Title Design: The Making of Movie Titles 

It's amazing how much work goes into something that you barely notice

Great to see the man responsible for the Star Wars title design. He achieved immortality.

this is awesome. i could easily watch a full length documentary on this guy

I'm loving these little mini documentaries on different film roles! so many overlooked positions filled with such dedication and art!

I always loved watching titles and credits (and it breaks my heart when people ignore both of them) and yet I somehow failed to notice that some of my personal favorite title sequences were designed by this legend of a man. What is great is that it seems that Dan Perri always designs titles and credits regardless of a current status of a filmmaker, doing both "genre" and "big" movies - he designed marvelous main title sequence for a lesser-known independent film "Curdled", for example. One of the best title designers ever.

He came to our University to do a talk and omg he's so lovely! I love that he's confident in everything he does because he knows that he offers what he believes fits each movie the best. He takes the traits of a movie and translates that to every title sequence he makes. They're all so different, it's amazing!!!

So why don't the Oscars hand out awards for title design?

I never even thought that something so small in a film could make such a huge difference, this dude is extremely talented.

I really hope this guy is paid a good amount for his stunning design work. He deserves it.

Thank you for all the kind words about my work! If you'd like to learn more about my work on Star Wars, Raging Bull, The Exorcist or the other films I've worked on, I'm currently raising money to publish a book about my life and career: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XnT2FrmYRq0.html

Whoah never saw that version of star wars logo, awesome!

It's so beautiful how people find their passions, different people and different personalities work together to find and explore what they love to create something even more beautiful -if that's even possible. One of the many amazing things about life, I believe

I am coming to the end of my Foundation year doing film at Falmouth University Cornwall England and yesterday myself and many students had the privilege of Dan Perri talking to us in person about his work. Dan gave many great insights into how he works and advice for all the students, I asked Dam about the work he did on Field Of Dreams.

I have spent the WHOLE of the Covid lockdown filming a miniature mechanical knight chasing a clockwork mouse. I was starting to thing how absurd this self-inflicted challenge/torture now looks on my calendar, a summer spent in the dark, watching the whole summer pass from the mere shadows under the studio door, but this reassured me that sometimes, things just take as long as they take... especially as in my case, in February when I started... I had ABSOLUTELY no idea where to start! BRAVO and Thank you for the reassurance. 🏆

Fantastic. I always check for the title design, though in film school, it never came up as a topic. When it's done well, title design is like an "on ramp" to the experience, and just as memorable as parts of the movie. Kudos Dan Perri!

I'm so convinced that the movie industry is my passion

Very interesting. I too wish there was more documentaries out there to shed more light on it. My brother is a sign painter and I can pick out his work almost 100% of the time.

I've created a playlist featuring Dan Perri's best known title sequences: Taxi Driver (1976), All the President's Men (1976), Star Wars (1977), Raging Bull (1980), Airplane! (1980) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rmjjk4_kl3c.html&index=1 A visual timeline of his career: bit.ly/PerriTitles

This is why Graphics Matters. Wow so well explained.

I had the pleasure of meeting Dan Perri a few months ago, such an inspiration to aspiring filmmakers :)

Prometheus is one of my favourite title openings of all time, deserved a Title Design award.

This whole channel is like a Digital Dictionary, for a Media Student, who is studying Art, who the Film Industry creates for their audience!

Interesting. I've noticed there's art in titles and wondered about it. Why this way or that way, why here on the screen and not there, why that font or how they transition. How they reflect the mood or theme of the movie. I knew someone sat around and designed it, but I didn't know it was a specialy. You wouldn't use the title sequence to a Sergio Leone spaghetti western to introduce "2001." And the sequence to "Alien" is a puzzle, the one to "The Thing" (Carpenter's) is also a puzzle but just cataclysmic. All of them setting a mood. On a different note, I remember seeing a documentary just about the font "Helvetica." It's probably around, how it revolutionized public signage and the like. An hour-long treatment of one font! And we never noticed it. Cool stuff.

