The Art of the Title Sequence

Mar 26, 2008

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  • Steve
    Great movie, great sequence.
  • Steve
    North by Northwest, updated to be the 21st century. Love it.
  • Pam
    Amazing typography and the shots of the city are gorgeous.
  • steve
    this title sequence always seemed odd to me in the context of the film. it's almost as though they decided to produce it 'because they could'. Though the bg shots do set up NYC nicely, the sequence seems more attuned to something like Spiderman. It is a decent juxtaposition in that virtually the rest of the film is indoors.. but static text on the backgrounds would probably have worked.. and saved a lot of time spent 3d tracking.
  • brian valentine
    i always marvel at fincher's title sequences. and the movie itself had spurts of greatness. the broad and airy expanse of each building stands completely contradictory to the claustrophobic nature of the movie. i approve.
  • Kevin
    I think it's fairly safe to credit this title sequence to Kevin Tod Haug, one of David Fincher's regular visual effects guys. He spoke at Northwestern University's Block Cinema a couple years ago and showed a reel that included this sequence.

    I also think it's safe to assume that he admires the work of Saul Bass and considered this sequence a sort of homage to North by Northwest.
  • rrryan
    It was all downhill after the title sequence.

    This was especially great to see on the big screen. Unfortunately it lost a lot of punch when viewed at home. Copperplate wouldn't have been my first typeface choice, but I suppose it lends itself to 3D extrusion and shadowing, etc.

    As mentioned above, Fringe has tried to incorporate the same effect. But it's not nearly as nice (they don't have Fincher's eye, or his budget apparently).
  • Mark
    Not my favorite Fincher movie, but they are always visual feasts. Nice titles.
  • gl
    Let's give credit where credit is due. Saul Bass was the designer behind the excellent North by Northwest title sequence. Yes, I am confident that Hitchcock's hand is present but, once you recognize the impact that Saul Bass had on the motion design industry (invented it practically) it becomes even more inspiring to watch.
  • Lu Nelson
    This has also been copied in the new TV show "Fringe" for all the locations i.e. to let you know you are in "BOSTON" or "NEW YORK" or whatever
  • Anyone else thinking of Hitchcocks beautiful titlesequence for North by Northwest? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIlqatMQSgI
  • hani
    wooow .this is great
  • I loved this movie, the titles rock as well.
  • These are amazing titles, it is a shame that the movie didn't live up to what it could have been.
  • Axel
    This title design is fantastic. In 2002 a German TV station copied the concept for its station IDs. You can find a sample at YouTube: http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=7eb2JdpUs0s
  • perotoss
    This is most memorable part of the movie
  • Art of the Title
    An interesting note about these tiles is that it's actually considered a VFX sequence, not just a title design, due to the complexity of the concept.

    Ian
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    Team Art of the Title
  • danz
    wow I had never seen these titles, as I've only caught the movie piecemeal on HBO. They're fantastic!
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