Project: Analog Titles
Create an in-camera title graphic for a fake movie.
Create an in-camera title graphic for a fake movie.
CineFix loves making lists. Here are their picks for the best opening title sequences of all time (at least as of December 2016).
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.
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.
Find an amazing title sequence on Art of the Title.
Here’s a fun list from The A.V. Club, listing their favorite title sequences from television in 2018.
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.
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.