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Title teasers
Puzzle audiences by simple tricks illustrated here
Here is a simple trick title that does not require any special camera facilities. The cardboard letters forming the title are tacked to a stick long enough so that it can be moved from outside the scene. At the beginning of the title footage, the wording is buried in the snow, and then an assistant turns the end of the stick so that the letters slowly rise from the snow.
The dense vapor produced by dry ice that is placed in slightly warm water is a very convenient and easily handled aid in producing remarkably beautiful title effects. Simply place the pan containing the dry ice underneath or near the title board, so that the vapor will rise and obscure the title card. Start the scene with the clouds of vapor filling the camera field and then, to reveal the title, blow the vapor away. It is heavy and sluggish and handles easily. Colored lights playing on the vapor will produce beautiful effects in Kodachrome color titles.
The book title offers an opportunity for interesting and appropriate action, and yet it is very simple to handle. Letter the titles in black on a piece of tan or cream colored paper of pleasant texture and then paste this neatly on a leaf of an old book. Center the book in a closeup and have an assistant slowly open it to the title page as the scene is being made. If you have a series of titles — a lead title assembly — the assistant can turn the next leaf and so on. Do not use glossy w7hite paper for the title lettering. Of course, color offers the opportunity to use all sorts of art paper.
Reverse motion, easily obtained with any camera, simply by holding it upside down and turning the scene end for end after it has been processed, is the hardy perennial of all title tricks. It can be adapted in as many ways as your imagination can devise. Here it is used with paper letters that are blown away by the fan. The camera is held upside down, the desired title footage is made and then the fan is turned on and the letters are blown away. On the screen, the letters will appear to fly into place. For Kodachrome. cut the letters from colored paper.
Some movie makers find it convenient to have a standard title card, which carries the words, "Filmed by" or "Produced by," followed by the filmer's name. Lettered in white against a gray background, this title card can be photographed at any time with reversal film. If it is to be used for a Kodachrome picture, it may be given any color desired by the simple expedient of using colored gelatin over the lights. Any black and white title can be given a color effect by this procedure. A meter is needed to judge exposure with the colored light.
Double exposure to get title backgrounds in motion is not difficult, but here is a method of getting the same effect that anybody can follow. The title letters either are painted on glass or are cut out of paper and pasted on glass. The glass is placed at a suitable distance from the camera, so that it fills the field, and the action is arranged behind it. Focus on the title but, if possible, use a small stop so that background action also will be in as sharp focus as possible.