research into a title sequence designer

1. DANNY YOUNT
A Main Title Sequence designer and a
director for film and television

2. • Danny Yount was self-taught designer from
America who was heavily influenced by the
work of Kyle Cooper.
• Yount is now one of the top main title
designers for film and television working
alongside Kyle Cooper himself at one of top
main title firms, Prologue.
• Prologue was founded in 2003 and used to
focus on main title design but now does
motion, graphics, Game and interactive
design.

3. Catalogue of Work
Before Prologue Yount worked as a creative director at digital Kitchen where he
Designed the Emmy Award winning Six Feet Under. During this time at Kitchen he
Produced titles for films such as; Sherlock Homes 1&2, Iron Man, Rocknrolla and
The Book Of Eli meaning he has worked with the likes of Robert Downey Jr and
Jon Favreau.
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4. Iron Man (2008)
• Danny took the lead role in this title sequence using the theme a
computerised game to be based on Tony Stark’s holograms in the
making of the suit. The typography also appears in hologram/blueprint
font while the background is just black so it brings out the full use of
the hologram theme Following this title, Yount has also made
sequences for all three of the Iron Man movies.
‘I pretty much just went
through each film and
found what I thought were
the best scenes. We then
categorized them into
action scenes and lifestyle
scenes. Then, we sub-
categorized them
editorially into match cut
moments, like every time
Tony Stark or Iron Man
uses a certain trick or
every explosion or every
time you see beautiful
women or cars’
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5. Sherlock Holmes (2009)
• This films sees Yount working with Robert Downey Jnr again and the
famous director Guy Richie, in another Blockbuster film. Again he has
used a reoccurring theme in this title sequence, using the old fashioned
feather and ink handwriting for the typography and old style paper of the
Victorian era. Danny Yount was known for this style of taking small clips
from films and then using a reoccurring theme through out the sequence.
Just like Iron Man, Yount also made the title for the sequel.
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‘I always experiment and I
always push. That is what
the client wants and it is
what I am being paid to
do. But if I ignore the
brief, then anything I do
becomes worthless to
them.’