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[thecasinoroyale]

Morning chaps, found this little nugget from MI6...

Work on the credits sequence to the upcoming James Bond film "Skyfall" is underway.

British model Charlotte Edwards tweeted that her friend and fellow model Natasha was shooting the credits sequence to "Skyfall".


Traditionally featuring sexy silhouetted girls, the titles for Daniel Craig's first two outings were a little different: rotoscoped vector animation for "Casino Royale", and three dimensional girls with CGI effects for "Quantum of Solace".

With director Sam Mendes promising the return of classic Bond elements, will fans see a traditional credits sequence?

There is no confirmation yet on who is creating the titles, or if Daniel Kleinman is back to work more of his magic.



I guess this now leaves us to ponder what we will see in the title sequence, what theme it will follow from the pre-titles, and just how 'classic' will it be?

Another step forward in the 'Skyfall' production though, can't be bad!

[x007AceOfSpades]

Awesome news TCR! I truly hope Daniel Kleinman returns to work on the film. I wasn't to pleased with MK12's work on Quantum Of Solace.

[Col. Sun]

Morning chaps, found this little nugget from MI6...

Work on the credits sequence to the upcoming James Bond film "Skyfall" is underway.

British model Charlotte Edwards tweeted that her friend and fellow model Natasha was shooting the credits sequence to "Skyfall".


Traditionally featuring sexy silhouetted girls, the titles for Daniel Craig's first two outings were a little different: rotoscoped vector animation for "Casino Royale", and three dimensional girls with CGI effects for "Quantum of Solace".

With director Sam Mendes promising the return of classic Bond elements, will fans see a traditional credits sequence?

There is no confirmation yet on who is creating the titles, or if Daniel Kleinman is back to work more of his magic.



I guess this now leaves us to ponder what we will see in the title sequence, what theme it will follow from the pre-titles, and just how 'classic' will it be?

Another step forward in the 'Skyfall' production though, can't be bad!

They are starting credit seq work early. Usually it is later in post-production, and once they have the song recorded.

Suggests the title song may already be written.

If they are shooting the title elements in the UK, as it appears, then it looks like a British Title Designer and company are doing the work.

[thecasinoroyale]

I reckon the producers have had some ideas for the title song already...lots of nods, winks and rumour circulating quite early in the shoot if I remember.

I think 'Casino Royale' was a brilliant sequence and 'Quantum Of Solace' had a nice theme but a little too random in places. I hope we get some drip-feed tweets later maybe from Charlotte and even some pics...or that's a bit too wishful thinking!

[Shrublands]

Morning chaps, found this little nugget from MI6...

Work on the credits sequence to the upcoming James Bond film "Skyfall" is underway.

British model Charlotte Edwards tweeted that her friend and fellow model Natasha was shooting the credits sequence to "Skyfall".


Traditionally featuring sexy silhouetted girls, the titles for Daniel Craig's first two outings were a little different: rotoscoped vector animation for "Casino Royale", and three dimensional girls with CGI effects for "Quantum of Solace".

With director Sam Mendes promising the return of classic Bond elements, will fans see a traditional credits sequence?

There is no confirmation yet on who is creating the titles, or if Daniel Kleinman is back to work more of his magic.



I guess this now leaves us to ponder what we will see in the title sequence, what theme it will follow from the pre-titles, and just how 'classic' will it be?

Another step forward in the 'Skyfall' production though, can't be bad!

They are starting credit seq work early. Usually it is later in post-production, and once they have the song recorded.

Suggests the title song may already be written.

If they are shooting the title elements in the UK, as it appears, then it looks like a British Title Designer and company are doing the work.

Not necessarily - MK12 (a U.S. company based in Kansas City) filmed the sand and girls for the QoS title sequence on D Stage at Pinewood. The film finished principal photography at the end of June and MK12 had shot the photographic bits and finished at Pinewood before the end of July. Looks like a similar schedule to me - starting work on the titles just after the wrap.

But yes, it very much suggests that the song is done - at least in demo.

[Simon]

Sincerely hope MK12 do not return. While their titles weren't bad, they (visuals) didn't in any way reflect the dirtiness of the theme song.

If we believe the song comes first and visuals are edited to the track, then to my mind the problems with the over all title sequence come down to MK12 and their not understanding the song.

That said, the design of the titles still fell a loonnng way short of Kleinman's work.

[michallo_w]

Am I the only one who's hoping for MK12? I think that their credit sequence was so... well, fresh comparing to the Kleniman's work - nevertheless Kleinman is a genius and he knows Bond perfectly (or at least he understands the Bond Universe to make the CS).

You can't make a bad choice at this point

[DamnCoffee]

Personally, I'm hoping for Kleinman. There's something so undeniably Bond about his work. MK-12 were a nice experiment, and I did like the Quantum of Solace main titles. I just didn't think it was very Bond, compared to Kleinman's work.

[marktmurphy]

MK12's stuff felt a bit Bond-by-numbers to me. Decent but nothing to blow you away.

[thecasinoroyale]

I too think Klienman should return - he seemed the best replacement for Binder, and his titles seemed so in touch with the current world Bond was in and reflecting the theme of the movie perfectly.

'GoldenEye' - Hammer and sickles / Cold War

'Tomorrow Never Dies' - Satellites and mass Media

'The World Is Not Enough' - Global oil

'Die Another Day' - Good and Evil / Polar Opposites (Split Duality) / Bond's Torture

'Casino Royale' - A new and blunter, violent Bond / Casino


Here's hoping, because they were very fitting and really helped the title sequence along, and to some extent, set the tone more for the film.

