Friday, 27 January 2012

Art of the title



Psycho
Psycho’s opening titles are very simple; it contains lots of wipe effects and after each wipe shows a different title. It involves black and white bars that spread across the screen from different angles and the titles follow.  However, these credits were groundbreaking in the 20th century as it was the start of animated titles. Saul Bass (1920-1996) was the designer of these title openings and is still known as a genius to this day for his brilliance. He was not only one of the great graphic designers of the mid-20th century but the undisputed master of film title design.

Lord of War
The knockout title sequence to Lord of War is a first-person narrative where it shows you the life of a bullet from the bullets point of view. We are shown the life of it and we see how quickly it can be made and then used to kill. The first person POV reminds one of a first person shooter video game and never seemed suited to the subject matter however, I realised that the gaming correlation was part of the intent.


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