Assignment 05
Film Title Sequence

Film titles are like book covers. Their goal is to set the stage for the viewer. It’s a way for a film maker to communicate what the audience will experience.

Create a 15 second title sequence for one of the following films. Your main goal is to convey the film’s tone through typography. You’ll create a wordmark for the movie and define a typographic system for the film’s 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.

Along with typography, you’re also creating a piece of time based media. Consider how editing (pacing & sequence), visuals and your soundtrack add to the whole. But by no means is this a motion graphics assignment. Your main emphasis is on typographic treatment. Use motion to enhance, not distract. Disregard any original posters, titles or promotional materials attached to your film. Your solution should be original.

Film List
1After Hours (1985, dir. Martin Scorsese)
2Magnolia (1999, dir. P.T. Anderson)
3Memento (2001, dir. Christopher Nolan)
4Whiplash (2014, dir. Damien Chazelle)
5The Lobster (2016, dir. Yorgos Lanthimos)

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

Art of the Title
A Brief History of Title Design

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