Thank you, for making the star wars opening titles! :D

Wonderful insight into Dan's process and ongoing career - what an amazing talent. Thanks for sharing.

Very cool! Film is such a beautiful and complicated process!

I've seen his name on films for decades. It's weird to see and hear him in the flesh for the first time!

I am also learning how to become a title designer. I was also fascinated by a documentary on the late, great Saul Bass. I have a few titles already made. I am also a screenwriter/would-be filmmaker and I have a few titles already made on the screenplays I have already written. This is an excellent video!

I'd like to get his opinion on the trend of shifting all the credits - even the title - to the end of the film. Do some filmmakers feel the credits are cluttering up or interfering with the cinematography? (Just a little pet peeve of mine. I'd like to see at least the film title at the beginning, or have it be the first thing I see after the movie's over. I'm sure he would, too, since sometimes half the theatregoers have already left by the time the title shows up on the screen.)

Dan Perri ...great legend!

Awesome!! I love the alternate star wars design.

What a tranquil video, loved it. Graceful man.

What a voice, too

I love his cool and amazing design signtitles. To the moviemaking.

This guy need a full documentary made on him .

2 to 3 Months, Wow, I under appreciated titles big time.

The title is a bit misleading. It’s not a making-of but more like a portrait of Mr. Perri. I expected an insight into using optical banks and superimposing titles on celluloid film. But it’s well done still.

Very interesting...would love to learn even more about the subject!

i love big tittles, you know, right in your face... but sometimes i prefer smaller tittles

Shoot, I wanted to hear more. Worst part was when it finished.

Very cool and insightful

How about giving him a challenge, try to make an awesome title by using comic sans.

Excelente. Thank you from Brazil.

Wonderful work 👍

0:21 I bet it was fun making that particular title card.

I have create a 007 fan Design. And loved this in fiöms

🎬🎬🎬🎬🎥🎥🎥 How do film titles are design who can I communicate with? Where to start , & how to design film titles I need to know , & where's the place to do it

I agree with his notion that having one style as a designer is not the one and only way to do it. Especially for the kind of job he does and the age we live in, people get bored of the same stuff fast.

Sir,your work is awesome! Thank you for sharing your experiences and thoughts with us.😃

Master Craftsmen

His workis amazing. I won't say he's talented because that wouldn't do justice to how hard he has been working. It's practice. Btw just imagine how much those star wars drafts are worth lol

Unsung hero

Such inspiration!

3:16 anyone felt the music as *Isolated System - Muse* ?

good content, thank you

This is awesome.

Really interesting interview 👏🏾

Really cool!

Very insightful

goals

I love this! I'm an aspiring filmmaker and would love to have my personal title designer! Don't have the funds for it tho :[

"Terry Mallick"

Greatest ever!!

cool stuff.. interesting

wow just wow

Genius

you're so amazing

That was an excellent video

wow Iconic

Great stuff and what was the longest title for a movie is their a rule ?

Legend

They spend 2 seconds on alternate title cards for star wars?!? I could watch 20 minutes about them alone GO BACK AND INTERVIEW THIS GUY AND GET ALL THE EXAMPLES.

This applies to Steam Greenlight. If the image, which often has the title in it look good it probably is a well made game. This is how I found Scorn for example. I would never have pressed it if it looked ugly or dumb like most things do there.

DAMN, WISH HE WAS MY GRANDPA

Woo, lefty!

music on 0:02 ???

Whats the soundtrack at 0:21?

"MY FAULT" I hope soon their will be a movie the title is. "MY FAULT" the story of SINS

More like *Typography*

This is all well and good but I want talk to the guy who had to put that much effort into the title design of Freddy Got Fingered. LULS

wrg

So sad he designed so many iconic movie titles and he es *struggling* tu publish his book 🙄

I’m sorry, but I saw street artists do better than this man .