Assignment 02
Film Title Sequence

Watch a movie. It can be any movie, one of your favorites or something you’ve never seen before. You’re going to make a title sequence for this film.

The sequence must be at least 15 seconds long. You must think through the titles tone, edit (pacing and sequence), graphics, visuals, typography and soundtrack. You'll also create a general wordmark for the movie and define a typographic system for the films credits, including: the main film distributor (A24, Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer), producer, cinematographer, writer, at least 3 actors or actresses and director.

This is a three week assignment. Be resourceful and manage your time well. Your final project must be a full moving sequence.

A suggestion; Rather than picking a film that already has great or iconic titles, find something you think could be improved upon.

Deliverables
1Title Sequence (quicktime 1920×1080px)
General wordmark & typographic system
Minimum 15 seconds
Soundtrack required
Minimum film credits
—Distributor
—Producer
—Cinematographer
—Writer
—At least 3 actors or actresses
—Director

Timeline

Week 4—1.30.18
R01 Styleframes
Choose a movie you’re designing a sequence for. You will need to bring either two movies with one different direction for each, or two different directions for one movie. Show 5 styleframes for each direction that define the concept, visual style and typographic decisions you're begining to explore. Test some moving techniques in animation software to see if they're working with your concept (example: testing stop motion, or an animation effect, or a video test, etc). Print your 5 styleframes per project on 11×17” paper, You will be showing 10 styleframes total for this class.

Week 5—2.6.18
R02 Rough Edit
Have a rough cut of your sequence as a quicktime file. Have your sequence edited in full with a general direction of where you're going. Focus on the overarching conecpt, editing, timing and typographic details. Consider showing miltiple options which show how your decisions are affecting the whole.

Week 6—2.13.18
R03 Final Edit
Have a final cut of your sequence.

Saul Bass Title Sequences for Alfred Hitchcock
Directed Alfred Hitchcock

Enter The Void (2009)
Directed by Gaspar Noé
Written by Gaspar Noé
Starring Nathaniel Brown, Paz de la Huerta, Cyril Roy, Ed Spear
Titles by Tom Kan

Goodfellas (1990)
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi & Martin Scorsese
Starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino
Titles by Saul Bass & Elaine Bass

Casino (1995)
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi & Martin Scorsese
Starring Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, Don Rickles, Kevin Pollak, James Woods
Titles by Saul Bass & Elaine Bass

Se7en (1995)
Directed by David Fincher
Written by Andrew Kevin Walker
Starring Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, John C. McGinley
Titles by Kyle Cooper

Cape Fear (1991)
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Written by Wesley Strick
Starring Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Joe Don Baker, Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck
Titles by Saul Bass & Elaine Bass

Neon Demon (2016)
Directed by Nicholas Winding Refn
Screenplay by, Mary Laws, Nicolas Winding Refn, Polly Stenham
Starring Elle Fanning, Karl Glusman, Jena Malone, Bella Heathcote, Abbey Lee, Christina Hendricks, Keanu Reeves
Titles by AllCity