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Batman (1989)

October 10, 2008
Batman
Where does he get those wonderful toys?
—The Joker
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Title Designer RICHARD MORRISON:

The Batman 1989 environment was not that homogenized. In fact, there weren’t many people on the same platform and we were all very individual.

I did not know Tim before so I had to pitch for the project. We just had to make sure what we were about. I sat with him for a few minutes, and then just walked around the set of Gotham city. And that was it, really. I clearly remember I sat back in the car and all of a sudden, I knew it. I knew it had to be something about the classic Batman comic logo. I thought, ‘What if we think of that in a 360º move? How about if it’s in landscape? How about I make it something you can move around, so you don’t quite know what it is?’ So that was the idea and then I just invented the world around it. Nobody did anything like it before so that’s why it probably retained its timeless feel.

  • Credits

Title Designer: Richard Morrison

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Title sequence

  • Title Designer

    Richard Morrison
  • Category

    Film
  • Styles

    live action, main title, situational type, tabletop photography, typographic
Batman
  • Director

    Tim Burton
  • Year

    1989
  • Aspect

    1.85:1
  • Studio

    Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Country

    USA
  • Language

    English
  • Reviews

    Reviews on Letterboxd
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