Forget the film, watch the titles
Oh, this is truly excellent. A big thank you to SR for sending the cinetrix a link to Submarine Channel's laudable project, "Forget the film, watch the titles." I'll let them explain.
You know what they say about first impressions. That's why both Hollywood and independent studios spend valuable time and resources to create the most appropriate main title sequences for their films. At its very best, a title sequence is a self-contained hybrid that combines several moving image techniques – film, animation, cg – to introduce a film.
On SubmarineChannel, we love a good main title. That's why we started this online collection in 1997 of the most stunning and original film title sequences. Some are engaging and wildly entertaining, some are funny, exhilarating or simply deadly beautiful. Some are oozing with visual treats, while others hit you hard with their bold and audacious style.
The titles are divvied up under Animation, Motion Graphics, Mixed Media, and 3D, and presented in the wide screen aspect ratio. For examples of the first three, respectively, check out Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Hard Candy, and eXistenZ. Sweet.
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That's a really nice collection they have there. Thanks for the heads up. In case you're interested, there's another site that has a pretty great compilation of titles called Also, something similar in the graphic design sense is kinematic typography. There's a cool set of videos that can be found here.
Posted by: Justin Snow | May 07, 2008 at 06:04 PM
Hm, that's some weird typo on my part, I guess. Sorry. Anyway, the name of the first site is The Art Of The Title Sequence.
Posted by: Justin Snow | May 07, 2008 at 06:05 PM