Creating and Adding Titles

By Chloe Chorlton

We decided to create our titles for the teaser trailer using Adobe Flash. This is because we have used this programme before and so we knew what we were able to do.

Trying to keep to the same font ‘Assassins’ I tried to add text boxes using this style. However the font would not work properly on this programme as we had downloaded it. Therefore we needed to think of a way to add the text in.

Adobe flash allows you to import images and so I decided to use this to add the text. The image shows how I did this.

On Microsoft Word, I made text boxes and put each letter that was needed for the title in them. Then I changed the sizes of font as they were very big and would not fit on the

1. Using Microsoft Word

Flash background. This was very time consuming as after altering all the letters, I then had to save each letter as a JPEG file to be able to be imported to Adobe Flash.

Next I imported the images onto the library of Adobe Flash. I did this instead of straight onto the stage as I had ideas to have each letter come in one at a time.

To be able to make that work, I needed to create a layer for each letter. This

2. Using Adobe Flash

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is done by pressing F5 on each of the letter names (1). This creates a platform that allows media to be added to that layer.

The blocks are counted in 5’s and so we had to drag the boxes to 150. The numbers do not represent the time so the animation was only 6 seconds long.

We then had to take the correct letter and put it onto the correct lettered stage name. The image shows that the black box at the beginning of the animation for each letter (2). This is when the image is shown. I then staggered each letter so that they randomly appeared.

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I used the same technique to create the coming soon animation and the billing block.

Although I did not do this with individual letters as both the coming soon sign and billing block have to be quick flashes.

3. Using Flash for Other Titles

After we had finished making the titles on Adobe Flash, we had to export the file. This then ensured that we would be able to insert it into Final Cut Pro.

As we exported the file, it was saved as a QuickTime Movie.

4. Adding to the Teaser Trailer

This image shows the titles animation being inserted and edited onto the trailer.

The file was imported onto Final Cut Pro and dragged into place. Initially we didn’t include the billing block but after seeing it on other trailers, we decided to create one. This meant that we had to use the blade tool to cut the original title in half to add the billing block.