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Opening Title
Taxi Driver Opening Title
A stylised 2D opening title concept for the K-drama Taxi Driver, all gritty, high-contrast textures and underground justice.
Client
Taxi Driver (concept)
Year
2025
Discipline
Opening Title
Deliverables
2D Motion · Title Sequence · 2025
Behind the Wheel, Beyond the Law
Rainbow Taxi receives a call from a victim asking for revenge through the arcade game. The team gets notified and prepares for the mission.
An explorative execution of carefully layered, animated grain patterns. This project was about discovering how far we could push 3D compositions, then stylise them into a Saul Bass inspired, minimalist 2D animation and art direction.
It’s built around the K-drama Taxi Driver (모범택시) and its themes of vigilantism, mystery and underground justice.
How it flows
Storyline concept
01
Victim's plea
A victim's desperate call for justice against a failing legal system leads into a dark tunnel, towards the Rainbow Taxi.
02
Mission briefing
The team analyses the case and gears up before the garage door opens for the taxi to begin its mission.
03
Final establishing
The sequence ends with the reveal of the final title logo.
Colour story
Colour palette
Paper
#FCF7DF
Rainbow Taxi
#F2C351
Mystery
#262C31
Anger
#DF4036
Black for mystery, yellow for the Rainbow Taxi and red for anger, all on a grainy, vintage paper texture.
Shot by shot
Storyboard
#1
System fails the victim. The victim is helpless, the hammer knocks down and the line snaps.
#2
The victim has lost the legal battle. Falling, with papers flying.
#3
The victim calls the Rainbow Taxi for help, trapped inside a ball.
#4
The Rainbow Taxi's arcade game starts the service. The ball drops and bounces.
#5
From the victim's plea to the Rainbow Taxi: blocks form a tunnel.
#6
Case analysis. Photos and lines connect as they animate in.
#7
Preparing for the mission: Kim Do-Gi's locker, full of his things.
#8
The garage opens, ready for the mission.
#9
The taxi is ready.
#10
Mission starts. The taxi drives off.
#11
End page: the title.
The look
Styleframes
Behind the scenes
Compositing & animation
Credits
Direction, design and animation by Blubs Creative. Music and SFX: Artlist. This is an independent concept piece made for our portfolio. It isn't affiliated with the Taxi Driver series, its broadcasting network or any of their related parties.
