Film Design Awards Finalists Screening at SXSW Next Week

In his Emmy Award For Outstanding Main Title Design, it still is overlooked at most other award shows for the film industry. Fortunately Ian Albinson, founder and editor-in-chief of the influential Art of the Title website, and a principal of the motion design studio Albinson Design, is again hosting the unofficial Oscars for Film Title Design next week, on March 11 at SXSW 2013.

Now entering its 4th year, the SXSW Film Design Awards recognise Excellence in Poster Design and in Title Design. I had the pleasure to attend last year's screening of the finalists and highly recommend it even if you only have a passing interest in film title design. This year's presentation of the best title sequences of 2012 will open with an informative conversation between award-winning main titles designer and broadcast editor Jay Bond and host Ian Albinson. Bond is co-founder of Oily Film Company Inc. who were responsible for 2012 Film Design Award-winner Les Bleus de Ramville. And if you can't make it to SXSW, you can watch all the finalists in the gallery on Vimeo by clicking the images in the list below.

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21 Jump Street

Director | Phil Lord, Chris Miller


Designer/Agency | Brian Mah, Kris Fortin, Juan Monasterio, John Kim, Dan Meehan, Will Goodan & Greg Herman, Imaginary Forces

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The Avengers

Director | Joss Whedon


Designer/Agency | Steve Viola, Method Design

Main typeface | Bank Gothic

"Chasing Shakespeare" Opening Titles from Lucky Post on Vimeo.

Chasing Shakespeare

Director | Norry Niven


Designer/Agency | Sai Selvarajan & Marc Chartrand, Lucky-Post

Main typeface | Baskerville

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Crave

Director | Charles de Lauzirika

Designer/Agency | Raleigh Stewart


Main typeface | FF DIN Condensed

Elementary from Simon Clowes on Vimeo.

Elementary

Director | Various


Designer/Agency | Simon Clowes, Prologue Films


Main typeface | Square Slabserif 711

Hard Rock Medical – Main Titles Sequence from Jay Bond on Vimeo.

Hard Rock Medical

Director | Derek Diorio


Designer/Agency | Jay Bond, Oily Film Company


Main typeface | Alternate Gothic

Editorial Bruguera Documentary Opening Title Sequence. from No-Domain on Vimeo.

Histories de Bruguera

Director | Carles Prats


Designer/Agency | No-Domain

Main typefaces | Acropolis (The Proteus Project), Letter Gothic

Joven & Alocada / End Credits from SMOG.tv on Vimeo.

WARNING | Contains brief flashes of stylised sexually explicit imagery

Joven & Alocada

Director | Marialy Rivas


Designer/Agency | Pablo Gonzalez, SMOG


Main typefaces | Courier, Didot

The Late Men – title sequence from The Executive Branch on Vimeo.

The Late Men

Director | Van Poynton


Designer/Agency | Van Poynton, The Executive Branch


Main typeface | Alternate Gothic

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Man on a Ledge

Director | Asger Leth


Designer/Agency | PIC

Main typeface | distressed

"The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernández" Opening Titles from Darren Brandl on Vimeo.

The Man Who Shook The Hand of Vicente Fernandez

Director | Elia Petridis


Designer/Agency | Craig Denham, Curiosity Shoppe

Typefaces | URW Giorgio, Abilene, Thunderbird, Latin, De Louisville, PL Davison Americana, and several other Wild West-inspired designs

Supporting typeface | Boton

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Paranorman

Director | Chris Butler, Sam Fell


Designer/Agency | Aaron Sorenson, LAIKA/house, LAIKA/house

Typefaces | Block, and other monster movie-inspired designs similar to Agent of the Uncanny, Destination Unknown, Monster Mash etc.

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Red Lights

Director | Rodrigo Cortes


Designer/Agency | Jorge Calvo, Chelsea22


Main typeface | Futura

Sasquatch Line-up Video from WINTR on Vimeo.

Sasquatch! Festival 2012

Designer/Agency | WINTR

Main typeface | Heroic Condensed

SILENT HILL 2 – END TITLE from ChezEddy on Vimeo.

Silent Hill: Revelation 3D

Director | Michael J. Bassett


Designer/Agency | Kook Ewo, The French Title


Main typeface | FF DIN Condensed

Sinister / Main Titles / Becker Design from Aaron Becker on Vimeo.

Sinister

Director | Scott Derrickson


Designer/Agency | Aaron Becker, Becker Design


Main typeface | hand lettering

James Bond 007: Skyfall

Director | Sam Mendes


Designer/Agency | Daniel Kleinman, Rattling Stick, Framestore


Main typeface | Century Gothic

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Smashing Titles from No-Domain on Vimeo.

Smashing Conference

Designer/Agency | No-Domain


Typefaces | Helvetica, Bryant 2, Century Gothic, FF Flightcase, Garamond, ITC Avant Garde Gothic, and others

Weeds Show Opener from IdeaRocket on Vimeo.

Weeds

Various directors


Designer/Agency | Robert Kopecky, IdeaRocket

Main typeface | comic book lettering