Chapter 25
Safe: Titles and Credits
In This Chapter
• Giving your film a title
• Different types of title and credit sequences
• Basic design considerations when creating your title sequences
• Knowing how long to leave each credit or title on the screen
First impressions are important. The title of your film is literally the first thing audiences will see. Finding the perfect title can be difficult, and some filmmakers use a working title until they decide on just the right name for their film. The independent film Southside became Dirty Work because the latter title is more intriguing. Almost Famous started life as Untitled (in fact, the director’s cut DVD of the film is released as Untitled). Working titles are also sometimes used to keep people ...
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