This is my proposed solution to a Type Studio 2 class assignment at SCAD from the Winter 2009 Quarter. The assignment was to pick a movie whose opening title sequence needed a bit of improvement. Then, using Adobe After Effects, we were to design a more successful version of that title sequence. Francis Ford Coppola's film adaptation of the S.E. Hinton novel 'The Outsiders' has always been one of my favorite movies (possibly even a guilty pleasure). However, the opening titles (though set to a Stevie Wonder song) are absolutely abysmal.
This was my first foray into After Effects. My goal here was to make the film seem a little "tougher," if you will. I used The Standells 'Sometimes the Good Guys Don't Wear White' as the opening song and basis for the concept of the video, which attempted to paint a portrait of sorts of the 'greasers' through their clothes and style (which was such a memorable aspect of the film). I added a bit of film grain and projector dust spots to give a subtle nod to the drive-ins and theaters of the time. Stay gold, Ponyboy. Type Studio II, Winter 2009
This was my first foray into After Effects. My goal here was to make the film seem a little "tougher," if you will. I used The Standells 'Sometimes the Good Guys Don't Wear White' as the opening song and basis for the concept of the video, which attempted to paint a portrait of sorts of the 'greasers' through their clothes and style (which was such a memorable aspect of the film). I added a bit of film grain and projector dust spots to give a subtle nod to the drive-ins and theaters of the time. Stay gold, Ponyboy. Type Studio II, Winter 2009