Design

The Masters

The man in the picture above is Errol Morris. I love him. I cannot explain how much, just know that I do

No documentary filmmaker has inspired me as much.

“The proper route to an understanding of the world is an examination of our errors about it.”

Errol Morris

I bought this month’s Filmmaker magazine and was excited to see that they had an interview with Morris about his new film Standard Operating Procedure and then literally gasped with excitement to learn that Morris had enlisted the other man that has inspired me and led me to follow my dreams (via a tattoo of one of his designs) Kyle Cooper to do graphics for his film.

Needless to say this is now the most anticipated film of the year for me.

The Filmmaker interview is here

If you aren’t aware of him you may be aware of Fog of War

or Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.

But if you haven’t seen any of his films I urge you to watch Thin Blue Line

and there is more on Kyle Cooper below…. excuse any gushing about his brilliance

Kyle Cooper

Directors don’t call on Cooper for a signature style; they hire him to dig under the celluloid and tap into the symbolism of a film.

Wired, 2004

Kyle Cooper is regarded as one of the most important opening title designers on history (the only other person regarded as highly is Saul Bass, the pioneer of titles)

Cooper revolutionised opening title design with the titles for Se7en (click to see below)

another highlight are the Kiss Kiss Bang Bang titles below: (I would’ve loved to have shown the title for Donnie Brasco as I absolutely adore them but they seem too hard to fine, check them out if you can though)

for more of his work please take a look at his website Prologue

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