Concept and creative process
The title sequence for the drama documentary series 'The Last Day', written and narrated by the jounalist John Pilger. The brief was to create a sequence with a photo montage of poignant iconic photos at the end, linking the title sequence with the start of the programme itself. Photographic Kodaliths (clear on black 20 x 16 inch cinemoids) were created from black and white artwork of the flags. These were filmed on a 35mm film rostrum camera with a ripple glass to create the movement of the flags. The splat wipe effect at the start was created by filming in real time black emulsion paint pouring onto a white background on the rostrum camera table, which created its own matte. The fast wipe reveal of the three flags was made by a similar process. The shots of the photographs were filmed separately and added on afterwards through a single frame animated revealing matte.
Concept, Design and Creative Direction - Liz Friedman.