Illustrated title card reading "Commando On The Front Line", with a camouflage beret and blood spatter texture over a soldier's eye

Commando On The Front Line, Illustrated Titles

Client: Commando On The Front Line
Services: Illustration

Comic style title sequence illustrations for the documentary series Commando On The Front Line, turning real still frames into hand drawn panels blended together in After Effects.

Title Sequence Panels

Comic style illustrated panel of a train arriving at a station platform at dawn — New cadets arriving at what is to be their new home, “In the early hours of the morning the new cadettes arrive at what is to be their new home. No one speaks, all are excited and yet worried about what lays ahead of them.”

Comic style illustrated panel of a military landing craft approaching a snowy shore — “The commandos are shipped to drop off point where they will engage the enemy forces inland. Rumours of war became reality for the brave, young recruits.”

Comic style illustrated panel of an explosion mid battle, with shouted dialogue captions — “Everyone get down!! Take cover!!!”

The Brief

One of the earliest title sequences Cumi worked on. Commando On The Front Line was a hard hitting documentary series in which filmmaker Chris Terril joined Royal Marines commandos to train alongside them and travel into a war zone.

What Cumi Created

Cumi took real still frames from the series' own footage and turned them into comic style illustrations, blended between one another in After Effects to build a memorable title sequence.

Credits

Illustration: Cumi
Series: Commando On The Front Line
Filmmaker: Chris Terril