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The finalists for the 2021 SXSW Excellence in Title Design Awards have been announced!

See all of the finalist title sequences on Art of the Title: https://www.artofthetitle.com/news/sxsw-2021-film-awards-title-design-finalists/ Winners of the 2021 SXSW Film Festival Jury Awards will be announced on Friday, March 19, and the Audience Awards will be announce on Monday, March 22.

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In the sharply funny opening to WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? (1957) director Frank Tashlin delivers a joke every ten seconds. 

From Mad Men to Wayne’s World, learn how this comedy influenced TV, film and beyond with writer Justine Smith on Art of the Title: https://www.artofthetitle.com/title/will-success-spoil-rock-hunter/

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NEW: The Top 10 Title Sequences of 2020!

It’s the year’s very best title design as chosen by Art of the Title’s panel of experts! This year, everything changed. So we did, too. We pulled in new voices and expanded the team that calls the shots for the Top 10. Check out our new panel of design experts and the choices for best title design work of the year!

See it all on Art of the Title: https://www.artofthetitle.com/feature/top-10-title-sequences-of-2020/

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New!  Have you ever seen titles made using the coding language Processing? Dive into the mesmerizing end titles to The Queen’s Gambit 👑

We chat with title designer Saskia Marka (Babylon Berlin, Deutschland 83) and physicist-turned-animator Dave Whyte about their work for the hit Netflix show. The sequence is a moment of triumph and a celebration of play — right when we need it most. ♟ Learn more on Art of the Title: https://www.artofthetitle.com/title/the-queens-gambit/

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New! We take a look at all five of the FINAL DESTINATION film title sequences! Writer Alison Lang dives deep into each film’s opening sequence, providing a taste of the carnage to come and examining the clues and Easter eggs about death’s design.

Read all about it on Art of the Title: https://www.artofthetitle.com/feature/final-destination-the-title-sequences/

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NEW! See how director Jonathan Demme primes viewers for a dark odyssey in the opening to THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991) — with insight from writer Willow Catelyn Maclay Titles designed by: Tibor Kalman and studio M&Co

Watch the opening title sequence on Art of the Title: https://www.artofthetitle.com/title/the-silence-of-the-lambs/

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NEW! Give yourself over to absolute pleasure with the iconic titles of THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975). Writer and critic Justine Smith dives into the unforgettable opening to Richard O’Brien and Jim Sharman’s time warping, gender-bending cult classic!

Read all about it on Art of the Title: https://www.artofthetitle.com/title/the-rocky-horror-picture-show/

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NEW! Using Procreate? For big-budget Hollywood film titles? Hell yeah! We talk BIRDS OF PREY with Michael Riley of studio Shine and VFX Artist Penelope Nederlander

Watch it on Art of the Title: https://www.artofthetitle.com/title/birds-of-prey/

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NEW!  Learn about UNCUT GEMS' cosmic opening titles in our chat with director Josh Safdie — plus insight from visual effects supervisor Eran Dinur (Brainstorm Digital), title design veteran Randy Balsmeyer, and designer Hassan Rahim!

Watch it on Art of the Title: https://www.artofthetitle.com/title/uncut-gems/

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NEW! The 2020 Emmy nominations for title design have been announced! Check out all seven — yes, seven! — of the title sequences up for an Emmy on Art of the Title. Who’s taking home the golden statuette? 2020 Emmy Nominations for Outstanding Main Title Design https://www.artofthetitle.com/news/2020-emmy-nominations-for-main-title-design/

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It's all moves and countermoves in the chess-based opening to HUNTERS, by creative director Jeff Han and studio Elastic. 

Watch the full sequence and check out the design team’s early pitches, initial renders, shot maps, and more on Art of the Title: artofthetitle.com/title/hunters/

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The winners of the 2020 SXSW Excellence in Title Design Awards have been announced!

See the winning title sequences and all the finalists on Art of the Title

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Do you know who designed the main titles to Law & Order? How about Arrested Development? Check out 10 WOMEN OF TITLE DESIGN — PART SIX, our annual list of 10 designers you should absolutely know about! This year, the list includes creative directors, motion designers, lettering artists, animators, and 3D artists. Join us as we celebrate the often unsung women in this great field. http://www.artofthetitle.com/feature/10-women-of-title-design-part-six/

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New! Learn more about a title design luminary in NINA SAXON: A CAREER RETROSPECTIVE, Part 2! 

Saxon is the creator of the iconic title logos of Back to the Future, Romancing the Stone, The Fugitive, and hundreds more. In Part 2, we dive into her true heyday, the 1990s and 2000s, and her work for Forrest Gump, Airheads, Glengarry Glen Ross, Outbreak, The Craft, and so much more. 

Read the feature and watch a supercut of Saxon’s work on Art of the Title: https://www.artofthetitle.com/feature/nina-saxon-a-career-retrospective-part-2/

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NEW: The Top 10 Title Sequences of 2019!

It's the year's very best title design as chosen by Art of the Title's panel of experts. We watched over 200 sequences from film, TV, video games, and conferences to bring you the cream of the crop!

See the full list here: https://www.artofthetitle.com/feature/top-10-title-sequences-of-2019/

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New! Learn about the dazzling opening to Melancholia (2011), a gorgeous overture for the end of the world. Writer Alex West breaks down the references to art, religion, and the Hollywood disaster film in this new feature article.

Watch the full sequence on Art of the Title: https://www.artofthetitle.com/title/melancholia/

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NEW! Dive into the stunning opening for Semi-Permanent Sydney 2019, where Truth is savior and shadow, creator and cannibal... From Creative Directors Hazel Baird and Heidi Berg and studio Elastic (Game of Thrones, True Detective, Westworld).

Watch the full sequence on Art of the Title:  https://www.artofthetitle.com/title/semi-permanent-sydney-2019/