Morrison started his carreer working at a production studio where he ran into Maurice Binder. He assisted Binder with the production of the main title sequence of one of the Bond movies, this led him to pursue movie title design.
He got his first break in 1979, when director Franc Roddam asked him to design the main title for Quadrophenia.
Morrison's has also worked with notable directors include Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, Jean-Jacques Annaud, David Lean, Stephen Frears, Kenneth Branagh, Ridley Scott, and Nicolas Roeg.
After having run the design and production company 'Plume' for more than twenty years, Morrison founded Fig Productions in 1998.
In 2007, he joined the animation and mixed media production company Th1ng in London.
One of the character traits that defines Morrison as a designer is his ability to connect to people, he also intuitively understands what a project needs. He is not just a designer, but a storyteller aswell.
Morrison has designed title sequences for: Castaway, Tamara Drewe, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and Batman (1989)
Richard Morrison quoted: “there is a limitless world of creativity”.
Catalogue of work
2010 'Tamara Drewe'
2008 Vantage Point
2007 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2007 The Golden Compass
2007 Sleuth
2007 Confessions of a Diary Secretary
2006 As You Like It
2006 These Foolish Things
2006 Perfect Creature
2005 A Very Social Secretary
2005 Tideland
2005 The Constant Gardener
2005 Valiant
2004 Seed of Chucky
2004 Oyster Farmer
2004/I Creep
2004 Ella Enchanted
2004 Two Brothers
2003 The Dreamers
2003 Girl with a Pearl Earring
2003 Vacuums
2002 9 Dead Gay Guys
2002 The Magnificent Ambersons
2001 High Heels and Low Lifes
2001 Enemy at the Gates
2001 Je t'aime John Wayne
2001 Sword of Honour
2001 Phoenix Blue
2000 Vertical Limit
2000 The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
2000 Mad About Mambo
2000 Honest
2000 Circus
2000 Nora
2000 High Fidelity
1999 Running Free
1999 Guest House Paradiso
1999 My Life So Far
1999 This Year's Love
1998 Hideous Kinky
1998 Get Real
1997 Spice World
1997 Seven Years in Tibet
1997 Event Horizon
1996 Trojan Eddie
1996 Small Faces
1996 Witness Against Hitler
1995 Copycat
1995 Hackers
1994 War of the Buttons
1994 A Good Man in Africa
1994 Tom & Viv
1994 Golden Gate
1993 The Hour of the Pig
1993 The Innocent
1993 Great Moments in Aviation
1992 The Silent Touch
1992 Wuthering Heights
1992 Dakota Road
1992 The Long Day Closes
1992 City of Joy
1992 Split Second
1992 Blame It on the Bellboy
1992 The Bridge
1991 K2
1991 Twenty-One
1991 Meeting Venus
1991 The Miracle
1991 December Bride
1990 Memphis Belle
1990 Chicago Joe and the Showgirl
1990 Nuns on the Run
1990 The Reflecting Skin
1990 Strike It Rich
1990 Ladder of Swords
1989 The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
1989 We're No Angels
1989 All Dogs Go to Heaven
1989 Diamond Skulls
1989 Batman
1989 Venus Peter
1989 Joyriders
1989 Resurrected
1989 Killing Dad or How to Love Your Mother
1988 High Spirits
1988 Madame Sousatzka
1988 We Think the World of You
1988 War Party
1988 Distant Voices, Still Lives
1988 Paperhouse
1988 Some Girls
1988 A Fish Called Wanda
1988 A World Apart
1988 Pascali's Island
1988 The Fruit Machine
1988 For Queen & Country
1988 Soursweet
1988 Track 29
1988 Little Dorrit
1988 The Nature of the Beast
1988 Vroom
1987 Someone to Watch Over Me
1987 A Month in the Country
1987 Aria
1987 The Whales of August
1987 Hellraiser
1987 On the Black Hill
1986 Castaway
1986 The Mission
1986 Link
1986 Rita, Sue and Bob Too!
1985 A Chorus Line
1985 The Good Father
1985 Return to Oz
1985 Brazil
1984 A Passage to India
1984 The Killing Fields
1984 Crimes of Passion
1984 Cal
1984/I The Frog Prince
1984 Laughterhouse
1983 Bullshot
1983 Loose Connections
1982 Gandhi
1982 Moonlighting
1979 Quadrophenia
Sweeney Todd
Through the use of saturated colours, the blacks and the dark blues of the opening title sequence, gives a dark and omious atmosphere, through the silhouette buildings, the auedience can see this will be set in a city.
High angle shot through the window gives a sense of power over the situation, in almost a god-like fashion, could relates to Sweeney Todd's character having control over peoples deaths.
A splash of blood it highlighted significantly in contrast to the black surrounding, curiosity and the eerie tone music is keeping the audience on their seats.
Blood oozzing of the walls, disfigured silhouette, again contributes to the atmosphere and tone of the films, maybe linking in to the characters disfigured mind.
The process in which sweeney todd uses to get rid of the bodies, showing giving small hints into the plot of the film, keeping the audience on their seat.
Richard Morrison Interview
http://www.watchthetitles.com/articles/00193-Richard_Morrison_interview
provide some anaylsis of sweeny todd
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