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Juno title sequence

Posted: February 29, 2008 | maxdiamond

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.


Lord of War title sequence

Posted: June 27, 2007 | maxdiamond

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.

L’E.S.T. visual effects supervisor Yann Blondel talks about the digital techniques he employed for key sequences in Lord of War opening ‘bullet factory’ titles



of Movies, Comics and Passion

Posted: July 6, 2006 | maxdiamond

Savage, noir, medieval-style survival stories involving evil villains, ruthless goons, not-so-bad good guys, corrupt cops, deadly dames and so on. Frank Miller’s interpretation of style is so updated and savage that the viewer almost fails to recognise the parody or parallels to the noir cinematic vision.

Robert Rodriguez’ cinematic transformation of Frank Miller’s comic series (ee, graphic novels, as fans of this genre love to call them) stays true to the original storyline, storyboard and noir style.