Titles!

Aschu

Aschu

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Just curious to see some opinions on this.

What types of fonts do you prefer?
What program do you use for making titles?
Do you prefer titles over black or titles over video/some sort of color or graphic?

Thus far, I stick with titles over black and use Helvetica or Apple ligothic (though Ligothic is a little too similar to Wes Anderson's text of choice, so I want to figure out a new one)

The reason I ask on types of fonts is because I typically just use fcp for titles and it haven't really sorted through the list of font to find what I like because it is really not user friendly to do so.
 
Title sequence design is an art form in itself. Look, feel, etc. can all be used to enhance the story that is about to be told. So picking a font for the sake of a font is not really the way to approach this... unless your talking subtitles.

Michael
 
So as someone who wants to focus on directing and cinematography and editing, would you say I should invest more time into titles as well? As an editor I feel it is more important to know how to do title sequences.
 
It's a lot more than just putting the words up, and if you're editing you need to know that. At least on smaller projects that don't have graphic design departments. Study fonts, transitions, stuff like that, and treat the title with the same atittude you do the opening shot. It doesn't have to be dramatic at all, but it certainly matters how you deliver it, since your setting the tone for the whole rest of the production.
 
Aschu said:
As an editor I feel it is more important to know how to do title sequences.
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As an editor I feel it is more important to tell the story in whatever time that is needed to tell the story. The title sequence (and credits to some extent) is a subset of that skill set. What are the arcs? What moves the story forward? Whose scene is it? I co-edit with Norm Hollyn who wrote a great book on these concepts called "The Lean Forward Moment"

http://www.amazon.com/Lean-Forward-...=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273749516&sr=8-2

A great read and lots of nice ways to think about how to approach a beat, moment, scene, scenes and create that rhythm for the entire program.

Michael
 
Hey Michael,
Sorry for the late response. Got caught up in some stuff.

Thanks for the book recommendation, I think I may purchase it.
 
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