Tal Rosner is a BAFTA award winning filmmaker and graphic designer who came and guest spoke at a lecture at college. He started of studying graphic design until he discovered he had a talent for moving image making. He took what he had learnt while doing graphic design and applied the techniques to the films he began to make.
One of my favourite pieces that he composed was the title sequence for the Channel 4 youth drama Skins. The writer was looking for something new and exciting for the opening sequence, something that had not been done before. Rosner was commissioned to develop the entire on-screen identity, the budget was low as it was the first series but this is something that excited Rosner. "I designed a mischievous, speedy collage of characters and unpredictable features of Bristol, the city where the plot is set. Each of the 9 episodes' title sequence received a different ending, highlighting a particular character or characters to be the focus of that episode." The writer was so impressed with what Rosner created that he hired him to do the second and third series too.
(stills from the Channel 4 show, Skins)
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