Art of the title

Author Pat Kirkham discusses the opening titles for Seconds, designed by Saul and Elaine Bass, from her authoritative book Saul Bass: A Life in Film and Design.[Director John] Frankenheimer, who was already working with Saul on Grand Prix, was of the opinion that Saul was the only person capable of designing an appropriate title sequence for Seconds, a Faustian sci-fi drama about a secret organization that offers the wealthy the chance to assume new identities and bodies. Rock Hudson stars…

Concept and designs for Univision and Netflix's original series El Chapo main title sequence. This direction focuses on the multiple layers of El Chapo’s public and private life in a collage of newspaper articles, show footage, and real news clips. The camera excavates through the tears, pushing through stories of El Chapo told by the media, to shed light on the truth at the end of the tunnel. Violent tears rip through a vignette to reveal another image, at times destroying and…

Huge Designs' titles for the BBC crime drama By Any Means strikingly recount the ins and outs of an especially difficult case.

The very best in 2014 title design as chosen by Art of the Title's editors.

Imaginary Forces' directors Dan Gregoras and Jeremy Cox keep the pallet minimal and the details intriguing in the title sequence for the new WGN original series "Manhattan." Set in Los Alamos, NM, in 1943, the show "chronicles the lives and families of the scientists building the world’s deadliest weapon, and exposes a world full of secrets and consequences." [Watch]

The very best in 2020 title design as chosen by Art of the Title's panel of experts.

Saltburn (2023)

The Paris-based graphic and type designer shares his wisdom on the importance of type in films, arguing that it should be considered, along with sound and image, as the third crucial element of cinema.

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