12: Filipe Carvalho -- Designer & Director, Title Sequences, Emmys & Pitching On Westworld
“Recording our twelfth episode, the guest of honor today is Filipe Carvalho. He is a designer and director who has mastered the art of the title sequence. Currently creative director at his studio Foreign Affairs, Filipe has contributed to the legacy of industry famous studios such as Imaginary Forces, Digital Kitchen, and Elastic. His work has opened conferences, including OFFF and Semi-Permanent and TV shows like as Snowfall, Cosmos and Counterpart, the show that landed him an Emmy in 2018. Yet again, we have a guest calling all the way from Portugal, so a very special thanks to Filipe for making the time.”
0:02:12 Web Design to Digital Kitchen
0:15:04 Concepts vs. Styleframes
0:17:15 Niching Down into Titles
0:18:56 Good vs. Bad Title Design
0:24:06 Voting on the Emmys
0:28:42 Pitching (On Westworld)
0:34:43 Process
0:41:16 Colossal Inspiration
0:50:56 Bootstrapping Your Own Career
0:59:12 Personal Projects & Learning 3D
1:07:28 Focus on the Sequence Not the Frame
1:09:34 Storyboarding Counterpoint
1:19:13 Zoom Fatigue
Filipe’s Curriculum
