The Personal History of David Copperfield
Main on End Titles
Directed by: Armando Iannucci
Produced by: Kevin Loader & Armando Iannucci
Music by: Christopher Willis
Post Production Supervisor: Louise Seymour
Titles by: Matt Curtis
Title production by: Matt Lawrence
Title illustrations by: William Ings
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Complete artwork layout
Originally the sequence was to be one single camera move, but it was later decided we needed to speed up the pace.
This was was achieved using a series of cuts between camera setups rather than one sweeping continuous move.
All artwork was photographed and imported into Cinema 4D where it was curved, warped, creased and overlapped.
Final compositing was completed in After Effects.
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C4D project builds
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Art department artwork and props for the creation of the title sequence
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