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Teen Spirit (2019)

Teen Spirit
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In Max Minghella’s 2019 directorial debut Teen Spirit, Elle Fanning is Violet Valenski, a shy girl on a mission to neon pop stardom. She’s got the voice, she’s got the look, and by the end of the film, she’s got the dream. Developed by studio BOND, the main-on-end sequence is an effervescent fuschia fantasia. Led by creative directors Bernard Crosland and Ben Andron with Krystal Sojourner on design and animation duties, the team manipulated stills and footage from the film and created original magazine covers to illustrate Violet’s meteoric rise to fame.

IMAGE: Teen Spirit title card

Teen Spirit (2019) opening title card

And if that heavenly melody pumping throughout seems familiar, perhaps it’s because it was prominently featured in another title sequence: the opening to Hackers (1995). English electronic duo Orbital’s celestial house track “Halcyon + on + on” was remixed for the film and features new vocals by — who else? — Violet Valenski.

  • Credits

Main-on-End Title Sequence

Design Studio: BOND
Creative Directors: Bernard Crosland, Ben Andron
Design and Animation: Krystal Sojourner
Editor: Kathleen Philips 
Coordinator: Luke Groneman 
Finishing Supervisor: Justin Haacke 

Film Director: Max Minghella 
Film Producer: Fred Berger 
Client: Automatik Entertainment 

Music: "Halcyon Teen Spirit" by Orbital featuring Elle Fanning

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Title sequence

  • Design and Animation

    Krystal Sojourner
  • Category

    Film
  • Styles

    2010s, main-on-end
Teen Spirit
  • Film Director

    Max Minghella
  • Release Date

    April 12, 2019
  • Aspect Ratio

    2.39:1
  • Studios

    Automatik, Aperture Media Partners, Blank Tape, Head Gear Films, Interscope Films, Metrol Technology
  • Countries

    UK, USA
  • Languages

    English, Polish
  • Reviews

    Reviews on Letterboxd
  • IMDb has full details

Article

  • Writer

    Lola Landekic
  • Published

    January 10, 2020

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