[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_video link="https://vimeo.com/114350322"][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]I'm always trying to debunk how certain looks and effects are achieved, and this is a fascinating BTS watch to understand how Directors Ben Smith and Bryce Wymer at The Mill+ tackled this award winning title sequence while trying to stay true to the...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_video link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNH7wqQQANI"][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]James Curran is an animation Director known for his 2d, iconographic design style and somewhere around 2011 when Steven Spielburg created his 3d motion capture Tintin feature, James took it upon himself to create its unofficial opening title sequence. Tintin originated in 1929 as...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_video link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP0ImPft3Rw"][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]This is the opening title sequence for the 1991 - 1992 animated TV series of 39 x 30 minute episodes which was co-produced by France and Canada. The series used traditional animation techniques and adhered closely to the original books, going so far as...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_video link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6N_LdH7rJ4"][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]This is the opening title sequence for Steven Spielberg's 3d motion capture feature "The Adventures of Tintin," released in 2011. Spielberg and Hergé - the writer/creator of the original Tintin comic series - were admirers of each other's work, and Spielberg acquired the film...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_video link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h1TSN6dIGg"][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text].Awesome opening title sequence directed by Shynola. “We pitched what is best described as an 8-bit epileptic eye-fight” says Shynola’s Richard Kenworthy of their title sequence for ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’. The Shynola style scratch film aims to convey what film character ‘Knives’ feels...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]https://www.instagram.com/p/BlbWbpFB0te/?taken-by=jrecoskie[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Joey Recoskie, a Director and Animator at Studio Tendril shares some of the process in this type driven exploration for a Nike spot. Always fascinating as a viewer to feel the impact of color, font, motion and timing on the words that we’re reading.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="100px"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link="https://vimeo.com/12312117"][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]In 2005, Producer Joel Silver approached a young self taught designer named Danny Yount (now quite famous for his opening sequences for Sherlock Holmes , Blade Runner, Iron Man, Tron, and Six Feet Under) to do a short title sequence, referencing some old detective...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_video link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF0rHtPgkLU"][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Kuntzel + Deygas give the iconic handmade design style of saul bass a digital boost and use purposeful line animation that bleeds into crisp type, stampbook silhouetted characters, and a jazzy, mysterious John Williams score to lead the viewer into a 60s atmosphere and...