The film I decided to analyze is Do The Right Thing, a Spike Lee classic. The opening title of the film visually communicates a form of retribution and fighting for what is “right.” It does so through the use of sound, lighting, and movement. First and maybe the most important element used is sound. The…
An element that is used is the use of sound. After watching the movie the audio and elements complement each other very well. The movements and visual elements are timed perfectly. The sound effects of the movie say the mood is very animated. I say animated because Yogi Bear and Boo Boo’s voices are very…
There are many overall features that strike my attention and give meaning to the actual movie’s “vibe” during its trailer. Throughout the entirety of the trailer, we can see that they chose to use a simple color scheme of blue and black. This dark color scheme that they use, communitcates the movie’s omninous quality. Along…
Watchmen is a graphic novel written by Alan Moore in 1986-87; it was adapted into a film in 2009. In 2019 it was adapted into a television series on HBO, where the title cards above are from. At the time of writing I have not yet watched the show, but I have read the novel…
Pentagram and the team at Samsung collaborated together to create a cohesive design interface for the Samsung Galaxy S8. Samsung wanted this new smartphone to carry its iconographic designs throughout the entire interface, so they turned to Pentagram, Eddie Opara, and his team. The goal was to create icons for the entire system, a design…
This piece was featured as the cover for the 2020 edition of “The Black List”. The company under the same name commissioned Eddie Opara’s team at Pentagram to create a cover for their annual list of “the most liked unproduced screenplays of the year” (“The Black List”, Pentagram). The cover was going to be very…
Eddie Opara is an impressive figure in the graphic design space, both for his work and his methods for approaching design. Opara is a British man born in the city of Wandsworth, London in 1972. He attended Yale University and the London College of Printing where he majored in graphic design and received his Masters…
“The Lego Movie” never fails to live up to its name as all aspects of the film are done entirely in lego animation, including the title sequence. Interestingly, the movie actually has no opening title sequence, and instead never reveals the title or any credits until the very end of the film. A deep look…
Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver includes a title sequence at the beginning like a lot of films do. The Intro title sequence serves as a sort of “pre movie” credit roll; showing the lead actors, the directors, and the cinematographer. There are plenty of design elements used throughout that give way for the film, and set…
The purpose of this piece was to explore the theme of that year’s theme of Different Perspectives. I believe that it accomplishes this rather well by focusing on different areas of an abandoned, empty city. I also find that the perspective brought by the repeated motif of a cat furthers this neutrality and curiosity generated…
The 1995 screenprint on paper features a white background with a black “NO.” The n and o are distinctly different fonts, with the n taking side stage off to the lower left of the dominating o. The edges of the n resemble a sans serif font while the o has more qualities of a serif…
1894 Salon Des Cent Poster Eugene Grasset’s poster for Salon Des Cent is an intriguing piece because it strays a bit from Grasset’s normal hyper-sexualization of women and moves into a tasteful and modest portrayal of the more more cerebral woman. The woman carries with her a categorization notebook and a writing utensil as…
1891 Harper’s Christmas Issue As Grasset’s popularity grew, he was hired by the American magazine, Harper’s Bazaar Magazine to design the Christmas issue cover. The poster was an Art Nouveau style nativity scene, made with color Gillotage techniques. Although less famous than the 1892 Christmas edition of Harper’s, this cover boasts depth, floral design,…
On the 25th of May, 1841 in Lausanne, Switzerland, Eugene Grasset was born. Surrounded by artists, his fate was decided at an early age. His father, Samuel Joseph Grasset was a sculptor and carpenter who had major influence on young Eugene and his career path. Grasset would later become one of the greatest art theorist,…
One of the most notable characteristics of the title sequence of Zombieland is the soundtrack that is playing throughout. “For Whom The Bell Tolls”, by Metallica, starts blasting at the beginning with the intense guitar chorus and throaty singing matching perfectly with the slow motion camera shots of the people running for their lives from the…