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7 Beautiful Title & Credit Sequence Designs

abduzeedo.com — One thing I look for when I go to the cinema or watch a TV program is a nicely designed title and/or credit sequence. It's not absolutely necessary, but if it's there, and done right, it adds a new level of enjoyment to the film or show. I feel like there has been a bunch of great sequences lately so I thought I'd post a few that I liked.

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  • Hootiehoo, on 07/23/2008, -13/+8digg.com/celebrity/Ten_Top_Ten_list_from_the_Top_Ten_diggers
  • cyberwiz01, on 07/23/2008, -1/+18I always enjoyed the title art from "Catch me if you can"
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVEgK3nCkao
  • Smigge87, on 07/24/2008, -1/+9no "Thank You For Smoking"??
  • antileet, on 07/24/2008, -1/+1American History X, anyone?
  • dwninjungleland, on 07/24/2008, -0/+18I really liked the end credits for WALL-E.
    • darkciti2, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1I liked the cast babies and how they were the same 13 infants that fell when the ship leaned...
  • blaze03, on 07/24/2008, -1/+1Okami:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mkNUpWUgcY
    • blaze03, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2Ok, I should give some background on this. Okami's (PS2) ending credits sequence/staff roll is one of the most loved ever made for a video game. The song is "Reset" by Ayaka Hirahara. The sequence perfectly captured the soul of the whole game and brought beautiful closure to the experience.

      Unfortunately there was some drama surrounding it. Okami was developed by Clover Studio, the team that also did Viewtiful Joe and God Hand. Okami was their last masterpiece, as the studio was shut down by Capcom soon after the game was released. Capcom decided to release Okami for the Wii in 2008, but mysteriously left out the credits sequence at the end.

      Upon hearing about this, the game's director, Hideki Kamiya, posted on his blog about his disappointment of this fact, and this created a lot of controversy on the net forcing Capcom to explain that they had cut the sequence because it featured a Clover Studio logo at the end, and that they had no legal right to use it. Fans called ***** on this as they could have easily faded that part to black, so some believe that it was cut due to the bad breakup between Capcom and Clover. You can read more about this here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Ckami#Wii_versio ...
      Clover has regrouped and is now developing MadWorld for the Wii and Bayonetta for the 360/PS3.
  • bobdance, on 07/24/2008, -0/+3They seemed to forget every David Fincher film. He sure knows how to come up with the idea for some fantastic credit / title sequences.
    • etherreal, on 07/24/2008, -0/+3I was just going to post up Fight Club as an example.
    • bleemins, on 07/25/2008, -0/+0Yep. My thoughts exactly. Of all of Fincher's films, Panic Room has my favorite opening title sequence. The most basic of them all had the strongest visual impact, IMO.
  • smashfest, on 07/24/2008, -1/+23Dexter's opening credits rule.
    • innocentsinner, on 07/24/2008, -0/+7Dugg hard.
    • Protoss, on 07/24/2008, -0/+6So creepy, and so fitting. I love this show! The theme was my ringtone for a while there.
    • WickEd101, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2Dugg. Definitely my fav credits of any TV show from recent memory.
  • sooch, on 07/24/2008, -3/+3Opening credits from Lord of War deserve an honorable mention, however, Mr. Cage does not.
  • geniusNOTatWORK, on 07/24/2008, -0/+4maybe not the greatest, but the Kiss Kiss Bang Bang title sequence stands out in my mind:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bpP9sI72bM
  • Owwmykneecap, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2House, but I think the version we see is different to the US

    Brasseye's are hilarious
    • bleemins, on 07/25/2008, -0/+1Not enough people in the U.S. have seen Brasseye. Go to your local video store and rent it. It's hilarious. My favorite is the episode about pedophiles. I basically pissed my pants laughing when I saw it for the first time.
  • innocentsinner, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2I enjoyed the end credits of Kill Bill Vol. 2. Three credit 'sequences' and some fantastic music.
  • rgon, on 07/24/2008, -0/+9No Casino Royale?
    • WELLDOITLIVE, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1One of my all time favorites, it's amazingly beautiful with great music too.
  • dontswimtoshore, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2anything made by prologue is brilliant -- spiderman, ironman, fight club, seven...list goes on and on and on
  • Shmock, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1Really makes me want to watch stranger then fiction.
    No eurotrip?
  • TStanNY, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2What about Snatch? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeUsCcuGVug
  • veganvelma, on 07/24/2008, -1/+4Stranger Than Fiction was an amazing movie.
  • darkciti2, on 07/24/2008, -1/+1Wall-E !!!

    I thought Wall-E kids segment was cool (and the 12 infants/babies that slid down the ship at the end were probably based on actual graphic designers' kids).

