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Thesis on film titles
Posted by lisa maria matilda in
2 Feb 2010 — 2:20pm
2 Feb 2010 — 2:20pm
Hi,
I am a graphic design student and have just started writing a thesis for my Bachelor Degree, about film title design and its relationship to film, and about the effects of the title design on the audience and their perception of a film. I was just wondering if anyone hade any tips on authors or books on this subject? Or maybe you have any other suggestions as to where I might find valuable information?
Thanks,
Lisa
ps. hope I have posted this in the right place - I'm new here, so sorry if not.
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2 Feb 2010 — 3:12pm
You could start here:
http://www.typotheque.com/site/article.php?id=48
2 Feb 2010 — 4:40pm
Have you come across both The Art of the Title and Forget the Film, Watch the Titles?
2 Feb 2010 — 4:48pm
I was about to say The Art of the Title but auricfuzz already mention it...
I also recomend Saul Bass on Titles: Documentary . The site as also lots of info about titles...
António
2 Feb 2010 — 4:55pm
...and also:
A History of Movie Posters
The Art of the Poster
30 amazing vintage movie posters
Quick Cuts, Coarse Letters, Multiple Screens, this last one very interesting about film title design and its relationship to film.
António
2 Feb 2010 — 5:06pm
...and finaly
Film and television title designers wiki.
António
3 Feb 2010 — 1:12am
Yves Peters writes quite frequently about film graphics, poster and title sequences on the fontfeed.com
3 Feb 2010 — 10:51am
Thanks a lot everyone! I have visited some of the sites mentioned, but some are completely new to me (there seems to be many interesting articles on typotheque.com for example. And I didn't know about the Saul Bass documentary, I have to check that out). Thanks again, and if you happen to come up with any more tips and advices I would gladly take them.
Lisa
4 Feb 2010 — 10:39am
The FontFeed blog (by FontShop) has a weekly roundup called ScreenFonts, disecting the typography and overall design of posters of newly released movies:
http://fontfeed.com/archives/tag/movie-posters/