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| Acknowledgements |
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Chapter 1 Title Sequences: Function with Form |
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The Purpose and Functions of a Title Sequence |
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Creative Process Overview |
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3 | (5) |
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Typical Workflow Overview |
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5 | (3) |
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Title Sequence Positioning |
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8 | (1) |
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Title Sequence Style, Integration, and Transitions |
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9 | (21) |
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10 | (1) |
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11 | (2) |
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Alternating Title Cards and Footage |
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13 | (1) |
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Video-Based Title Sequence |
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14 | (2) |
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Animation-Based Title Sequence |
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16 | (1) |
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17 | (1) |
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Combining Footage and Motion Graphics |
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18 | (9) |
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Escamotage: Alternative Transitions |
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27 | (1) |
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28 | (1) |
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29 | (1) |
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30 | (1) |
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Opening and Closing Titles |
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30 | (3) |
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The Video and Film Workflow |
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33 | (3) |
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Film Process and Transfer: The Digital Intermediate Process |
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36 | (9) |
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Chapter 2 A Brief History of Title Sequences |
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45 | (28) |
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45 | (4) |
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Saul Bass: North by Northwest and Psycho |
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49 | (3) |
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Dr. Strangelove and Delicatessen |
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52 | (5) |
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Se7en, Kyle Cooper, and the Modern Title Sequence |
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57 | (16) |
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Chapter 3 The Essentials of Typography and Time |
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Writing Systems and the Roman Capital |
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73 | (1) |
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Types of Type: The Anatomy of a Typeface |
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74 | (3) |
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Kerning, Tracking, and Leading |
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77 | (4) |
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Design Blocks: Choosing a Layout |
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81 | (3) |
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81 | (1) |
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Establishing and Occupying Your Grid |
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82 | (1) |
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83 | (1) |
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Readability: Titles at the Movies, Online, and on Your Cell Phone |
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84 | (5) |
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Cone of Vision and Screen Dimension |
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84 | (1) |
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85 | (2) |
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Titles Online and On Your Cell Phone |
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87 | (2) |
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Tutorial: Modifying Text with Adobe Illustrator |
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89 | (1) |
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90 | (1) |
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Tutorial: Creating a Custom Typeface with Fontlab |
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91 | (2) |
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Moving Type for the Web with Adobe Flash |
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93 | (3) |
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Considerations for Web Viewing and Mobile Devices |
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93 | (1) |
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The Differences Between After Effects and Flash |
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94 | (1) |
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95 | (1) |
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Tutorial: Basic Type Animation in Adobe Flash |
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96 | (2) |
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Tutorial: Moving a Type Animation from After Effects to Flash with the XFL Format |
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98 | (15) |
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Chapter 4 Lights, Color, and Clarity: Preparing Your Titles |
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113 | (78) |
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113 | (14) |
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114 | (2) |
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Symbolism and the Psychology of Color |
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116 | (3) |
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119 | (4) |
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Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary; Hue, Brightness, and Saturation |
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123 | (1) |
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124 | (2) |
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126 | (1) |
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Color Contrasts: Color and Type Combinations That Work |
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127 | (2) |
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129 | (18) |
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131 | (1) |
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Color-Balancing Film and Video Cameras |
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132 | (2) |
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Qualities of Light: Size, Distance, Angle, and Color |
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134 | (3) |
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137 | (2) |
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139 | (1) |
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Computer-Generated Lighting |
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140 | (7) |
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Using Photoshop Layer Styles with Type |
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147 | (8) |
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Adding and Adjusting Layer Styles |
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147 | (1) |
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148 | (1) |
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149 | (1) |
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149 | (2) |
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151 | (1) |
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151 | (1) |
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151 | (1) |
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152 | (1) |
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153 | (1) |
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154 | (1) |
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154 | (1) |
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155 | (1) |
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155 | (1) |
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155 | (1) |
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Choosing Between Raster and Vector for Motion Titles |
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155 | (2) |
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156 | (1) |
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157 | (1) |
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Tutorial: Using Stencil Alpha to Cut Out a Texture |
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157 | (2) |
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The Main Title Card Becomes the Movie Logo |
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159 | (1) |
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Tutorial: Animating Layer Styles with After Effects |
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159 | (2) |
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Tutorial: Adding Animated Illustrative Elements to a Main Title Card |
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161 | (2) |
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163 | (1) |
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163 | (6) |
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Working with the Graphic Design Department |
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165 | (1) |
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165 | (1) |
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Resizing a Movie Poster Logo |
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166 | (1) |
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Setting Up in After Effects |
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167 | (2) |
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Tutorial: Making a Preset |
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169 | (22) |
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Chapter 5 Importing Text and Other Files into After Effects |
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191 | (24) |
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191 | (2) |
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Importing Files into After Effects |
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191 | (1) |
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191 | (1) |
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191 | (1) |
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Composition Cropped Layers |
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192 | (1) |
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193 | (1) |
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Special Considerations for Text Layers |
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193 | (1) |
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Tutorial: Editing Type from an Illustrator Document |
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193 | (2) |
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195 | (1) |
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Tutorial: Animated Title Cards |
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196 | (4) |
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Tutorial: Title Card-Based Title Sequence |
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200 | (3) |
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Tutorial: Creating a Lower Third Title |
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203 | (4) |
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Tutorial: Working with Large Blocks of Type |
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207 | (3) |
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Tutorial: Creating a Ticker, TV News-Type Crawl |
