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Project Details: Analog Titles

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While a lot of our time in this class will be spent exploring cutting edge digital technology, a lot of work is still done in the analog realm.  This week, we’ll be doing an in-class group project without using computers.

Lesson 2: History of Title Sequences

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Let’s take a look at the history of title sequences in film.  In the earliest days of “primitive” cinema, title cards were purely utilitarian – simple notices meant to establish authorship and enforce copyrights.

Project Details: Inspiring Typography

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Your first assignment is really simple: go to Art of the Title and pick out a title sequence that you think is really cool.  It could be new or old, popular or obscure – it just needs to be interesting.

Lesson 1: Welcome to Motion Graphics & Title Design

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Welcome to the Film/Media Studies Production Practicum!  This semester, we’ll be exploring title design, typography, and motion graphics.  I think that this is an area of the production process that is often overlooked.  I hope that by the end of this semester, you have a new appreciation for the ways that text and graphics can used creatively – and, of course, you will develop new skills to create compelling motion graphics of your own.