]