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210 | (5) |
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Chapter 6 Title Sequences in Production: The Camera and the Edit |
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Real-World Cameras vs. CG Cameras |
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215 | (23) |
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Formats and Aspect Ratios |
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218 | (2) |
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Speed and Frames Per Second |
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220 | (7) |
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227 | (6) |
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233 | (1) |
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234 | (4) |
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Composing a Shot: Camera Framing and Movement |
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238 | (9) |
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238 | (4) |
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242 | (5) |
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Understanding Green-Screen Production |
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247 | (3) |
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Editing Footage for a Title Sequence |
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250 | (3) |
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250 | (1) |
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The Rules and Art of the Edit |
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251 | (1) |
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Three Kinds of Edits for Title Designers |
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252 | (1) |
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How to Edit Footage for a Title Sequence |
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253 | (1) |
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253 | (1) |
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254 | (1) |
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Tutorial: Editing Footage for a Title Sequence |
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254 | (2) |
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Tutorial: Creating a Title Sequence with a Virtual Camera |
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256 | (11) |
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Chapter 7 Sound in Movie Titles |
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267 | (22) |
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267 | (2) |
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267 | (1) |
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268 | (1) |
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269 | (1) |
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Reflection, Absorption, Refraction, and Propagation |
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269 | (1) |
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Walter Murch's Synesthesia |
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269 | (1) |
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270 | (1) |
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270 | (1) |
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271 | (1) |
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271 | (1) |
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Audio Integration with After Effects |
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271 | (4) |
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Adding Sound Effects and Music to Your Title Sequence |
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275 | (1) |
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Tutorial: Introduction to Sound Design: Making a "Whoosh" |
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275 | (2) |
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Tutorial: Adding Music and Sound Effects in After Effects |
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277 | (1) |
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Synching Sound with Type Using After Effects Expressions |
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278 | (1) |
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Tutorial: Synching Sound with Type |
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279 | (10) |
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Chapter 8 Essential Techniques |
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289 | (38) |
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289 | (1) |
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290 | (1) |
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290 | (2) |
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Fade Up and Down by Character |
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291 | (1) |
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Tutorial: Fading Up and Down by Character |
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292 | (2) |
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Tutorial: Shaped Fade Up and Fade Down |
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294 | (1) |
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295 | (1) |
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295 | (2) |
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297 | (1) |
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Tutorial: Creating a Spotlight Reveal |
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297 | (2) |
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299 | (1) |
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Tutorial: Make Your Text Bounce |
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299 | (2) |
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301 | (1) |
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Tutorial: Wiping Your Title |
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302 | (1) |
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303 | (1) |
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Tutorial: Creating In-Scene Wipes |
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304 | (2) |
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306 | (1) |
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Tutorial: Creating a Zoom-In Effect |
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306 | (1) |
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307 | (1) |
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Tutorial: Falling into Place |
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307 | (2) |
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309 | (1) |
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309 | (3) |
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312 | (1) |
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Tutorial: Classic Stop Motion with Modern Equipment |
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312 | (3) |
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315 | (1) |
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Tutorial: Painting or Writing Text on Screen |
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315 | (2) |
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Tutorial: Write-On Effect with a Font |
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317 | (2) |
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Tutorial: Painterly Effects |
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319 | (3) |
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322 | (1) |
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Why Are End Scrolls Harder with Video? |
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322 | (1) |
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322 | (1) |
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323 | (1) |
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323 | (1) |
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Tutorial: Animating an End Scroll |
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323 | (4) |
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Chapter 9 Famous Movie Title Techniques |
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327 | (22) |
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327 | (1) |
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Tutorial: Creating the Sopranos-Style Wipe |
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327 | (2) |
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The Suspense-Style Glowing Back Light |
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329 | (1) |
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Tutorial: Creating the Suspense-Style Glowing Back Light |
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329 | (2) |
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The Star Wars Backward Crawl |
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331 | (1) |
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Tutorial: Creating the Star Wars Backward Crawl |
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331 | (2) |
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The Horror-Jittery Type in the Style of Se7en and Saw |
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333 | (1) |
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Tutorial: Creating the Horror-Jittery Type in the Style of Se7en and Saw |
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333 | (2) |
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The Superman-Style Explosive Type |
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335 | (1) |
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Tutorial: Creating the Superman-Style Explosive Type |
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335 | (3) |
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The Matrix Raining Characters |
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338 | (1) |
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Tutorial: The Matrix Raining Characters |
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338 | (1) |
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The Dawn of the Dead Blood-Splatter Type |
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339 | (1) |
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Tutorial: Creating the Dawn of the Dead Blood-Splatter Type |
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340 | (2) |
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The Lost-Style Basic 3DTitle |
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342 | (1) |
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Tutorial: Creating the Lost-Style Basic 3D Title |
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343 | (1) |
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The Spider-Man-Style Full-3D Text Animation |
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344 | (1) |
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Tutorial: Creating the Spider-Man-Style Full-3D Text Animation |
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345 | (4) |
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Chapter 10 Completing the Creative Process |
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349 | (24) |
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Studios/Designers Clients: How Does It All Work? |
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349 | (1) |
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Planning a Movie Title Sequence |
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350 | (1) |
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Project Element Preparation |
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351 | (1) |
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Typical Order of Credits in an Opening Title Sequence |
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352 | (1) |
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353 | (1) |
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Workflow for Building and Creating a Movie Title Sequence |
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354 | (1) |
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Tutorial: Building and Creating a Movie Title Sequence |
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354 | (19) |
| Resources |
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373 | (2) |
| Bibliography |
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375 | (4) |
| Index |
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