Create an in-camera title graphic for a fake movie.
CineFix’s Top Ten Opening Title Sequences
CineFix loves making lists. Here are their picks for the best opening title sequences of all time (at least as of December 2016).
Project Details: Analog Titles
While a lot of our time in this class will be spent exploring cutting edge digital technology, a lot of work is still done in the analog realm. This week, we’ll be doing an in-class group project without using computers.
Lesson 2: History of Title Sequences
Let’s take a look at the history of title sequences in film. In the earliest days of “primitive” cinema, title cards were purely utilitarian – simple notices meant to establish authorship and enforce copyrights.
Project: Inspiring Typography
Find an amazing title sequence on Art of the Title.
Best TV Title Sequences of 2018
Here’s a fun list from The A.V. Club, listing their favorite title sequences from television in 2018.
Project Details: Inspiring Typography
Your first assignment is really simple: go to Art of the Title and pick out a title sequence that you think is really cool. It could be new or old, popular or obscure – it just needs to be interesting.
Lesson 1: Welcome to Motion Graphics & Title Design
Welcome to the Film/Media Studies Production Practicum! This semester, we’ll be exploring title design, typography, and motion graphics. I think that this is an area of the production process that is often overlooked. I hope that by the end of this semester, you have a new appreciation for the ways that text and graphics can used creatively – and, of course, you will develop new skills to create compelling motion graphics of your own.