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Ultra City SmithsTitle Cards

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Ultra City Smiths is an animated, comedy-noir-detective-series developed for AMC. The show is about two detectives solving a mysterious disappearance in the fictitious city Metropolis, and was entirely stop-motion-animated using baby dolls for the characters (super weird, super fun). The voice cast is star-studded and it was truly humbling to work on a project featuring some of our favorite comedians.

This project focused on the creation of an opening title sequence and accompanying episode title cards with a creative direction inspired by the trash and forgotten items you’d find in the dirty streets of Metropolis. We took a unique approach to the title cards, as each one was designed to be entirely specific to that episode, utilizing items and events from within the story. We even snuck some easter eggs into the opening title sequence—if you’ve watched the show, see if you can find our little plot-line hints.

Study Hall was presented with a unique ask—to create bespoke title cards for each episode that incorporated themes and totems from it’s unique storyline. Each title card needed to creatively include the show’s title, episode title, and episode number.

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Ultra City SmithsTitle Cards