Monday 13 January 2014

The art of film title design throughout cinema history

It could be argued that typography lost importance in this era of title design. (Quote) I agree with this because back in the Silent era the titles were mostly written cards that would be in black and white. these mostly stood out but now images or animation is put out people don't focus on the lettering as much as they use to.   
The title sequence to seven I quite like because I like the way that it isn't mostly images you have black slide with writting on. The writing in this title isn't just plan it jumps and moves about around the screen and goes bold. This makes you pay attention to the writing as well because you can't help but notice it.

 
The James Bond Title sequence for Dr No by Maurice Binder is a nice and simple title sequence which still gives a good effect. He has used spots for most of the sequence but he was the first to create the most iconic symbol for James Bond which is the famous gun barrel opening. I like the way he has used colour spots because it could show what this Dr No is and the spots act as if they are buttons for a space station or some sort of station.

The fact that the film industry was enormous and it tempted artist it has become better. It gave artist the opportunities to show their graphic side towards film. Since this has happened title sequences have got a lot better and more artistic. A lot of the title sequences are simple and could be made by anyone.


Title sequence for Monsters Inc is very creative. It shows a story its self just with the opening credits. This was better because it became a trade mark for disney films where they always had an animated title sequence with characters which told bait about their background.

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/10/04/the-art-of-the-film-title-throughout-cinema-history/

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