wired has a coo article today on kyle cooper, the cinematic auteur who doesnt make movies per se, but the lead-in intros and credits to movies. if the name still doesnt ring a bell, the intro to the david finchers se7en should…with its grainy scrawled letters and scratched negatives over the nine inch nails track “closer“. that was coopers work when he was a part of the design firm r/ga. other intros cooper has worked on include the mummy, mark pellingtons arlington road, sphere, spawn, and dawn of the dead. he’s since struck out on his own (again), and is currently working on the intro for the upcoming spider-man 2.
after having seen the intro to se7en for the first time and deeming it brilliant, id always been interested in coopers work. and it would seem the quality thats associated with cooper is set at a certain level because, well…the article makes cooper out to be a bit of a control freak. referring to why cooper left imaginary forces, the company he founded with two other former r/ga designers…
“To be honest, the move was about me just wanting to do my own work,” he says. “People stand in line waiting to ask you things. I prefer to execute my own ideas.” Frankfurt has a slightly different spin on the breakup, as he explains in Andrea Codrington’s biography Kyle Cooper. “More often than not, Kyle is saying, ‘I know how to make these pieces fit together. I have this recipe in my head, and none of you know how to work together in the way I know you should.’“
ah, always seems to be the case…
> kyle cooper (via wired)
its kinda of a love hate thing with these guys i mean its a great two minutes of eyecandy,but shit sometimes these things are far better than the fucking flick youre watching,false expectations dude….i wish hed use his talents for something more extensive,short features maybe.
scratch that he did New Port South wich i never even fucking heard of , but maybe short features though the intro to dawn of the dead is short and sweet,so…yeah.
haha great random bit of news wich i dont know where else to post 🙂 now if only limp bizkit could die on their own or dissipitate itd leave a lot less poeple left for me to “retire” . ; >
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040604/ap_en_mu/music_creed_breakup
mmm. seven was an amazing movie (my fav. fincher film).
but in response to your commment. the skills and talent required to make these amazing intros don’t really translate so well in story telling. they are like motion graphic designers not film directors. i mean, these guys might be really good at directing actors, or writing, or set design.. etc. but probably not.
besides would you really want to watch such eye candy for 2 hours?
oh oops. didn’t see you meant “short” … maybe a short would work….