The stop-motion sorcerers at Screen Novelties recently took a trip to Bikini Bottom to honor a TV animation legend. By way of DUCK Studios, Mark Caballero, Chris Finnegan and Seamus Walsh directed and produced this :45 second opening sequence for Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants 10th anniversary special. I’m pretty sure that Cee-Lo Green from Gnarls Barkley is providing the vocals here.
HBO’s new live-action series Bored To Death, which is based on Executive Producer Jonathan Ames’ book of the same name, is enjoying excellent critical reception. The title sequence, which I believe was produced by Curious Pictures, is also something worth checking out. The 1-minute piece is composed of words from Ames’ original story, and it uses artwork from comic artist Dean Haspiel, who also is the basis for the character Ray Hueston, played by Zack Galifianakis.
Justin Harder and Pierre Nobile recently created this title sequence for Fuel TV’s weekly show New Pollution (Sunday nights at 8:30pm et/pt). As you can see below, four monsters representing snow, street, off-road and water sports have been selected to lead the promotional efforts for the series. If you watch the network, you’ve probably also seen the on-air promotions featuring the walk-around suits. Solid work, Fuel TV!
Like many, I think the ideal length for online entertainment is 2 minutes, so consider this new main title sequence for The Simpsons a web short. After all, it’s 2-minutes long (and we’re assuming future titles will be far shorter) and full of new visual gags while harkening back to the original sequence that carried us for 20 wonderful seasons.
You can watch full HD episodes of The Simpsons at fox.com.
Finnish studio Anima Boutique recently produced the animated titles for a new feature film. Kummeli: Alivuokralainen features one of Finland’s top sketch comedy troupes, Kummeli, and along with Solar Films, the comedians teamed up with director Anttu Harlin at Anima Boutique to bring the sequence to life. Joonas Utti and Heli Ellis added their skills to the animation effort, which was produced in Photoshop, TV Paint and After Effects. Here’s the result below:
Also, here’s some short clips of development material that didn’t make ito the final version.
