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October 8, 2010 2:04 PM

The Art Of Film Title Design Throughout Cinema History
posted by Skot (6 comments total)

Nice find. I've always loved interesting title sequences. It was particularly nice that they hit a lot of highlights but also went with title cards from less obvious/well-known movies like The Adventures of Prince Achmed (which I saw a few months ago and was entranced by).
posted by immlass at 3:08 PM on October 8, 2010

See also the Movie Titles Stills Collection. (Oh and "Intolerance" isn't the greatest silent movie. It was F.W. Murnau's "Sunrise". Hands down. Title card here.
posted by Faze at 3:17 PM on October 8, 2010

The first title sequence I ever really noticed (and still my favorite) was 101 Dalmatians (the animated version, obviously).
posted by bettafish at 3:19 PM on October 8, 2010

that's funny, I just caught the opening of Alien last night on TCM. hadn't seen it in a while and was thinking how badass the title sequence was. now I know who created it.

thanks for posting this.
posted by wundermint at 3:25 PM on October 8, 2010

If you like this, you should check out Art of the Title, a blog dedicated to film and television title sequences.
posted by jeffkramer at 4:24 PM on October 8, 2010 [2 favorites]

Excellent resource! Thank you for posting.
posted by kthanksbai at 5:52 AM on October 9, 2010