William Blake

Previously the BBC has conducted a survey to find the 100 greatest 

britons and then followed this up with a series on the top 10. 

I have chosen three more people from the list who I would like to 

create my own title sequences for. I wanted to pick very different 

personalities. Each of which I would be able to find a good body 

of interesting associated visuals to use as my starting point.

The first sequence will be devoted to William Blake. Initially I 

am thinking about including elements of his own work, paintings 

and poetry. Ultimately I want this sequence to reflect the dark, 

gothic mood of his work in a way that will attract a 

contemporary audience.

Firstly I searched YouTube to see if anybody else had tackled 

this subject and what kind of thing they had come up with, 

especially interpretations of his poetry. Here is a short 3D

animation of his poem "Mad Song."

The second clip is a short story by Guilherme Marcondes of Brazil 

based on William Blake's poem 'Tyger'. What I particularly like 

about this is the blend of photography with the animation. I 

especially like the fairground footage and soundtrack to set the

tone at the beginning. I also think the glowing shapes which grow 

and follow the puppet tiger and animation throughout are a really 

nice touch adding a sense of magic to the story.

Of the two examples, I think the story is much more interesting, 

because it captures the sense of Blake's poem but this has been 

done in a contemporary style. Obviously these are far longer than 

the 20 seconds I will be aiming to produce for a title sequence 

but they have both helped me think about what I want to achieve.