DANNY YOUNTTITLE SEQUENCE DESIGNER

INFO• Danny Yount is an american graphic designer and

commercial director who has a range of styles. He has been recognized internationally for his work in feature film, television main titles and show opens.

• He has collaborated with top film directors and producers – designing memorable sequences, like Oblivion, Iron Man 1-3, Six Feet Under, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Rocknrolla, Sherlock Holmes, Tron Legacy, Tyrant, and many others. He also led the graphic vfx design teams for the hologram sequences in Iron Man II. Due to his work in special effects Younts most recent titles tend to focus on that element.

YOUNT’S WORKS The Grid – 2004

The Sopranos – 1999

Future Weapons – 2006

Six Feet Under – 2001

The Reaping – 2007

The Invasion – 2008

The Iron Man – 2008

Iron Man 2 – 2010

Iron Man 2 - 2013

RocknRolla – 2008

The Book Of Eli – 2010

The Colony – 2009

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang – 2005

Sherlock Holmes – 2010

KISS KISS BANG BANGThe title sequence to kiss kiss bang bang has a very comic book style to it. This could reflect that it was based on a novel. The style of the sequence is also reminiscent of the iconic graphic designer Saul Bass. Bass’ style was to use simple, geometric shapes to create symbolism, something which is seen in kiss kiss bang bang throughout and after the girl is pushed off the roof.

The title sequence features an urban setting made out of geometric shapes. Black, red and cream are the feature colors which paired with the images can suggest the themes of the film. One of the opening images shows someone escaping with a pair of female eyes in the sky, already the themes of crime and romance are shown. Next the silhouettes of women are shown with that of gun which is reminiscent of the classic James Bond title sequences, this further suggests crime, violence and romance as reoccurring themes. The urban setting changes into flowers then a cocktail party where a girl is pushed from a roof. This also makes a theme mystery and there is no identification to the people. There are then pages of the original novel seen with blood splatters, lipstick stains and gunshots on them, this solidifies the alluded themes.

The sound of the title sequence is an old school jazz piece, this fits the themes and title sequence of the film as it reminds the audience of film noir.

IRON MAN The title sequence for Iron Man is all animated apart from the beginning which is a shot from the film of Tony Stark which then turns into the animated version of Iron Man.

The sequence is a series of shots in around the Iron Man suit, in sections some of the suit comes apart with diagrams. This makes the title sequence seem like an animated blueprint of the suit made by Stark. The sound of the sequence is a piece of rock music which sounds triumphant like and happy, this fits with the film as the character of Tony Stark has a big ego and thinks himself amazing, even more so when he’s Iron Man. The feature colour of the title sequence is red as its the typography colour, this is because Iron Mans suit is red. However there are lots of other bright colours shown, this could be because Stark lives an exciting vibrant life due to his wealth.

The logo for shield is seen at the end of the sequence, this is significant as Iron Man was the first film in the Marvel universe, and shield will eventually play a big part in the this.