Until 1955, cinema audiences didn’t get to see the title sequence of movies. Then a note on the film reels for Otto Perminger’s The Man With The Golden Armchanged everything: “Projectionists — pull curtains before titles.” The opening titles which Saul Bass created for the movie wrote history and marked the birth of an entirely new design field. Fortunately, because without this change of thinking, a lot of treasures wouldn’t exist today.
If you want to dive deeper into current and past film titles, into the stories and the creation process behind them, make sure to check out Art of the Title. The site was founded in 2007 to honor film title makers and is run by an enthusiastic team of three. A fascinating place that preserves and celebrates the history of this craft.
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