The Seven Year Itch’s title sequence was designed by Saul Bass, a famous American graphic designer who won Oscars for films as well as title sequences. The title sequence for The Seven Year Itch starts with a single red, vertical rectangle. It is then followed by multiple other rectangles that go to the beat of…
The title sequence of Spider-Man Homecoming is unique and portrays the overall tone of the movie very well. Every aspect of the title sequence’s design contributes to its homemade appearance and cheerful tone. The constantly shifting mediums combined with the minimal use of light and shadow throughout the sequence give it its homemade appearance. The…
For this assignment, I chose to talk about the design elements of the title sequence for the 2010 film ‘Yogi Bear.’ This movie is based on the 1960s cartoon ‘The Yogi Bear Show’ which followed two bears, Yogi Bear and Boo Boo, and a park ranger named Ranger Smith. One thing that is seen…
The opening title sequence visually communicates the overarching themes in Orphan Black. The title sequence begins by bringing us through space, we see many stars until we are met with an organic looking life form that shifts and changes as the title sequence continues. As we move forward through space we are met with a…
M. Butterfly, a story of war, love and treason. Music and Pace Set in 1960’s China, the opening sequence of M. Butterfly starts off with doors sliding open (see figure 1), a low drumroll and a powerful beginning of the score, written by Howard Shore. The opening of these doors welcomes and invites the viewer “inside”…
The first part of the opening title sequence serves to help the audience understand the historical background of the movie. The visual style of the opening title sequence of “The Charge of the Light Brigade” parodies English political cartoons from the Victorian-era (etchings). In this animated cartoon, the sleeping lion symbolizes the British Empire. Rays…
The opening sequence to Cirque do Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant is a visually compelling piece that utilizes visual elements, movement, the play of typography, and lighting to keep the viewer’s interest and set the creepy yet goofy tone for the media. Throughout the opening is a repetition of puppetry and generally gross Halloween-themed imagery, creepy spiders,…
I’m doing my film project on the 20th Century Fox movie Spies in Disguise. Right off the bat we get the classic loud and brassy spy type music, a strong indicator of what genre of movie we are about to watch. However, there is little left to the imagination, because along with that spy music…
In the Carnivale title sequence, there are lots of visual elements that are used to convey the mood of the show. Throughout the sequence, the visual elements smoothly transition back and forth between photography from the 1930s and religious illustrations and artwork. Including photos and archival documentary footage from the 1930s is important because its…
“Can West wear East” is an advert for the brand Parco by designer Eiko Ishioka. It depicts her nieces in bright red kimonos and kabuki make-up being towered by an American woman in a Japanese influenced futuristic dress. All of which are far from what is sold from Parco shops. In fact, a majority of…
“Honey Cake”, one of Eiko Ishioka’s earlier works during her time while working for Shiseido, depicts a glossy and gorgeous bar of soap being cleanly split with a knife. At the time, this kind of modern and sensory imagery had never been used for the brand or even cosmetics adverts of the time. The vibrant…
Eiko Ishioka was a provocative designer, who was able to create pieces by blending Eastern and Western influences and bold compositions which helped drive her through the primarily male dominated field of graphic design in Japan and to break into the western media, leaving her name in history. Born in 1938, Ishioka was exposed…
This title sequence has a very old western style with the imagery and the music. The sequence includes many videos/animations that all have the same filtered overlay. The imagery includes realistic depictions of landscapes and ranch animals. The animations move at various speeds and change throughout the opening. There seems to be a constant presence…
Saul Bass is known for his beautifully crafted title cards, and his composition for Bunny Lake is Missing is no exception. The process is simple: Just tear paper, revealing the text credit underneath. However, the simple mechanism is incredibly effective, and Bass takes it up a notch with this film. A gripping mystery about a missing girl and…
The Lego Movie was released in 2014 and based on the wildly successful toy line of building bricks. Almost all of the movie is animated in a CG program meant to replicate how Lego figures and brick-built sets look in real life. The movie aims to create a feature-length production similar to the multitude of…