Blog Post #55 - Editing: Title Card Update

 In my Blog Post #38 - Titling Sequence, I researched title cards and created one for my project Beneath The Hood, which is seen down below. This title card did not add much to the atmosphere or vibe of the film, overall having a low impact on the film.




Since this title sequence doesnt leave much of an impact on the audience, leaving the audience with a lower energy and feeling after the slow-paced montage scene, I want to make a higher energy, and exciting title card, to up the energy for the latter half of the project. I also want to put in an aspect that includes the presence of the killer, since that is whom this film revolves around.

The symbolism of the black-hooded killer are his black hood, blade, and his victims. I can stem off the topic of his victims, and use blood as an example of the symbolism of this killer, and more broadly killers in general.

The easiest way I can think to add blood to the introduction is to overlay blood splatters onto the intro, but I want to do a little bit more, while still keeping it easy.

I used Blender, a 3D Rendering software in order to create the effect of a red liquid splashing onto a flat surface (the title card), and then removed the white background of the solid surface from the liquid, using capcut. I then overlayed this blood splash effect over a grey title card, in order to create this, which I will hopefully use in my final cut.




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