C A S E S T U DY: M O O N R I S E K I N G D O M

WHO MAKES TITLE SEQUENCES?

T I T L E S BY J E S S I C A H I S C H E

MOONRISE KINGDOM, 2012

J E S S I C A HISCHE

• is a freelance letterer and type designer• was contacted by a co-producer of the film asking

her to create some initial ideas which they paid Hische for and looked at before hiring her to do all the lettering for the film• the director, Wes Anderson, worked with her

personally to create exactly what he had in mind in combination with Hische’s ideas• the final titles went through many stages of

development before both she and Anderson were happy with it

WHERE DID HER IDEAS COME FROM?

• the final titles for Moonrise Kingdom took inspiration from Edwardian Script and other films, for example La Femme Infidèle