Film Title Design

Film title Design follows on well from Typography, Layout and Film Set Design.
Film title designers can, and do play an essential part in setting the tone of a film and two of the masters in this area are Thomas Cobbs and Saul Bass. Bass is perhaps best known for his work in the 1950's and 1960's on the films of Alfred Hitchcock. He used a cut out animation technique for the opening sequence of Anatomy of a Murder.




Have a look at the typograpy here in Thomas Cobbs opening sequence for the film Se7en. The script design works as a strong contributing element to what is a very sinister opening sequence. This piece sparked a new interest in film title sequence design. Both pieces, here and below are prime examples of film titles that could stand as films in their own right.




Saul Bass

 For a great film title resource have a look at Art of the Title