Catch Me If You Can Title Sequence - Amy Millett

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This is one of my favorite title sequences from a film released in 2002 called Catch Me if You Can. It stars Leonardi di Caprio as a 19-year-old conman who tricks people into believing he is a doctor, a Pan Am pilot, and a prosecutor even though he has no credentials. He is pursued by an FBI agent played by Tom Hanks.

The title sequence was created by Paris-based designers Florence Deygas and Olivier Kuntzel. It primarily employs a geometric typeface called 'Coolvetica' that is very similar to Helvetica. A secondary slab-serif typeface also appears occasionally.

During the video, type is constantly snaking and flowing across the screen through the extension of ascenders and descenders of letters. The type also is constantly incorporating itself into whatever the imagery is on the screen, whether that means becoming a straw in a glass or a light hanging from the ceiling. Both of these elements are a clever reference to the actual content of the movie and the themes of deceit and slipping away from detection. Just as the main character in the movie effortlessly switches from identity to identity, the type incorporates itself from scene to scene.

I love everything that brings this title sequence together—the music, the type, the imagery, the flow. Nothing seems out of place, and it all moves together flawlessly. It's certainly something I would like to emulate.