Subtitles of the Movie

Before we go on to the next lesson, I want to show you some of the other title effects. Unfortunately due to the limitations of our capture software, they may look a little jerky. However, they look great here on my external monitor and I can assure you that your results should be perfect. Now, when choosing a font, try to choose fonts, which are what we call sanserif. That is fonts, which are bold and solid, and without those little bits which hangout of the back and the sides of your letters. Here's a list of the fonts, which will work well and those, which may give you some problems. You can pause the video here if you need more time to study this list. Let's start with a standard effect centered title. This is probably the most useful one of all. It fades up, stays on screen and fades down at the end of it's time that's just what you want. Notice iMovie has already created a drop shadow behind the letters. You may not be able to see it on your screen but the shadow is black and the offset distance is just right. A drop shadow assures that your text is always readable, no matter what color the background is. The next title is the music video effect. You should use this whenever you need to present a large block of text. However, it'll always appear in the lower left hand corner of your screen. The stripe subtitle does exactly what it says. It provides you with text laid on a semitransparent stripe This stripe will change and blend with the color you have chosen for your text. The typewriter effect gives the impression of your text to being typed onto the screen. If this were used with an appropriate sound effect, it would make a very impressive title. The drifting effect would be very suitable for a countryside with scenic type of video. Use it with a gentle music background to enhance the atmosphere. The centered bounce provides an interesting animation. If you added a bond or a wipe opening from the top, this could work a treat. Next, the scrolling block effect. This could be used for any block of text you want to pass over your video. The rolling credit and the centered credit effects just won't do this for you. Now, flying words could provide a great start to an action movie. Use it with lively upbeat music. Flying letters could be used in the same way. However, be careful not to use too many letters as this may make the length of the title too long. The rolling centered credit produces a very professional finish to your movie. Let's face it. This is the way the Hollywood movies do it and all the hard work has been done for you, and finally, the zoom effect provides a dramatic end or start to your movie. I hope these next few shots demonstrate how you can improve your titles by super imposing them on a backdrop made up of photographs, postcards, Christmas cards or any graphic that you can import into your computer. I'll be showing you how to do this later in the creating a still lesson. Finally, you'll notice that I added some transitions to these clips, which will lead us nicely into the next lesson.