Mediabistro's design blog, Unbeige, has a two-part compilation of 25 great typographic title sequences. Enjoy!
Mediabistro's design blog, Unbeige, has a two-part compilation of 25 great typographic title sequences. Enjoy!
Have a look at this one too: marvellous typographic rendering of a dialogue from Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. It's already been posted at least 4 times on YouTube.
The word "typographic" must be used verrrryyyy loosely here... but some great stuff. I just watched Dr. Strangelove last week again and noticed the way cool typography there.
I also love Thank You for Smoking: http://www.shadowplaystudio.com/smoking.html
Recall cool type based credits for Cronenberg's Crash http://www.cronenbergcrash.com/Scenes/Credits/credits.html
Dead Ringers but can't find it on the web.
The Untouchables - shadows cast by huge letters - can't find it either
the remake of Cape Fear http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MoOz7D4Z94
and one of my true favorites (hee hee) is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwgj4Wzsffw
Before I view the 25 Sequences, even if some out there hate it, you have to give kudos to "7even" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOTG3VgOqpg
Oh and here's another little sequence, hardly about typography, more like The Origins of Reader-Friendly Book Design. A great favourite with palaeographers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQHX-SjgQvQ&mode=related&search
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