Movie Titles 2 Die 4: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011)

The David Fincher (of such films like "Seven") - has now directed ‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’ one of the most deliciously anticipated remakes (from the European version) in some time. Why I'm even bringing this to your attention is from the design elements made up in the title sequence. Incredible. The cover of Led Zeppelin‘s ‘Immigrant Song’ was ably revamped by none other than Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.

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Movie Titles 2 Die 4: Sherlock Holmes

"The sequence creative director Danny Yount, a self-taught Emmy-winning designer/director produced main titles for Six Feet Under and The Grid while at Digital Kitchen. He currently resides at Prologue Films and has created titles for Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Iron Man and RockNRolla." ~ The Art Of The Title

I think from a graphic design standpoint that I love the most is digital effects of traditional media. I LOVE the pencils and ink feel. The stop edits are perfect to transition to and the background tone of the parchment like paper is perfect to assign age and classical feel to the drawings. Lastly, I like the font usage as it feel very hand scripted but not elegant, a roughen style of text which sets a gritty masculine mood.

You thoughts? Send me your favorite trailer and tell me what you love about it.

Horror/Thriller Movies: The Key Ingredients To Fear

"Fear is primal, to really scare someone, you have to tap into those primal instincts that are hard coded into our psyche. It reminds us that we aren't in control of ourselves as much as we think we are." ~ Mike Monello (@mikemonello) Co-Founder & Executive Creative Director @campfirenyc

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Melts In Your Mind, Not On The Web

Enjoy this minimalist morsel. Thirty-five films in two minutes. Enjoy!

35mm from Pascal Monaco on Vimeo.

No Good Deed Ever Goes Unpunished

Having been on the all-star crew of advertising minds that put together Audi's "The Art of the Heist" it's interesting to see not only bigger stars and more money being thrown at a "story based campaign" but that it's also for the same car company! This month Audi unfolded a dreamy spy-like thriller trailer to launch their new A1 model, we'll have to wait and see just where they take us next. Stay tuned...

Exploding Noir At 2,000 Frames Per Second

“The idea for Nuit Blanche came from the notion of having a special moment with a total stranger, which happens to everyone, especially in a large metropolitan city. It lasts for a split second, then things get awkward, so we turn away. I wanted to take that moment of attraction and stretch it in a hyper‐real fantasy where things unfold like slow-moving photographs.”

The making of:

Directed by:

Arev Manoukian

Technical Specifications:

Cameras:
DVCPRO HD camera for the 24 frames-per-second live-action shots; high-speed Photron APX for slow-motion sequences filmed at up to 2,000 frames per second.

Effects:
“For 3-D we used Maya and mental ray, 3ds Max and V-Ray,” Manoukian says. “For compositing, we used After Effects. The matte paintings were done in Photoshop and mapped in 3-D.”

Editing:
Adobe Premiere

Computer:
First-generation dual‐core Athlon running Windows XP.

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While this is not the first time I've seen this effect. I saw something greatly similar (as well as the car compression effect) in the movie Constantine. See the following clip and run up to about three minutes in and you'll see what I mean. While most of the film was a bit of a turd this culmination of visuals and effects was pretty phenomenal for 2005. Not taking anything away from Nuit Blanche which in my humble opinion is beautiful as a short film and is highly impactful.