“Sometimes, I really feel Motionographer shows a lack of reason when making posts – far too much hyperbole is used.”

We go through tremendous screening to ensure the time people spend on Motionographer isn’t wasted on crap projects or irrelevant content.

Motionographer is a dedicated and diverse team of film, animation, and design enthusiasts, each with a different view of what is and isn’t “good”. Some of us prefer glossy 3D, some graphics, some illustration, others- story driven, artistic title sequences. It’s eclectic, surprising and cool. In the end, our goal and intention remain- to post work that inspires, draws enthusiasm, and encourages discussion.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. It’s always good to discuss the selections, especially if you don’t agree.

The type in the sequence fit the type on the cover, so, I mean, not everyone would’ve done it that way… but it made sense to me. (shrug) Though, I’m just nobody. I’ve read reviews on the movie (some people didn’t get it, said you had to read the thing to know what’s going on. I disagreed with that too, but… whatever.) I saw it, I liked it. The title sequence blew me away at first, I thought it was a neat idea. Watching it again, it dulled it down a bit. Not a fan of that shade of yellow, the font, or drop shadow but I got over it. took it for what it was. I’m new to the whole 3D game… But it’s a work of fiction so… any thing’s possible, “mistake” … really?? C’mon… a li’l artistic license can’t trump the laws of physics or what. Bites tongue.

Sadly though, Yu+Co have not done an ‘excellent job’ in my opinion. They have done an average job both technically and creatively – but that’s generally what happens when graphics have to be retro-fitted into a pre-made title sequence. I’ll say they’ve done an excellent job if I learn they had $50 and an intern student to do this typography.

If anything, we can sweep the poor typography under the carpet because the visual imagery is so strong. Now I’m not saying typography should compete with title elements – but it should never let the side down either.

Sometimes, I really feel Motionographer shows a lack of reason when making posts – far too much hyperbole is used.

however, the post does not focus on, nor suggest, yu+co’s titles are what make this amazing. we didn’t write much, but what is written addresses the nostalgia and beauty Snyder, his DP, and the rest of his team achieved with the live portion of this sequence. that said, with what they were given and directed to do, yu+co did an excellent job incorporating the titles into the piece, and that is commendable as well.

The post on Motionographer is primarily concerned with the typography and 2D/3D work carried out by yU+Co. Sadly this is the most underwhelming part of the Watchmen title sequence and with all the eye’s of the film gong world on this ‘un-filmable’ adaptation, I feel that yU+Co are cashing in somewhat on the hype surrounding Watchmen.

Plus there seems to be some odd/poor design choices throughout. The most obvious is the text ‘reflected’ in the astronaut’s visor at the end of the sequence. It appears that reflections don’t exist in space; perhaps Dr. Manhattan has altered the law of physics on the moon. For such high profile work, I wonder why this design ‘mistake’ was made. I cannot believe that it was overlooked or accidental. Although I am not a designer it looks odd and incorrect. We’ll probably never know.

Maybe Warner Bros. took the original post down because they are embarrassed. I would be.