Contextual Studies - Film Titles Essay

My essay is on Film Titles.

I enjoyed researching this brief; I have always liked film titles, but never really knew that much about them in context. I am also increasingly interested in film and moving images in general.

The brief was to select five consecutive decades, compare and contrast the pieces, show development and explain why they were chosen. I began in the 1950's where film titles began to get interesting with Saul Bass's titles for 'The Man With The Golden Arm', moved into the 60's with Stephen Frankfurt's titles for 'To Kill a Mockingbird', and Richard Greenberg (R/GA)'s 3D CGI titles for Superman for the 70's. The 1980's were less clear, and to reflect changing times in films I chose 'Bladerunner', a collaboration between Ridley Scott and his team and Intralink Film and Graphic Design. I chose to wrap up the essay and link all the elements by covering Kyle Cooper's title sequence for 'Seven'.

The essay is available to download here