Going in totally blind, the things I would understand from the 'Quantum Of Solace' credits would be it focused in a desert, have something to do with astronomy, had some nude ladies in dancing around the sun and Bond had his Walther PPK back.

[Royal Dalton]

I can't say I'm that fussed either way about Kleinman. Or MK12, for that matter.

Has Mendes worked with anybody in the past who he might have brought in to do this?

[MattofSteel]

The Casino Royale titles were the standout best of the last 20 years. Looked like an old novel cover. That being said, I'd welcome a more traditional Bond title sequence for Skyfall and I've no doubt that whatever they come up with will be cool. Far more anxiously interested in the Adele title song announcement, though.

[Melancholy Productions]

As much as I enjoyed MK12's titles, I do feel they were a bit of a let down after CR's brilliant sequence, so I hope Kleinman returns for Skyfall.

Weird point, but one of the things that jarred with me with QoS's titles was the lack of that familiar font that most of the 90s / 00s have used in their titles, whatever it is.

[Royal Dalton]

Helvetica, probably.

[JCRendle]

What the:

ALBERT R. BROCCOLI'S

EON PRODUCTIONS LIMITED

presents

-

DANIEL CRAIG

-
as

IAN FLEMING'S

JAMES BOND

007

in

-

The presentation as such has been practically the same since Cubby passed on the reins, then sadly passed on. Before that, it was also pretty universal, with Albert R. Broccoli Presents, instead of the Albert R Broccoli's Eon Productions Limited Presents and a different look of the 007 each time. QOF changed the font, positioning etc, but at least they kept the wording.

[The Dove]

I too, would MUCH prefer to have Daniel Kleinman back for Skyfall...MK12's titles for Quantum of Solace were ok, but they look much more suited for a Bond video game, rather than a Bond film. Great to hear that work on the Skyfall titles is underway. As others have mentioned, I suspect that a title song and artist has been settled upon..Hopefully we'll hear more solid confirmation soon!

[Trevelyan 006]

Oddly enough, the title sequence alone is something I really look forward to with each new film's release...


As far as the creators this time around, I daresay there is really no bad choice between the two!

Edited by Trevelyan 006, 29 May 2012 - 04:41 PM.

[Matt_13]

I wonder why, with work under way, we don't have the name of whoever is constructing the title designs. I wonder if they'll release it when the title artist is announced, " W is performing X, which will be played over a title sequence designed by Y" etc.

[PPK_19]

Adele's voice will go nicely with Kleinman's visuals. MK12 were OK but a bit pedestrian.

[Pussfeller]

I'd prefer Kleinman as well. The QOS sequence was interesting but not very Bondian.

[Matt_13]

I just thought the MK-12 sequence was a little too barren. I'm sure it was for metaphoric reasons, of course. as that seemed to be Forster's primary focus during the production. The desert evidently represented isolation and Bond's internal struggle with solitude, so that aspect is fine, and the sequence certainly has it's moments, but on the whole, I found there to be a lack of coherency regarding what exactly was happening, particularly with the girls moving about in the sand. It just felt like a string of half formed ideas loosely tied together that work well enough, but never come together in a memorable fashion, which is a decent way to look at the film as a whole. The song itself goes well with the titles for that same reason, as there are moments when things pick up a bit, but on the whole the entire ordeal feels a bit empty. I still really like Quantum, despite the fact that my feelings toward it have definitely cooled, especially following what we've seen with Skyfall, but it's flaws are becoming more pronounced with time. I really want Kleinman back. He's earned a spot on the 50th roster.

[Shrublands]

Few people find predominantly beige imagery very exciting. The QoS title sequence is technically fancy but unimaginative and, well... beige.
Please, for the love of sanity, don’t bring back MK12!

[Judo chop]

<sup>I’m willing to give MK12 another chance. (That sound you hear is their sighs of relief.)

I don’t think their first attempt was a very harmonious one, but at least it wasn’t cowardly. On its own, I thought it was a good first effort. Hopefully they can straighten the ship and come up with something just as interesting but more appropriate to the song and the film. For example, maybe they could incorporate a little digital chicken running around in frantic circles pointing upward, concluded by Craig’s silhouette cartwheeling down into the frame and shooting it through the head.</sup>

[Conlazmoodalbrocra]

I love Kleinman's work and would love to see him back. However I'd have anyone do the titles as long as it meant the wailing whale Adele didn't sing the theme!

[Shrublands]

All this makes me think that the song has definitely been chosen and it was decided upon sometime ago. That makes me think that there was a very clear first choice and that makes me think that the singer is just bound to be...

[JCRendle]

All this makes me think that the song has definitely been chosen and it was decided upon sometime ago. That makes me think that there was a very clear first choice and that makes me think that the singer is just bound to be...

Me?

[Shrublands]

All this makes me think that the song has definitely been chosen and it was decided upon sometime ago. That makes me think that there was a very clear first choice and that makes me think that the singer is just bound to be...

Me?

Correct

[JCRendle]

All this makes me think that the song has definitely been chosen and it was decided upon sometime ago. That makes me think that there was a very clear first choice and that makes me think that the singer is just bound to be...

Me?

Correct

yay me

[Ren]

Thumps up for Daniel Kleinman.

[x007AceOfSpades]

Oddly enough, the title sequence alone is something I really look forward to with each new film's release...


As far as the creators this time around, I daresay there is really no bad choice between the two!

I agree, it's something magical to see with each new film how they got it finalized and on film. It's great watching it as it gets me more excited before the actual film begins.