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How We Did It: SNL Title Sequence

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Re: How We Did It: SNL Title Sequence

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Post by jcl »

npinguy wrote: post #23

Is it just me or is stuff like this way harder to appreciate these days (with the ubiquity of CGI), unless you work in the industry, or see a behind-the-scenes look like this? This is simply incredible, and yet I don't normally pay the title sequence any attention at all...

A personal favorite: the motion graphics in this "making-of" video for a 1983 HBO intro:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqzihgR_-SI#t=309

This is the pre-Tron era, where the easiest way to get a picture of a chrome logo is to build one out of brass. The starburst and light ribbon effects later in the video are similarly brilliant examples of pre-CG CG.

Re: How We Did It: SNL Title Sequence

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Post by pluma »

joezydeco wrote: post #27
npinguy wrote: post #23

Is it just me or is stuff like this way harder to appreciate these days (with the ubiquity of CGI), unless you work in the industry, or see a behind-the-scenes look like this? This is simply incredible, and yet I don't normally pay the title sequence any attention at all...

How many shows have opening credits this long anymore? You have some shows, like The Good Wife , that use a five-second title card. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rOhzdWZS7E Some have more elaborate titles, but still only go 15 seconds (e.g. The Mindy Project ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HarfyFwRfhA Compare with an 80's show like Dallas , where the credits went a whole 1:10! That's like lost real estate for tw…

True Blood is something like 1:30

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjooosDIFgQ

Dexter is even longer with ~1:47

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIqBQWB7IUM

Re: How We Did It: SNL Title Sequence

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Post by jstclair »

ejdyksen wrote: post #20

If you think this is interesting, there's an entire site dedicated to title sequences in film and television: http://www.artofthetitle.com/titles/

Awesome! Gonna spend a weekend on this.

And an easy way to share my personal all-time favorite title sequence, Delicatessen:

http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/delicatessen/

Re: How We Did It: SNL Title Sequence

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Post by joezydeco »

woobar wrote: post #30
joezydeco wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How many shows have opening credits this long anymore? You have some shows, like The Good Wife , that use a five-second title card. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rOhzdWZS7E Some have more elaborate titles, but still only go 15 seconds (e.g. The Mindy Project ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HarfyFwRfhA Compare with an 80's show like Dallas , where the credits went a whole 1:10! That's like lost real estate for tw…

Cable shows still have long title sequences. For instance, most of HBO shows.

Which confirms why broadcast shows scrapped longer titles in favor of cramming in another commercial or two, I suppose.

Re: How We Did It: SNL Title Sequence

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Post by EvanAnderson »

jcl wrote: post #41
npinguy wrote: post #23

Is it just me or is stuff like this way harder to appreciate these days (with the ubiquity of CGI), unless you work in the industry, or see a behind-the-scenes look like this? This is simply incredible, and yet I don't normally pay the title sequence any attention at all...

A personal favorite: the motion graphics in this "making-of" video for a 1983 HBO intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqzihgR_-SI#t=309 This is the pre-Tron era, where the easiest way to get a picture of a chrome logo is to build one out of brass. The starburst and light ribbon effects later in the video are similarly brilliant examples of pre-CG CG.

Thanks for sharing that! That really brings back some memories.

Re: How We Did It: SNL Title Sequence

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Post by jarnix »

Wow that's incredible how they combine so many techniques. The use of lenses is really innovative, I mean, people would think it's made only with special effects and it's 3D printed or done entirely manually ! Congrats.

Re: How We Did It: SNL Title Sequence

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Post by Fuzzwah »

jstclair wrote: post #43
ejdyksen wrote: post #20

If you think this is interesting, there's an entire site dedicated to title sequences in film and television: http://www.artofthetitle.com/titles/

Awesome! Gonna spend a weekend on this. And an easy way to share my personal all-time favorite title sequence, Delicatessen: http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/delicatessen/

I have to link to North by Northwest. Just incredible when you consider it was done in 1959.

http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/north-by-northwest/

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