2. Bob Kurtz is the founder of Kurtz & Friends
Animation. He is a director, producer, artist
and designer who primarily works in films
and TV commercials.
Bob Kurtz was born in Los Angeles, California
He graduated from the California School of the Arts.
He spent 20 years in television broadcasting
He was the first man on-air for CNN!
He was a teacher at the Character Animation program at
the California Institute of the Arts.
He started off by directing commercials
3. Bob Kurtz has made many
title sequences such as …
Are we done yet?
The Pink Panther
Dolly Parton
Max Dugan Returns
Honey, I blew up the kid
City Slickers
City Slickers 2: The legend of Curly’s Gold
Straight walk
Four rooms
4. Comments…
“Animation is very closely related to the dance. To
be aware of this is to realize the film form in
choreography in time, space, sound and light. In our
films we try to develop as many styles and
approaches as the opportunity provides. My role in
these films is writer, director and producer but Kurtz
and Friends is far from a one man studio, it is a
group effort of incredibly talented and dedicated
artists.”
5.
"Therefore the message comes first, then the
graphics. I want to stimulate, excite, scare or create
laughter. I don't want a passive audience. I don't
expect a captive audience. It is the film artist's
obligation to reach out and touch that audience."
7.
This image straight away suggests that it is
a animated film genre. Also the contrast of
colour between the pink and black shows
that this film is aimed towards children
because of the bright pink and lilac.
The pink typography is continuity the
friendly theme/mood of the title
sequence once again due to the bright
pink in contrast to the black to show it
is more important.
8. The use of shadow is very effective as it creates
another mood which is mystery and this is
helped to be created by the use of sound. The
music is repetitive at a slow pace to create
meaning to the audience like there is mystery
that needs to be solved.
In this shot, it shows how the smashed title
has been exaggerated therefore suggesting
children are the target audience as slapstick
comedy is mainly used. The genre is
therefore hybrid.
After working for Friz Freleng writing some
scripts for the original pink panther short
films, Kurtz was chosen to create another
title sequence in 2006 of the original 1963
version.
