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…
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…
Influenced by the tradition and form of Arabic calligraphy, Juan Behren’s opening titles for Visual Arabia 2013 explore the beauty and mystique of this centuries old form of communication and art. Watch the Titles editor Rani Nugraha has a chat with the Computer Programmer turned Motion Designer about learning Arabic script, reigning in ideas, and the complexities of being ambitious.
After having struggled with the opening titles for his documentary about the audiovisual collaboration N.A.S.A. The Spirit of Apollo, animator and director Syd Garon had somewhat of an epiphany when he saw Simon C Page’s posters for The International Year Of Astronomy. Like a tailored suit, Page’s stylishly minimal geometric shapes representing celestial bodies in orbit proved to be the perfect…
Amsterdam-based motion design studio Onesize has built a solid reputation for themselves in recent years. This is partly due to their eye-catching and technologically advanced opening titles for two big design events in 2009, OFFF and Playgrounds. Back in 2010 we shot a video profile with Onesize founders Kasper Verweij and Rogier Hendriks in their, then, brand-new and freshly painted Amsterdam…
The so-called Simpsons ‘couch gag’ has gone down in television history as one of the most instantly-recognizable, near-immortal title sequences. The opening sequence, although seemingly timeless and familiar, in actual fact features a range of unique twists in almost every single episode.
With the holiday season already upon us, we’re turning our focus to a nostalgia-soaked title sequence that’s been making millions of us feel warm and fuzzy for generations. Over the last five decades, the now iconic 1964 Rankin & Bass film, Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, has become just about as an important part of Christmas as eggnog, nutcrackers and snowmen.
The title sequence for Clear History does exactly what it should — perfectly evoke the meaning of the title and plot of the movie into strikingly symbolic visuals. The deceptively simple-looking opening and closing titles elevate the viewer into the state of mind of the film and the story experience. Creative Director Aaron Becker takes us behind-the-scenes and discusses cascading menu’s, colla…
Update: Breeder wins the prestigious APDG Award for Title Design for their ADBNE title sequence! Congratulations to the Breeder team!
For the Analogue/Digital conference in Brisbane, Breeder created a sensual journey with a refined and delicate aesthetic to honour the concept of “double exposure”. Glimpses of models stripped bare, their soft torsos and curves become moving canvases to host strik…
Not only is he the most productive title designer working in France today, Laurent Brett is also the only designer we ever met, or know of, who has had a puppet made of himself. Meet this chameleon of a designer, able to master any style and technique. We interviewed Laurent in studio Sabotage in Paris (what an inspiring place to work!), where he talks about his work as a title designer, about…
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