Title Sequence Designer- Paul Donnellon.

Biography..
Paul Donnellon works within title sequence designing, he originates from Dublin this is were he studied animation and graphic design at Dun Laoighaire college for Art and Design. Paul has a background of work within animations leading back to his earlier work at TVC in London the company that animated the Beatles music video "Yellow Subarmine" and "The Snowman". Paul Donnellon's first piece of actual animation work was in Raymond Briggs "When the wind blows" and this was in 1986. From 2000 to 2002 Paul moved to the Oscar winning company The Mill as the consultant director of 3D animation. Since then he has been able to create his own company called Voodoodog with David Z. Obadiah. His work as a commercials director include: CBBC's launch idents, Mercury award-winning Talvin Singh, Pink Flyd ad Kate Winslet music video 'What If'.

A Catalogue of Paul Donnellon's work..
•Nanny Mcphee
•Nanny Mcphee Returns
•Smokin Aces
•Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
•The A Team
•The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
•Love in the Time of Cholera
•The River King
•Made of Honour.

Smokin Aces


With this title sequence we notice how Paul has used his ecperience of his Graphic Design. He uses this sort of typography as it is bold and shows a manly side to it and even though it is very simple it also shows us that you need to find a deeper meaning in the type. it shows that the film is very bold and manly and everything is to the point just as the text is. This sequence is very cimic book like the way he uses still images to slow things to look at tehm and puts it over a background to make it look like an animation which he also studied.

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
http://www.voodoodog.com/work/film/title-sequences/peter-sellers/clip-player
(This is a link to the title sequence)

With this title sequence we see a more fun side to Paul as he once again uses his experience of Graphic Design and Animation to use in this sequence. The typography shows that it is a fun and comical film by using the bright colours, fun typography and how it pops up onto the screen or more of a hop. Also when the animation begins we see flowers around the first name from the movie and once again shows a fun bright side to the movie. Also when in the animation he knocks over the lamp and does not care it shows that the film is very comical.

Paul Donnellon's Comments on Nanny McPhee
"Nanny McPhee is a colorful kids movie. The director, Kirk Jones, saw our Peter Sellers title sequence and asked us to pitch on his opening credits."

"I drew caricatures of the main child cast and constructed cut out figures rather than going for full drawn animation, like we did before in the Peter Sellers sequence. It gave a different effect and still holds your interest and gives the audience something to leave the cinema with."