The Art Of Film Title Design Throughout Cinema History

Homework:

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  From this article I have learnt that " Humorous phases of funny faces" was the first ever animated film, it was the first to feature an animate title opening. It was made in 1906 and directed by J.Stuart Blackton.


• The big innovations of title animation and motion typography don't really emerge until well after the Second World War.



• Ralph Spence was the highest paid title writer in the industry, earning $10,000 a picture fro his one-liners.



• During the 1920s and 30's, European cinema was deeply influenced by modernism, Black letter fonts in the opening credits were used for horror, ribbons and flowery lettering suggested love, and typography that would have been used on 'wanted' posters would be for a western.

The True Birth Of A Title Sequence

• 1950s was the era in which the discipline of the film title sequence was actually born.



• Maurice Binder worked on the title designs of 14 films about the Agent 007, including the first episode "Dr.No". Binder created the famous gun-barrel sequence, which became the signature for the Bond series.