    Or not. Either way, I thought it was neat how they listed it.
  • SEANWOOKIE, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1What about the animes Lucky Star and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzimiya? I really like the music.
    If you haven't seen them check them out.
    Haruhi:
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=S9uH8a6Sra0
    Lucky Star:
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=ViEH57xQu1c
  • jc7012, on 07/24/2008, -1/+4No *my favorite movie* ???
  • iamanalog, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3g9nTOV9KM
    Trainspotting!
  • SkippyDoorknob, on 07/24/2008, -0/+3The Incredibles
  • Somedude2137, on 07/24/2008, -1/+1y hello thar MrBabyMan
  • bicyclefence, on 07/24/2008, -1/+1Six Feet Under:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6WATB9PFdE
  • 4d669, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1Stranger than Fiction was the most pretentious and flawed filmed I've ever seen. It did have nice titles...
  • hashfail, on 07/24/2008, -0/+0Doesn't have Run Lola Run!

    ...Buried.
  • baysidecomedy, on 07/24/2008, -0/+4Where is Superbad, retro 70's silhuette dancing as the opening credits and dozens of dick drawings as the ending credits, that is pure gold!!!
  • Sabretou, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1Great to see Kiterunner on there. It's the first that came to mind when I read the title.
  • Gattung, on 07/24/2008, -0/+0Kung Fu Panda had an incredible opening dream sequence

    http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-us&vid=8562 ...

    but it wasn't really titles, however the end credits were pretty good!

    http://www.shinestudioclients.com/ShinePress/Shine ...

    • Tomchei, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1No it didn't.
      It was about as good as anything on Cartoon Network including that disturbing Chowder.
  • benow, on 07/24/2008, -0/+4Limony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events had excellent closing credits

    http://www.spike.com/video/2660622
  • bossywalker, on 07/24/2008, -0/+4300?
  • RogueMountie, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1Designing credits was one of my childhood dreams. That and astronaut.
  • Fu510n, on 07/24/2008, -0/+5What no "Lord of War?"

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=n4jMzKxYB74
  • SquareHipster, on 07/24/2008, -0/+5I know we've been flooded with the no *my favourite movie* comments but seriously.... Overlooking Saul Bass and anything he did, namely the "Psycho" or "Casino" opening credits is a huge oversight. This is the guy that DECIDED that title cards didn't have to be static anymore. We wouldn't have opening credits if it wasn't for Saul Bass and his graphic design.

    "My initial thoughts about what a title can do was to set mood and the prime underlying core of the film's story, to express the story in some metaphorical way. I saw the title as a way of conditioning the audience, so that when the film actually began, viewers would already have an emotional resonance with it." - Saul Bass
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Bass
  • retoriplastique, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1Buried as lame. There's a lot of other movies out there with much better credits. And, no love for the oldies?. I can't understand how a blog about graphic design can leave Saul Bass out of this list: http://www.notcoming.com/saulbass/index2.php
  • shkankin, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1Carnivale

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-Onb-FqR74
    • MysticSavage, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1Amen. The tarot card sequences are pure genius.
  • rkiga, on 07/24/2008, -0/+4i'm really amazed seven wasn't on that list http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEZK7mJoPLY

    also, as mentioned above, the end credits / DVD navigation artwork for lemony snicket's a series of unfortunate events are some of the best i've seen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUx8Jf8F7Ks

    as listed, i think "stranger than fiction" was surprisingly very good, and also worth the watch just to see the sporadic motion graphics they used throughout the movie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLPUmYiVgbw
  • tribble222, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1Jeeves & Wooster is great (...if you can ignore the interlaced video...) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB2KHaalQTs
  • vermax, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1the titles for Cronenberg's awesome eXistenZ are so simple, but really trippy
  • pwnies, on 07/24/2008, -0/+4Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.

    Very creepy/cool intro/exit sequences. Kind of has a dark "Little Big Planet" feel.
  • trpnblies7, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2The show Mad Men has a great title sequence.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcRr-Fb5xQo
  • egamipeaks, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1I like the simplicity of LOST
  • antdude, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1How about The Terminal movie's introduction with the letter flippings on the signs?
  • Seacor, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1Wow, no James Bond films on the list? That's pretty sad. Of course, it's just another blog site full of garbage. Not dugg.
  • mserebreny, on 07/24/2008, -1/+0House, Stargate, and Family Guy
  • floejoe, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1Casino Royale!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj2MBLsAVbY
  • twoifbysee, on 07/25/2008, -0/+0My personal favorite of late is the Juno Intro by Shadowplay...
    http://twoifbysee.blogspot.com/2008/01/jason-reitm ...
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