To Kill a Mockingbird title sequence
With reference to the previous post about Joseph Cornell and his boxes and his experimental films, I think the title sequence to To Kill a Mockingbird (by Stephen Frankfurt) is a great example of how the slightly “out there” ideas you get from the art world can be used in the mainstream.
The film dates from 1962, and the opening sequence features a “memory box” which represents the plot of the film/book with objects. Unfortunately the only YouTube clip of it I can find has embedding disabled, so you’ll have to view it on YouTube.
Title Design Project also has the video.
Read more about it on Art of the Title. Art of the title also has an audio excerpt of the director’s commentary from the DVD of TKAM.
The last link will also provide you with another, to view the opening title of Cameron Crowe‘s film Almost Famous, which pays homage to Frankfurt’s To Kill a Mockingbird title and is also very reminiscent of a Cornell Box (though in this case, it’s a desk drawer).
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