1. Salford City College
Eccles Centre
Creative Media Production
Motion Graphics and Video Compositing Unit 64
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Use of text:
(Title, Credits, animated captions, stings,
indents, interactive menus, web banner)
• Title Sequence and End Credits - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs8fsCtumCE –
The Dark Knight Rises End Credits
Brief description:
What do you see?
• There is white bold text that rolls down the screen with a black background to make it
stand out. The names are all in capitals and their job roles are in lowercase.
Techniques used:
Animation, Visual Effects, Colour Rendering,
Graphics, Movement
• Animation – The white text scrolls on to the screen.
• Colour Rendering – They have used white text on a black background to make the text
stand out, this also links with the theme of the film.
• Graphics and Movement – The white text scrolls down.
Advanced techniques:
Blur, Sharpen, Distortion, Rotation, Opacity
• There is no blur, distortion or rotation. However the text is very clear and opacity is
kept to 100 %.
Technical comments:
Video Format, Screen Ratio, Resolution,
Frame rate, Compression