Video Editing Tips

With the advent of computer technology inserting titles has become an easy task which was unavailable to previous generations. This did not however stop them from doing so and they inserted titles in the most innovative ways. Remember those black and white films without sound, they used a piece of paper with the tile or scene descriptors and opened with those shots. It also allowed a period of pausing where it would be easy to insert a scene rather than to select a scene that was shot and re-shot and then combined later. There was also no sound and sometimes a little explanation was needed to discuss the actions taking place (think Charlie Chaplin). Another method is to paint titles directly onto glass panes and then shooting the scenes through it giving the effect of a title floating in your shots. Paper, onion skin and other materials can be used for such purposes so be creative and use the old style methods for original titles.