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SEMI-PERMANENT 2013 TITLES. The Kite Runner (2007) To Kill A Mockingbird (1962) Titles that adorn. In the first seconds of this dawning glory, Elmer Bernstein’s notes softly dot and fade. A child, our beloved Scout, hums lullaby-like. At the heart of the masterpiece, a cigar box. At the heart of the box, Gregory Peck. A silent pocket watch ticks in remembrance. Scout lifts a crayon and sets in motion the quiet, unintentional roll of a marble and the wonderment of the examined life found in every moment, of every life. Stephen Frankfurt’s opening title sequence for To Kill A Mockingbird forces one to slow down, to note the window reflected in the marbles. Frankfurt’s perfect compositions reward anyone in illimitable meditation.

A wave, as drawn by Scout, is cross-matched with the beaded chain over the silent timepiece. Audio commentary excerpt with Director Robert Mulligan and Producer Alan J. Documentary excerpt from Fearful Symmetry: The Making of To Kill A Mockingbird featuring interviews with Producer Alan J. Title Designer: Stephen Frankfurt Related.

Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1998) Drawing on a fascination with home-made props and blending imagery from sources as diverse as Frank Zappa, the Mickey Mouse Club, and 2001: A Space Odyssey, Joel Hodgson and his team created a title sequence with its roots in UHF television broadcasting. Tom Servo, Crow, and the rest of the gang show their seams unabashedly, embracing the spirit of the movies so endearingly skewered aboard the Satellite of Love. Joel Robinson’s space-borne imprisonment by distant jailers is a trial of the will, every film a battle. Each successive gauntlet of schlock that Joel (and the viewer) survives drives these tormentors further and further into manic desperation.

How bad will they get? How bad can they get?! Joel and his impish robot companions may be prisoners to cinematic dreck and straight-to-video garbage, but no matter how terrible the film, they joyfully embrace it. A discussion with MST3K creator JOEL HODGSON. Can you give us a little back story/history on yourself? It was an evolution. Game of Thrones (2011) A fiery astrolabe orbits high above a world not our own; its massive Cardanic structure sinuously coursing around a burning center, vividly recounting an unfamiliar history through a series of heraldic tableaus emblazoned upon it. An intricate map is brought into focus, as if viewed through some colossal looking glass by an unseen custodian.

Cities and towns rise from the terrain, their mechanical growth driven by the gears of politics and the cogs of war. From the spires of King’s Landing and the godswood of Winterfell, to the frozen heights of The Wall and windy plains across the Narrow Sea, Elastic’s thunderous cartographic flight through the Seven Kingdoms offers the uninitiated a sweeping education in all things Game of Thrones. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Design A discussion with Creative Director ANGUS WALL at Elastic. Detail how Elastic became involved with the show. At this point, we made a list of the locations we needed to build. View 6 images No. View 3 images. MTV by Julien Vallée. A History of Scotland opening title sequence. Model kits and kilts.

ISO Design’s opening title sequence to A History of Scotland offers a gathering sense of self and of a scaled Scotland. Using a tilt-shift effect that simulates miniature scale model photography where a shallow depth of field is created by blurring areas of the composition either optically or in post, the title technique nicely captures the spirit of the pioneering Picts. A discussion with DAMIEN SMITH of ISO Design. Tell us a little bit about ISO Design. DS: 10 years young Glasgow-based digital design studio.

Started out concentrating on personal motion graphics projects for commissioners like OneDotZero and moved into TV in the late 90′s working with the BBC, MTV and Channel 4 in the UK. We still do a lot of broadcast graphics and have expanded the studio to work on large scale interactive installations for clients like Mercedes Benz and multiplatform projects like the new Sony XMB and the BBC iPlayer. How did you become involved with the project? LEGO 'INCEPTION' A History Of The Title Sequence.