The title sequence for Catch me if you can shows a simple use of typography so as not to take away from the images being used.It uses two main types of typography. One of these types of typography includes a font that looks like a typewriter all of the typography is appearing on the screen where the images behind have the main focus and are moving and changing. The other font used looks like a western font which could connote the narrative of the film where the main character is fake almost like a cowboy. The title sequence uses both serif font and san-serif font in the duration of it. The serif font makes it look more old fashioned and formal whereas the san-serif font has an opposite effect to this. The rounded “DreamWorks” font makes the film look familiar and friendly to the audience as it is a big rounded font.
By using the effect of the text entering by lines this makes
it look more coordinated in the sequence. The background images are symbolic to
the events that happen during the film and tell the main story but without
giving to much detail away. The effect of fading is used when the “me” fades
away from the title which could connote the disappearing of the character as it
disappears in to the clouds.
The creators of the title sequence Olivier Kuntzel Florence Deygas show to be heavily
influenced by Saul bass as they used a huge amount of geometric shapes and
lines to create images and allude what they wanted the text and images to say
to the audience. They show a style that is inspired by Bass in all of his title
sequences.
In conclusion
this title sequence shows the story of catch me if you can without giving away
to many details and giving away to much of the plot. It creates this in a style
of graphic design and with bold typography.
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