The opening title sequence for the movie Catch Me If You Can, designed by Olivier Kuntzel and Florence Deygas, establishes the era, style and tone of the movie’s narrative by its eye catching use of retro inspired graphics and a finger snapping jazz theme tune. I chose this title sequence to illustrate my answer to the above question because while it embodied the basic narrative of the film – the ongoing cat and mouse chase between the conman (Frank Abagnale Jr) and the FBI agent (Carl Hanratty) – the titles designers also interpreted different themes and applied them to the titles in a way that isn’t apparent until after the film has finished. I intend to approach this paper by looking at how the sequence manages to evoke a feeling of …show more content…
Magazines
Entertainment Weekly (24 Jan 2003)
Contains several quotes from producer Walter Parkes on the titles.
Internet
http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=96033 (accessed 03/03/2008)
Provides a description of Nexus Productions and their input into the titles.
www.geocities.com/FilmDweeb/archives/catchme/page.html (accessed 28/02/2008)
Info on sixties titles, John Williams score, Spielberg’s influence on titles and design style.
http://www.senseofcinema.com/contents/03/26/retro_titles.html (access 28/02/2008)
Analysis of the narrative and inspiration from 60’s film titles.
http://www.moviemaker.com/ editing/article/using_movie_title_sequences_effectively_20071227/ (accessed 03/03/2008)
Info on Saul Bass’ approach to titles.
http://www.oneplusoneequalsthree.com/2004/06/the_cinematic_r.html (accessed 03/03/2008)
http://www.feedmelinks.com/t/203165 (accessed 04/03/2008)
Saul Bass quotes on titles.
http://digitalcontentproducer.com/mag/video_titles_throughout_time/ (accessed 02/03/2008)
Brief history of titles.
http://www.playafter.com/blog/index.php?paged=4 (accessed 10/03/2008)
Making of the titles, inspiration.
www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/ arts/2004/07/17/bfbass17.xml (accessed 02/03/2008)
Bass’ titles bio .
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Bass (accessed
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