Design Jones

I recently went to see ‘Up In The Air’ with Michelle, we loved it! I’ve always had an interest in movie credit sequences and this one really caught my attention. Grain Edit have posted an article about their creation HERE and you can watch a short featurette and listen to the team involved over at the Apple site HERE. “The title sequence is an opportunity to get the audience in the right frame of mind before the movie even gets started” – very true and perfectly executed in the case of ‘Up In The Air’.

Seriously loving the work of student, Matthew Lyons currently studying illustration and animation at Loughborough University. Amazing colour palettes, lighting and cinematic feel. You can check his website HERE.

(via Grain Edit)

Lucasfilm seem to be the lastest in a line of classic covers or posters being re-imagined or simplified in a retro way. I quite like these Indiana Jones ones as they seem to capture the spirit and key events of the movies whereas the starwars one seems like a pale imitation of Saul Bass’ classic works. They are available to buy as limited edition prints HERE.

Thinaire is currently my favourite font! Mainly due to it being used on so many independant movie posters and that kind of thing. Only down side is that it’s a hand-set font so each character has to be laid out by hand! I’m all for old school but this might a bit much even for me. Available HERE from You Work For Them.

I look forward to the ‘Art of…’ books from each new Pixar release almost as much and the film itself.  Former Pixar production designer Lou Romano has recently posted a huge selection of his work on Pixar’s newest film, “Up”. You can check it out HERE although be warned it may contain some spoilers.

(Via Drawn!)

As the great Ferris Beuller once said “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and take a look around once in a while, you might miss it”.

Such a great film, one of the funniest scenes feature this great modernist house which is currently for sale! I would love this house, great location too! If you do put in a offer though make sure they repaired that window properly, a speeding Ferrari can do a lot of damage (you can view the clip HERE).

Oh by the way, the house is up for £2.3 million!

Back To The Future Part 2 may well be one of my wifes favourite films. Personally, I love it for the hoverboard, flying delorean and of course the futuristic shoes he has to wear. I remember signing a petition to Nike a long time ago for the to make these for real and whilst it seems that will never happen, these new Nike Hypermax (HERE) shoes are close enough for me, I wonder if they come with power laces?

Love these movie posters that have been re-imagined by Olly Moss. (via Creatica)

The other night we watched ‘Kung Fu Panda’ on Blu Ray. Having missed out on seeing it at the cinema I was really blown away by how good the film was but even more enjoyable were the film opening and closing credit sequences! For a long time it’s been a dream of mine to one day create movie title sequences and as a lover of annimation I’ve been pleasantly suprised by the resurgence of 2D annimation within this field. Ratatooille, Enchanted, Catch Me if You Can, The Incredibles have all used this medium as it allows for more surrealism and dynamic storytelling than say live action or 3D annimation where the goal is always more and more photo realism. The opening dream sequence to Kung Fu Panda is a really good example of hand drawn annimation, created by a small team of 12 people led by James Baxter. You can view it here and find out more about how it was done.