Thunderball Title Sequence

2024
2024

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Graphis Inc. New Talent Gold Award – Film & Video

What I Did

Underwater filming, Rotoscoping, Animation, Typography

Part of the 007 franchise, Thunderball (1965) follows James Bond through a tropical spy thriller as he hunts down stolen nuclear warheads in the Bahamas.

For this project, the brief was to design a modernized title sequence for a pre-1980's movie from scratch. All visual assets had to be self-produced or sourced directly from the film's original material.

My take on Thunderball's title sequence draws from inspiration the silhouettes and color blocking often found in James Bond movie titles.

Storyboards & Sketches

Storyboards & Sketches

Created in Photoshop and Handdrawn

Created in Photoshop and Handdrawn

GoPro Footage

The base footage I captured by splashing water on a dark background. I later used displacement maps and color overlays to create effects in my title sequence.

Still lookin'?

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© Ella Balhoff 2026