Catch Me If You Can - Who Makes Title Sequences?

                         

Who Makes Title Designs:

The Catch Me If You Can title sequence was made by a French duo, Florence Deygas and Olivier Kuntzel base in Paris. Olivier graduated in visual communication and went to various advertising agencies before starting to work independently to make his own creations. Florence is a self-taught illustrator after studying theater and wanted to learn skills.

How They Get Ideas:

Florence and Olivier based the Catch Me If You Can titles on 60's artists, one of which was Saul Bass. This lead to the stamp-style of the characters and movements in the opening.

Saul Bass

Florence Deygas and Olivier Kuntzel

Relationship with Director:

Florence Deygas and Olivier Kuntzel were sent images and clips of the film from Spielberg in order for them to get a feel for what the title sequence should reflect. This resulted in the 60's design with unknown characters displayed.

Art Style

The art style of these titles focusses mainly on Saul Bass' work, a graphics designer best known for his opening sequences, posters and logos in the 50s and 60s.
His work consisted of simple, stamp-like shapes with block text and bold colours, only using two or three at a time.
This look, although seemingly very simple, has a large impact on the viewers of his work due to the bold and bright colours which get straight to the point, with the title of the film and one or two objects related to it, giving an "in your face" feel but completely of a pure masterpiece.