Man on Fire
Client
yU+co had the pleasure of collaborating writer and producer Kyle Killen to create the title sequence for the Netflix series Man on Fire. The show follows former Special Forces veteran Creasy as he fights to keep Poe, a teenage girl, safe from forces much greater than him, while also trying to get his life back on track. Inspired both by Creasy’s fractured life and the government conspiracies that drive the show, we used shredding paper as the vehicle for the sequence. The show open weaves together vivid scenes of Rio de Janeiro, Creasy’s haunted past, and iconic imagery from the show.
The sequence begins with grounded realism, juxtaposing the beauty and grandeur of Rio de Janeiro with the chaos and danger of the favelas. Soon, the shredded paper fragments take on surreal, choreographed movements as we transition from one image to the next, like memories unspooling. As we drift deeper into this cascade, embers begin to pierce the and everything is caught in the crossfire. In the end, we’re left with a single, hopeful image – Poe and Creasy. Their relationship is the heart of the show, and we wanted to further establish this as we reveal the main title – Man on Fire.
