The Kite Runner

Title sequence

The main-title sequence—the opening credits—can be the most important moment in a film. Other than trailers and marketing elements, they are the first images the audience sees when the lights go down. These quick segments (all about two to three minutes) form a contract: outlining the filmmaker's intentions and setting up the expectations of those watching. Saul Bass, a graphic artist in the film industry said, "making the main title was like making a poster—you're condensing the event into this one concept, this one metaphor...a backstory that needs to be told or a character that needs to be introduced." 

For this project, I decided to redesign one of my favorite books and its' movie - the Kite Runner.

The Kite Runner is the first novel by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini. Published in 2003 by Riverhead Books, it tells the story of Amir, a young boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul. The story is set against a backdrop of tumultuous events, from the fall of Afghanistan's monarchy through the Soviet invasion, the exodus of refugees to Pakistan and the United States, and the rise of the Taliban regime.

Design Concept

For my title sequence design, I want to make it a colorful kite sequence coming with the film's credits. Using the kite runner game as the core of the story line. Everytime when loser kite got cut off, the kite fly through the city. Credits shows up align with the kite that flying on the sky. Last kite fall, the main name comes up.
I went to dig into Afghanistan's colorful and beautiful kites and their beautiful color palette. I realized that there are a lot of repetitive geographic shapes with different colors and sizes appearing in different kites. So the shapes and lines would be the perfect connection between kites.
After settling the typography and music, it's time to connect all kite shapes and movie credits.