Karin Fong is a director and designer based in New York City who studied art at Yale. She began her career animating for the TV show "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" Fong is drawn to work combining live action, design, and animation. The document discusses and provides links to two of Fong's title sequences: The Pink Panther 2 and The Mummy III: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. It notes design elements and how the sequences set tones for the films. The document concludes with a catalog of some of Fong's other title sequence works from 1998 to 2011.

1. KARIN FONG
By Jasmine Winston

2. Background information
• Karin Fong is a director and designer based in New York City. A
native Californian, Fong studied Art at Yale, with a concentration in
Graphic Design. After successfully creating an animated alphabet
book for her senior project, she began her career as an animator on
the WGBH television program 'Where in the World is Carmen
Sandiego?' From that point forward, Karin was hooked on creating
work that combines live action, design, and animation.

3. Title Sequence 1
• http://www.watchthetitles.com/articles/00144-The_Pink_Panther_2
• The Pink Panther 2.
• The title sequence opens with a loud crash and a flickering
flashlight which shows the opening credits on the wall. And as soon
as the first character appears, the well know and iconic music to the
pink panther starts to play. If the character didn’t give away what
the film was, the music did. The typography is cartoonish which
suggests that the film could be funny as most cartoons are
humorous. The title actually shows something from the film, the
actual pink panther diamond which can give you an idea of the plot
as the pink panther then runs away from inspector Clueso and then
a chase begins.

4. Title Sequence 2
• The Mummy III: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENSLAJLKllI
• In this sequence, the typography links well with the imagery as they are both
historical and arty looking. The music also links with this as it is classical and funky.
You can also tell what cultural background the film must be about, from the
colours and imagery used. It is set mainly in Japan. Again the music and the
imagery shows that the film will be adventurous and the music is fast paced and
the imagery shows an airplane flying over mountains and then people trekking
along them.

5. Catalogue of Karin Fong
• Dead man on campus (1998)
• Daredevil (2003)
• The prizewinner of defiance, Ohio (2005)
• Terminator: Salvation (2009)
• The Pink Panther 2 (2009)
• The God of War III (2010)
• Magic Trip (2011)
• The Mummy III: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)