Using Titling
Every production uses displays of lettering in one form or another:
• Program title (the name of the show).
• Introductory credits (production principals, cast list).
• Identifying titles/subtitles (location, performer, subject).
• Time (showing clock time, time taken).
• Graphics (tables, lists, charts, etc.).
• End credits (production team, cast list).
Titling methods
Many titling methods are available today – from hand-lettering to rub-on transfers, from lettering kits to computerized titling software. Instead of title cards or crawls/roller-captions set up in front of cameras, or titles prepared on photo-slides, electronic systems are now increasingly used.
The caption generator (CG) allows typed lettering to be inserted ...
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