- Cover
- Halftitle
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Title Sequences: Function with Form
- The Purpose and Functions of a Title Sequence
- Creative Process Overview
- Typical Workflow Overview
- Title Sequence Positioning
- Title Sequence Style, Integration, and Transitions
- Match Frame
- Titles Over Picture
- Alternating Title Cards and Footage
- Video-Based Title Sequence
- Animation-Based Title Sequence
- Text as Character
- Combining Footage and Motion Graphics
- Escamotage: Alternative Transitions
- A Story Within a Story
- Pulling the Threads
- Conclusion
- Opening and Closing Titles
- The Video and Film Workflow
- Film Process and Transfer: The Digital Intermediate Process
- Chapter 2. A Brief History of Title Sequences
- Chapter 3. The Essentials of Typography and Time
- Writing Systems and the Roman Capital
- Types of Type: The Anatomy of a Typeface
- Kerning, Tracking, and Leading
- Design Blocks: Choosing a Layout
- Using a Grid System
- Establishing and Occupying Your Grid
- Breaking the Grid
- Readability: Titles at the Movies, Online, and on Your Cell Phone
- Cone of Vision and Screen Dimension
- Font Size and Distance
- Titles Online and On Your Cell Phone
- Tutorial: Modifying Text with Adobe Illustrator
- Creating Your Own Font
- Tutorial: Creating a Custom Typeface with Fontlab
- Moving Type for the Web with Adobe Flash
- Considerations for Web Viewing and Mobile Devices
- The Differences Between After Effects and Flash
- Choosing Between the Two
- Tutorial: Basic Type Animation in Adobe Flash
- Tutorial: Moving a Type Animation from After Effects to Flash with the XFL Format
- Chapter 4. Lights, Color, and Clarity: Preparing Your Titles
- Understanding Color
- A Bit of History
- Symbolism and the Psychology of Color
- Color Systems
- Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary; Hue, Brightness, and Saturation
- Color Harmonies
- Color Deficiency
- Color Contrasts: Color and Type Combinations That Work
- Understanding Light
- Color Temperature
- Color-Balancing Film and Video Cameras
- Qualities of Light: Size, Distance, Angle, and Color
- Functions of Lights
- Emotive Lighting
- Computer-Generated Lighting
- Using Photoshop Layer Styles with Type
- Adding and Adjusting Layer Styles
- The Layer Styles
- Using Global Light
- Contour
- Drop Shadow
- Inner Shadow
- Outer Glow
- Inner Glow
- Bevel and Emboss
- Satin
- Color Overlay
- Gradient Overlay
- Pattern Overlay
- Stroke
- Choosing Between Raster and Vector for Motion Titles
- What Is a Raster Image?
- What Is a Vector Image?
- Tutorial: Using Stencil Alpha to Cut Out a Texture
- The Main Title Card Becomes the Movie Logo
- Tutorial: Animating Layer Styles with After Effects
- Tutorial: Adding Animated Illustrative Elements to a Main Title Card
- Title Sequence Workflows
- Project Management
- Working with the Graphic Design Department
- 300 dpi Becomes 72 ppi
- Setting Up in After Effects
- Tutorial: Making a Preset
- Open in Editor
- Chapter 5. Importing Text and Other Files into After Effects
- Workflow Considerations
- Importing Files into After Effects
- Footage
- Composition
- Composition Cropped Layers
- Project
- Special Considerations for Text Layers
- Tutorial: Editing Type from an Illustrator Document
- Creating Title Cards
- Tutorial: Animated Title Cards
- Tutorial: Title Card-Based Title Sequence
- Tutorial: Creating a Lower Third Title
- Tutorial: Working with Large Blocks of Type
- Tutorial: Creating a Ticker, TV News-Type Crawl
- Chapter 6. Title Sequences in Production: The Camera and the Edit
- Real-World Cameras vs. CG Cameras
- Formats and Aspect Ratios
- Speed and Frames Per Second
- Lenses
- Depth of Field
- Shutter Speed and Angle
- Composing a Shot: Camera Framing and Movement
- Camera Framing
- Camera Movement
- Understanding Green-Screen Production
- Editing Footage for a Title Sequence
- Three Kinds of Edits
- The Rules and Art of the Edit
- Three Kinds of Edits for Title Designers
- How to Edit Footage for a Title Sequence
- Software Setup
- Music
- Tutorial: Editing Footage for a Title Sequence
- Tutorial: Creating a Title Sequence with a Virtual Camera
- Chapter 7. Sound in Movie Titles
- Characteristics of Sound
- Pitch
- Tone
- Amplitude
- Reflection, Absorption, Refraction, and Propagation
- Walter Murch’s Synesthesia
- Sound in Postproduction
- The Sound Edit
- The Score
- The Mix
- Audio Integration with After Effects
- Adding Sound Effects and Music to Your Title Sequence
- Tutorial: Introduction to Sound Design: Making a “Whoosh”
- Tutorial: Adding Music and Sound Effects in After Effects
- Synching Sound with Type Using After Effects Expressions
- Tutorial: Synching Sound with Type
- Chapter 8. Essential Techniques
- Timing
- Fade Up and Fade Down
- Tutorial: The Basic Move
- Fade Up and Down by Character
- Tutorial: Fading Up and Down by Character
- Tutorial: Shaped Fade Up and Fade Down
- Tracking
- Tutorial: Tracks
- Spotlight Reveal
- Tutorial: Creating a Spotlight Reveal
- Text Bounce
- Tutorial: Make Your Text Bounce
- Title Wipes
- Tutorial: Wiping Your Title
- In-Scene Wipes
- Tutorial: Creating In-Scene Wipes
- Extreme Zoom-In Effect
- Tutorial: Creating a Zoom-In Effect
- Falling into Place
- Tutorial: Falling into Place
- Exploding Type
- Tutorial: Exploding Type
- Stop-Motion Titles
- Tutorial: Classic Stop Motion with Modern Equipment
- Fine-Art Techniques
- Tutorial: Painting or Writing Text on Screen
- Tutorial: Write-On Effect with a Font
- Tutorial: Painterly Effects
- End Scroll
- Why Are End Scrolls Harder with Video?
- Typefaces
- Effects
- Processing and Setting
- Tutorial: Animating an End Scroll
- Chapter 9. Famous Movie Title Techniques
- The Sopranos-Style Wipe
- Tutorial: Creating the Sopranos-Style Wipe
- The Suspense-Style Glowing Back Light
- Tutorial: Creating the Suspense-Style Glowing Back Light
- The Star Wars Backward Crawl
- Tutorial: Creating the Star Wars Backward Crawl
- The Horror-Jittery Type in the Style of Se7en and Saw
- Tutorial: Creating the Horror-Jittery Type in the Style of Se7en and Saw
- The Superman-Style Explosive Type
- Tutorial: Creating the Superman-Style Explosive Type
- The Matrix Raining Characters
- Tutorial: The Matrix Raining Characters
- The Dawn of the Dead Blood-Splatter Type
- Tutorial: Creating the Dawn of the Dead Blood-Splatter Type
- The Lost-Style Basic 3D Title
- Tutorial: Creating the Lost-Style Basic 3D Title
- The Spider-Man-Style Full-3D Text Animation
- Tutorial: Creating the Spider-Man-Style Full-3D Text Animation
- Resources
- Index
-
No Comment
..................Content has been hidden....................
You can't read the all page of ebook, please click here login for view all page.