According to Watch the Titles about page, "Forget the Film, Watch the Titles! is a project dedicated to the art of title design and its creators. Launched in 2006, the recently renewed website features a growing collection of over 200 title sequences and behind-the-scenes content, offering a unique glimpse into the people, ideas and processes behind their creation." Watch the Titles is large website consisting of numerous blockbuster, television, and movie opening sequences. Some examples of the films that can be found include Rango, Ricochet, Terminator, Godzilla, and Rudolph.
The site also offers insight on the people, the processes, and the results of some opening sequence. A main source of the information given can be obtained through the interviews provided. For instance, on the sites homepage they have interviews with Kyle Cooper, Daniel Kleinman, Laurent Brett, Man vs Machine, Michael Riley, and Danny Yount. In part one of the interview with Kyle Cooper, "the acclaimed title designer, art director, and filmmaker" discussed composition, his fondness of handmade things, and the titles he contributed to. The main titles he mentioned are Darkness Falls, Se7en and Spiderman 2. In part two of the interview with Kyle Cooper, he analyzes and discusses "integrated typography." He also mentions another 3 "classic titles" that he contributed to including The Dead Zone, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Walk on the Wild Side. Overall, Kyle Cooper is a highly reputable and experienced in the film industry, and is credited with "single-handedly" re-energizing the art of the title screen.
Overall, the site Watch the Titles has been very useful in constructing an idea of what makes the titles a form of art. This can be seen from the series of examples provided and the interviews of the main figures in title design. I believe this site will be very useful in constructing my Final Task.
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