Catch Me if You Can

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Title sequence: designed by Oliver Kuntzel and Florence Deygas, 2002

I love everything about this title sequence. The film is based on the true story of Frank Abagnale in time period of the sixties. It catches the color and the styles of that era perfectly. I found it interesting the the images of the people were created with hand-carved stamps and then animated on paper by hand. These images were then beautifully paired with computer-generated writing and backgrounds. The type is integrated into the background and is always grounded to the top and bottom of the frame. Also, the sequence never stands still. In reference to the title, there is constant motion with people moving and lines drawing. Finally, the soundtrack by John Williams is the cherry on top. It brings forth notions of movement, mystery, and sounds of the sixties.

For more info about the making of this sequence, follow this link: art of the title

Immersive Garden

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Source: 2011 Webby Awards Nominee

This is the website for Dilshan Arukatti, an art director based in Paris who specializes in interactive and motion designs. His website is quite beautiful to look at and within it, he has a demo reel of his work. I liked how each page in his website grabs your attention with an evolving image, followed by a quote, and lastly the information pertinent to that page. It's interesting how the designer used a very small text size but it seems to compliment the design so well that you find yourself wanting to lean in to read it. His website shows off his skills thereby making it unnecessary to use a lot of text. He summarized his skills in two sentences. In this case, the old saying "a picture is worth a thousand words" describes this designer perfectly.

Rebirth of Gaea - Flowing Meditation

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Source: motionographer.com

This is a personal project by Jesse Michael Newman created as a gift for his wife and kids. It is amazing! Completely created in Aftereffects, it shows the endless possibilities one can achieve with this application. The video seems long, but please keep watching. Incorporated within the video is a breakdown of the layers and examples of how they were manipulated. It is fascinating to watch how many images he used to cut and paste into his tapestry. The finished project is actually a print, but he prefers to create in Aftereffects. After watching this, I can understand why.