Vegas Title Question

[Jeremy Ordan]

For the last hour I have been searching the Vasst site and playing in Vegas trying to come up with titles that are reminiscent of the titles in Se7en. I have tried applying the Vegas Quake Script, cutting in and out or the text, using flash effect, but whatever I do it just looks cheesy. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how to achieve this look for some titles. Thanks for any help!

-Jeremy

 

[J.R. Hudson]

Jeremy

I need to review them; I'll scope my DVD out and get back to you!

 

[Jeremy Ordan]

Thanks Hudson. I've been messing with this for a while, and Quake helps, but I'm still not getting. I appreciate it though.

 

[J.R. Hudson]

Hmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[J.R. Hudson]

Check this cool site out (BTW)

http://www.shillpages.com/movies/index2.shtml

 

[J.R. Hudson]

Found this:

http://www.justkiss.com/psp/seven7.htm

 

[Jeremy Ordan]

Hudson, you are the man. Great resource, thank you very much. Where did you find that? I ran a google, searched vasst, searched here. That's a great resource, time for me to play as I rewatch Team America

 

[J.R. Hudson]

Hi Yankee

One thing that leaps out at me so far is using the film effects over a font track; specifically using the Jitter effect

 

[J.R. Hudson]

Also, quick blurs, velocity effects, scratches, quick flashes, using multiple tracks and opacity....

Another key is the imagery behind the titles. That really sells the effect.

 

[Jeremy Ordan]

I think the Quake script works well too... The velocity and film effects are great ideas though... I am going to continue to play with this and I will post what I come up with.

 

[J.R. Hudson]

Here is a killer FONT site

http://www.dafont.com/

 

[J.R. Hudson]

Whats your deadline? I'm going to see if I cant mimic this myself here at home !

 

[Jeremy Ordan]

No deadline... It's for a project that we just started shooting tonight, but I just wanted to mimic that look because it fits the mood. No deadline though. I really appreciate the help.

Wow, nice font site.

 

[J.R. Hudson]

Do you have the Se7en disc for review or do you need some sample grabs ?

 

[Jeremy Ordan]

I have it. I keep looking at it... I think I have something, I'm going to try to post it in a minute

 

[Jeremy Ordan]

OK, here is what I have so far on this little mission thing I'm on. It needs a lot more keyframing with the blur effects but I think it is starting to sort of come together. Right now it is 15 seconds, but I'll ultimately speed it up.

Quicktime: http://www.stffilms.com/Files/3.mov

Veg File: http://www.stffilms.com/Files/3.veg

EDIT:

Another Spin on it: Veg File: http://www.stffilms.com/Files/3A.veg

Quicktime: http://www.stffilms.com/Files/3A.mov

I know it looks nothing like the Se7en titles, I want more that strange feel rather than the exact. Actually exact would be nice, but I'm not even close so I'm leaning more towards that feel