Watch Part 1 here

In part two, the acclaimed title designer/(art) director provides us with great insights on the use of typography in film. Cooper discusses the three classic main titles that made a big impression on him: The Dead Zone by Wayne Fitzgerald, To Kill A Mockingbird by Stephen Frankfurt and Walk On The Wild Side by Saul Bass.

Cooper, who feels more comfortable designing story-based main titles, talks about his opening en end credits for Dawn of the Dead. Arguably one of his greatest main titles, next to Se7en.
 
Kyle Cooper has been credited as the man who single-handedly revitalized the main title sequence as an art form. His groundbreaking title sequence for Se7en (1995) changed the way we look and think about title design today and is arguably the most imitated main title ever made. The Se7en title sequence was hailed by New York Times Magazine as “One of the most important design innovations of the 1990s”.

Cooper founded two internationally recognized film design companies, Imaginary Forces and Prologue Films, both of which are based in Los Angeles and both are influential in their field. His body of work includes over 100 film title sequences. Among the most memorable ones are Se7en, Mimic, Dawn of the Dead, Donnie Darco and all three of the Spider-Man movies.

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This interview is part of a series of five video interviews with Main Title Designers recorded in L.A. in 2009. See also our interviews with Jamie Caliri, Karin Fong, Garson Yu, Danny Yount, and Kyle Cooper part 1.

Kyle Cooper's main titles at Forget the Film, Watch the Titles:
Wimbledon
Godzilla: Final Wars
Se7en
at Art of the Title:
The Incredible Hulk
Donnie Brasco
Mimic
The Island of Dr. Moreau

Main title designer Kyle Cooper has been credited as the man who single-handedly revitalized the main title sequence as an art form. His groundbreaking title sequence for Se7en (1995) changed the way we look and think about title design today and is arguably the most imitated main title ever made. The Se7en title sequence was hailed by New York Times Magazine as “One of the most important design innovations of the 1990s”.

more about Kyle Cooper

Full credits

Thanks to
Kyle Cooper and everyone at Prologue

Directors
Femke Wolting, Remco Vlaanderen

Editor
Paul de Heer, Dominique Kools

Graphics
Madelinde Hageman, Raoul Matheron

Created and published by
SubmarineChannel.com

Recorded at
Prologue, Los Angeles, May 2009

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Comments (3):

21 Jul 10 • by: Alvaro´C

pt. 2/2

29 Jul 10 • by: andy.

That was awesome!

There seemed to be some buffering issues though. Kept choking up every 15-20 seconds.

30 Jul 10 • by: Remco

Thanks Andy,
Glad you enjoyed the interview. We'll look into the buffering issue. What you could do is pause the video and wait till it's loaded. Not ideal. I know. Another option would be to watch it on Vimeo. You'll find the link in the text.

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