Jul 8, 2010
2010 Emmy Nominations for Outstanding Main Title Design
The 2010 Emmy nominations for "Outstanding Main Title Design" have just been announced and feature an excellent selection of work from studios both large and small.
Imaginary Forces has three sequences in the running this year - "Human Target" (creative direction by Karin Fong), "Nurse Jackie" (Steve Fuller & Mark Gardner) and the recently featured "The Pacific" (Steve Fuller & Ahmet Ahmet).
From Shine, and creative director Michael Riley, comes the title sequence (as well as additional animation work) for HBO Film's "Temple Grandin" which also received an "Outstanding Lead Actress" nomination for Claire Danes.
Finally we have one of our featured favorites from last year, "Bored to Death," with design and direction from Tom Barham of Curious Pictures and illustration work from Dean Haspiel.Congratulations everyone.
BORED TO DEATH • HBO •
Dakota Pictures, 3 Arts Entertainment/Fair Harbor Productions in association with HBO Entertainment
Tom Barham, Designer/Director
Marci Ichimura, Lead Animator
Dean Haspiel, Illustrator/Artist
Mark Rubbo, Compositor
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HUMAN TARGET • FOX •
Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Wonderland Sound & Vision, DC Comics and Warner Bros. Television
Karin Fong, Creative Director
Jeremy Cox, Art Director
Cara McKenny, Creative Lead
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NURSE JACKIE • Showtime •
Showtime Presents, Lionsgate Television, Jackson Group Entertainment, Madison Grain Elevator, Inc. & Delong Lumber; A Caryn Mandabach Production
Stephen Fuller, Creative Director
Mark Gardner, Creative Director
Corey Weisz, Editor
Cara McKenny, Creative Lead
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THE PACIFIC • HBO •
Playtone and Dreamworks in association with HBO Miniseries
Steve Fuller, Art Director
Ahmet Ahmet, Art Director
Peter Frankfurt, Art Director Lauren Hartstone, Designer
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TEMPLE GRANDIN • HBO •
A Ruby Films, Gerson Saines Production in association with HBO Films
Michael Riley, Creative Director
Zee Nederlander, Designer/Animator
Dru Nget, Designer/Animator
Bob Swensen, Creative Lead
This is great. I really love The Pacific titles, thought they were bold and didn’t take the easy route of exclusively having slo-mo epic war struggle scenes (not that it didn’t include those) but they are all great so who can complain?
I’m rooting for Human Target to win. The direction of that piece is absolutely flawless. It ebb and flows so well, in addition to fitting well with the TV series itself. It is truly inspired work in my opinion.
I thought The Pacific titles were great, but lacking something. I thought the video wasn’t as well incorporated as it could have been. The drawings turning into live-action just didn’t mesh well with me for some reason. That said, I loved the sky replacement to the sketch paper.
Impressive article for an impressive titles.