I chose Spiderman Homecoming because I love the movie and it was one of my favorite Marvel movies. I thought the Intro had lots of style and creativity, which made it an appealing choice.
This title sequence was animated by Handel Eugene, a Haitian-American based in San Francisco, who also animated the intro to Black Panther. He works with a lot of multimedia elements in his animations. (Other animators on this title sequence include Ilaria Cacace and Justin Molush.)
I know we were supposed to go down inspirational rabbit holes for this project- however I actually had a really hard time doing that. My original title sequence was going to be the Deadpool opening, however there wasn’t a lot of other media to choose from for direct references that the animators chose, and there was a lot of terminology I just didn’t understand all together. This was a similar experience with this intro- where there wasn’t any real place to find information about the making of, which was rather disappointing.
That was… until I finally found gold.
I found the original concepts, and that lead me to Perception Studio- and a part of their website! Tucked away under past projects and awards- they had a making of and concepts for this title sequence.
The main goal of this title sequence was to illustrate the vibes that one would get from the surrealist feel of a day in the life as spiderman- they wanted to illuminate bright colors and a more peppy attitude.
Claymation was an instant go-to, as it really felt organic, and brought out a very real and almost childish approach to the Spiderman character, illuminating the fact that yes, he is still a highschooler! Painting it in a less gritty and more up-beat light.
Another approach they considered was a pop-punk DIY poster effect, which didn’t really make the final cut, but rather combined with one of their other elements (Illustrated Daydream) to blend into the story elements of Zendaya’s character MJ’s art and doodles throughout the movie.
I like this above look- and think that if there was a SpiderPunk movie, (yes please, btw), this would be a great look! It reminds me of early Gizmos-
In the end- the real inspiration from the title sequcne came from the idea of a day-to-day life spiderman, and vignettes from the movie that painted spiderman as a Friendly Neighborhood Spiderman.
Sources;
https://www.experienceperception.com/work/spider-man-homecoming/
https://www.artofthetitle.com/title/spider-man-homecoming
https://www.behance.net/gallery/61695601/SPIDER-MAN-HOMECOMING-Main-on-End-Title-Sequence