Author Archives: Randy Balsmeyer

Rolling Thunder Revue and The Dead Don’t Die

Big Film Design is proud to have been involved with two wonderful films opening this week, Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese from Netflix, and Jim Jarmusch’s The Dead Don’t Die from Focus Features.


BFD created the opening and end title sequences for Rolling Thunder Revue, inspired by the circus-style lettering used on the stage curtain. The end title sequence dramatizes Dylan’s incredible continuing history of touring.

In an alchemic mix of fact and fantasy, Scorsese looks back at Bob Dylan’s 1975 Rolling Thunder Revue tour and a country ripe for reinvention. Starring Bob Dylan, with Allen Ginsberg, Joan Baez, Patti Smith, Joni Mitchell, Sam Shepard and Sharon Stone. You can stream it on Netflix now, or even better, see it in its limited theatrical release in NY and LA.

Watch the trailer at netflix.com.


In addition to creating the main and end title sequences, BFD’s Creative Director, Randy Balsmeyer, was Second Unit Director for Jim Jarmusch’s The Dead Don’t Die. Randy was responsible for several driving sequences, including a car-to-car sequence swerving through a zombie-infested town at night. Something a little different from visual effects and title design!

We hope you enjoy this hilarious take on the zombie genre, starring Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton, Chloë Sevigny, Steve Buscemi, Danny Glover, Caleb Landry Jones, Rosie Perez, Iggy Pop, Sara Driver, RZA, Selena Gomez, Carol Kane, Austin Butler, Luka Sabbat and Tom Waits. The Dead Don’t Die opens in theaters nationwide today.

Watch the trailer at focusfeatures.com.

BlacKkKlansman

BlacKkKlansman

We’re very excited to have been a part of making Spike Lee’s new film from Focus Features, BlacKkKlansman. BFD was the exclusive supplier of visual effects, graphics and titles for this extraordinary picture. It opens in theaters nationwide today, Friday August 10.

Girls Trip

Girls Trip

Big Film Design is proud to have created titles and graphics for Universal Pictures new release, Girls Trip, opening today in theaters nationwide.

Silence – Paterson

Silence – Paterson

Big Film Design is proud to have created titles and graphics for two amazing films opening this week, Silence and Paterson. The films could not be more different. Silence is Martin Scorsese’s epic, decades-in-the-making tale of Jesuit priests in 17th Century Japan. Paterson is Jim Jarmusch’s intimate story of a bus driver/poet who lives inContinue Reading

Inferno

Inferno

In other news… The Criterion Collection, after 23 years, has released Robert Altman’s amazing Short Cuts on Blu-Ray disc. The film includes one of our favorite early title sequences. If you’ve never seen it, now’s your chance to finally see it in high definition.

Hail, Caesar!

Hail, Caesar!

Hail, Caesar! is the latest hilarious offering from the brilliant Coen brothers. The movie follows a day in the life of a Hollywood studio fixer in 1950, who cleans up and solves problems for big names and stars. In the course of the film, we visit the sets of several movies as they are beingContinue Reading

Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq

Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq

We are very excited to announce our biggest project of the year, Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq, opening in theaters this Friday, December 4. Big Film Design is proud to have created the title sequences and over 150 visual effects shots, with BFD’s Randy Balsmeyer as on-set VFX Supervisor.