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Phonotrope Title Sequence From Holy Flying Circus

Aaron — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:55:26 +0000

The BBC just aired a biopic titled Holy Flying Circus, which takes us back to 1979 when Monty Python was making their controversial, religious satire, Monty Python’s Life of Brian. You can see a clip or two from the hour and half film on YouTube, but below is the behind-the-scenes assembly from the Nexus-produced title sequence. BAFTA award winning Animation Director Jim Le Fevre illustrates the extremely complicated process of building his largest Phonotrope creation to date. Around the 2:15 mark you will see the entire title sequence, even a part that was cut from the final production. It’s a real tribute to Terry Gilliam, the American-born member of the troupe, who created all of the animated elements in the vast Monty Python library. More background on the effort on Le Fevre’s blog.

Jonny Quest Title Sequence Remake

Aaron — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:58:05 +0000

Roger D. Evans, who runs fansite jonnyquest.tv, recently released a lovingly-created, shot-for-shot remake of the Jonny Quest title sequence, produced in stop-motion.

Segaud Hatches Le Pigeon Title Sequence

Aaron — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:31:05 +0000

Romain Segaud created this snappy title sequence for the french feature Le Pigeon, which was released last month.

Screen Novelties Celebrates SpongeBob’s 10th Anniversary

Aaron — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:59:29 +0000

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.

Animated Bored To Death Title Sequence

Aaron — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:04:14 +0000

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.

Harder Opens New Pollution For Fuel TV

Aaron — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:39:28 +0000

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!

The Simpsons Gets a New Title

Aaron — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:13:28 +0000

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.

Anima Boutique Finnish Feature Titles

Aaron — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:01:52 +0000

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.