The Styles of Motion

At the start of the film industry, a film’s credits at the beginning were the first thing to catch the audience's attention and form the universe/aesthetics of that universe. The evolution of title sequences began in the 50s and has not stopped since.

During the time in the film industry before the “talkies” first premiered, title sequences consisted of still text on cards that were filmed. Alfred Hitchcock and Otto Preminger’s title sequences were made by the industry’s best film title creator of the time, which was the 1950s.

Many techniques were born out of Pablo Ferro, such as hand-drawn animation, split-screen montage, and hand-drawn typography, which eventually inspired MTV’s title style. Title sequences, in general, have evolved over the last century or so to include a vast array of styles and visuals to make their own special by a creator.

Fast-moving shapes and scrambled words were becoming popular through movies such as The Pink Panther and the James Bond movies over the years. In later years, creators took advantage of the technology available on the market and created masterpieces that are still famous to this day and considered historical landmarks in the industry.

These well-known creators and sequences helped others in the field realize their intentions, inspired them, allowed them to create their versions and structures and developed them into their arcs and universes for them to play with and build off of.