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Watched this movie over previous weekend and the title sequence left a big impression on me. I have been hunting for this sequence online to share with you all. At last here it is…

It’s a lo-fi animation sequence in which the teen of the title strolls pensively through her neighbourhood, chug-a-lugging a jug of SunnyD in preparation for a pregnancy test. With cut-out Xerox images of Ellen Page, hand-drawn typography and a whimsical tune by kids’ balladeer Barry Louis Polisar on the soundtrack, it immediately tells us this is going to be a sweet, funny-sad film with an indie spirit.

And, of course, it is.

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Lord of War starring Nicolas Cage features an incredible title sequence that of a journey of a bullet from the arms factory to the guerilla rebels in Africa. An interesting study in live and CG compositing and HDRI reflection.

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Saul Bass (May 8, 1920 – April 25, 1996) was a graphic designer and Academy Award-winning filmmaker, but he is best known for his design on animated motion picture title sequences, which is thought of as the best such work ever seen.

During his 40-year career he worked for some of Hollywood’s greatest filmmakers, including most notably Alfred Hitchcock, Otto Preminger, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese.

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No, no, this post is not about the new Martin Scorsese movie based on the Hong Kong flick Infernal Affairs (starring Tony Leung, who earlier acted in those fabulous Wang Kar Wai flicks like Chungking Express, 2045 and all).

“All the animals come out at night – whores, skunk pussies, buggers, queens, fairies, dopers, junkies, sick, venal. Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets.” says Travis Bickle played by Robert DeNiro in Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver (1976).

Its easy to draw parallels in this sentence with characters that inhabit Frank Miller’s Sin City.

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