R/Greenberg LA was going to get fired by Robert Redford and I stayed up for two nights and did the end credit sequence and then went to show it to Robert Redford at Skywalker Sound and he was very happy. I had just come to LA and was thrust into the Quiz Show project. A lot of the time it is about the situation or stories surrounding the title sequence. I am actually very proud of the end credit sequence I did for Quiz Show. I like many of them for different reasons.Įach film is a different problem to solve so each solution is different. I even like Wimbeldon because it is a simple idea. I like Dawn of the Dead which I did recently and I was very happy with Donnie Brasco at the time. That perfect world situation will perhaps never happen again but I still try to the best of my ability each time to do something that I like. All of the right people came together to make that piece possible. It was the beginning of the democratization of motion graphics (Although I directed the live action shoot as well).
All of the planets were alighned or something when I worked on Seven – it was the right time. The good book says ‘everything your hand finds to do, do it with all of your might.’ I try to do that. Which of your projects are you most proud of? I was glad that they were so well received and I am flattered that so many people claim responsibility for them or are inspired by them. There is nothing about them I would change. You will always be remembered for the titles for Se7en. Then I founded Imaginary Forces and after that I founded Prologue Films. First at R/Greenberg Associates NY and then R/Greenberg Associates LA. I have been designing and producing opening credit sequences for fifteen years. How can you sum up your career for the readers? So what makes a successful title sequence designer? We spoke to him to find out… He’s now even ventured into video games and commercials. You’ll recognise a lot of his work: Spiderman, Spiderman 2, Mission: Impossible, The Mummy, Braveheart… the list goes on and on.
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His work on the intro sequence of Seven won universal acclaim and established him as a big player in the movie industry. His are like mini-movies in their own right and they revolutionised the way we all look at film credits. Kyle Cooper specializes in title sequences. THUNDER CHUNKY:Talking title sequences with the master… KYLE COOPER He has also directed a film, New Port South (2001). His work in the credits field is often compared to Saul Bass, of whom replaced his role as title designer for Martin Scorsese’s 1990 film Goodfellas. in Graphic Design from the Yale School of Art, where he studied independently with Paul Rand. He holds the honorary title of Royal Designer for Industry from the Royal Society of Arts in London and is a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale. The New York Times Magazine called the title sequence he created for Se7en one of the most important design innovations of the 1990s. Creativity magazine named Cooper one of the top 50 biggest and best thinkers and doers from the last 20 years of advertising and consumer culture. Prior to that he was creative director at R/Greenberg Associates in New York and then Los Angeles. He is the founder of two internationally recognized design and production companies, Prologue Films, launched in 2003, and Imaginary Forces in 1996. Kyle Cooper has directed and produced more than 150 film title sequences, Details magazine credited him with almost single-handedly revitalizing the main title sequence as an art form.
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