A few weeks ago, creative director/designer Patrick Clair won an Emmy for Outstanding Main Title Design for his work on HBO’s True Detective. This week he spends nearly 2 hours with us, covering a ton of different topics ranging from his heroes and inspirations, the beginnings of his career, and his goals beyond title design.

Patrick generously shares a ton of background stories and behind-the-scenes info about creating the True Detective and Halt and Catch Fire title sequences, which have received industry-wide recognition for their incredible design. If you're a fan of either of those great sequences, you're in for a very big treat!

Patrick’s Website: http://www.antibody.tv/

Elastic’s Website: http://www.elastic.tv

True Detective Titles: http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/true-detective/

Halt and Catch Fire Titles: http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/halt-and-catch-fire/

Stuxnet: https://vimeo.com/25118844

Raoul Marks’ Website: http://www.raoulmarks.com/

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SHOW NOTES:

2014 Emmy Nominees for Main Titles: http://www.artofthetitle.com/news/2014-emmy-nominations-for-main-title-design/

Scott Dadich from WIRED: https://twitter.com/sdadich

Fight Club: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137523/

Michael Mann: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000520/

Michael C. Place: http://wearebuild.com/

Dan Mountford’s Double Exposures: http://www.danmountford.co.uk/Double-Exposure-Portraits

Monsters: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1470827/

Alive in Joburg: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1hI8c8HzxU

Spartan: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0360009/

Primer/Upstream Color director Shane Carruth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Carruth

Under the Skin: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1441395/

Mill+ Call of Duty: http://www.themill.com/work/call-of-dutyghosts-cinematics-montage.aspx

“Valuing people’s time is so important. If you value their time, they tend to give you their full creative potential, and that’s when you get results that are really exciting.”