May
26
Anya Gallaccio STROKE
Posted in: Animation
May
26
Playgrounds 2009
Posted in: Animation
A series of stills depicting two hardened thugs in a bare-knuckle scrap, are rendered in three dimensions against a bleak, urban backdrop. For Holland’s Playgrounds Festival, Onesize used this metaphor of the creative process which too, often presents an internal battle of wills. As high impact meets slow motion for heightened drama, this sequence mesmerizes from start to finish.
May
26
FITC Amsterdam 2013
Posted in: Animation
With an Enter-the-Void-esque design and concept artwork created by GMUNK, Dutch design studio Onesize took it a step further and produced and directed the hypnotic main titles for last month’s FITC edition taking place on our home turf in Amsterdam. We were privy to watching them debut on the big screen, and following the event we chatted up Rogier Hendriks of Onesize to find out more about thi…
May
26
Strike Back
Posted in: Animation
Momoco created the opening titles for Sky1’s military action series Strike Back. His concept, says designer Nic Benns, was “human, gritty, and informative.” But when HBO came on board as co-producer, the execs demanded a rebrand. Ergo, new titles. What changed? “They wanted sex,” Nic says. The (happy) end of this story is of course that this ‘sexified’ version of the titles was nominated for an…
May
26
Top 10 Most Viewed in 2012
Posted in: Animation
We usually do popularity contests, but as we prep for a no doubt exciting year for title design, it’s nice to see which title sequences topped the proverbial charts in 2012 here at Watch the Titles. The winner is a surprise for sure, a student who created an unofficial title sequence made for a school project.
May
26
ManvsMachine interview
Posted in: Animation
Title design and ident design are like fraternal twins, they don’t share the exact same DNA, but they have got a whole lot in common. Which explains our unbridled admiration for ManvsMachine – a motion studio from the UK who have gained a lot of attention for their stunning and highly imaginative brand identities for a international tv networks such More4, SyFy, Nickelodeon, Chiller, and Kanal…
May
26
The Borrowers
Posted in: Animation
Forget child prodigy wizards with lightening shaped birthmarks and hipster glasses. Children’s books of yesteryear used to be a touch more quaint. Mary Norton’s 1952 children’s novel, “The Borrowers” was a 159 page literary hit for a knee high demographic in the UK and has since sparked numerous movie adaptations. For this recent made-for-tv adaptation of The Borrowers, Clemens Wirth created a…
May
26
Introducing Manija Emran, typographer. Ever since we first saw the process for the end credit sequence for Rango, Manija’s beautiful hand-drawn Western-style typography struck a massive chord here at Watch the Titles, and we’ve been following her work since. Formerly at Prologue, where she created memorable typography for films such as Robin Hood, Breaking Dawn and Fright Night, Manija is now a…
May
26
Darius Ghanai interview
Posted in: Animation
Germany’s most prolific title designer, Darius Ghanai has designed over 50 title sequences and posters for critically acclaimed European films such as Good Bye Lenin!, Perfume and Palermo Shooting. On a crispy sunny morning in May, we visited the friendly designer in his former studio located in Berlin’s Mitte district, close to where Good Bye Lenin! was shot. We talked for hours about title de…
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