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Title Card

A title card is a picture or text that appears at the beginning of a movie or TV show. It usually tells you the name of the show, who made it, and sometimes gives you an idea of what you're about to watch.

A title card serves as an introduction to the content that follows. It typically appears at the beginning of a film, TV show, or other type of video content and displays the title of the production, as well as important information such as the names of the director and lead actors. In animation, a title card may also serve as an introduction to a specific episode or segment within a larger series.

Title cards in animation are designed to set the tone and mood for what is about to be presented to the audience. They can be created in a variety of styles and formats, from simple text on a solid background to elaborate illustrations or animations with sound effects and music. The design of a title card depends on the nature of the content it introduces, whether it is action-packed, comedic, or dramatic.

Title cards are also an opportunity for animators to showcase their creative skills. They can use unique artwork or animation that captures the mood or theme of the upcoming content. For example, if a show is set in space, the title card may feature planets and stars in its design.

Additionally, title cards can serve as branding for animated productions. A well-designed title card can help establish brand recognition for a particular show or studio. For example, Disney’s iconic “Walt Disney Pictures” logo serves as an instant identifier for any Disney-produced animated feature.

Title cards are an essential component in any animated production. They serve as an introduction to the content that follows and help set the tone and mood for what is about to be presented to the audience. With their unique designs and creative elements, title cards can also serve as branding for animated productions, establishing brand recognition for a particular show or studio.

Animation Terms

2

2D Animation

3

3D Animation

A

Alpha Channel

Ambient sound

Animation

Anti-Aliasing

Anticipation

Aspect Ratio

B

Bezier Curve

Bitmap

Blue Screen

Bone Animation

Bounce

Broadcast Standards

C

Camera Angle

Camera Shake

Casting

Cel Animation

Character Animation

Character Design Sheets

Cinematic lighting

Claymation

Clean-up

Close-up

Color Correction

Color Grading

Compositing

Composition

Concept Art

Continuity editing

Cross-cutting

Cut

Cutout nimation

D

Depth of Field

Dialogue

Dissolve

Distributed Rendering

Dolby Atmos

Dope Sheet

Dutch Angle

E

Easing

Emitter

Exaggeration

Eyedropper

F

Foley

Follow through

Forward Kinematics

Frame Rate

Frame

Framing

Freeze Frame

G

Ghosting

GIF File Format

Golden Ratio

Graph Editor

H

High key lighting

Hue and Saturation

I

Inertia

Infographic Animation

Inverse Kinematics

J

Joint

JPEG File Format

Jump cut

K

Keyframe Interpolation

Keyframe

Kinetic typography

L

Layers

Lens distortion

Level of Detail

Lighting

Line of action

Lip syncing

Low key lighting

M

Match cut

Matte painting

Montage

Morphing

Motion blur

Motion capture

Motion graphics

Motion path

Motion trail

Mouth shapes

MP3 File Format

MP4 File Format

N

Network rendering

Non-linear editing

O

Occlusion culling

Onion skinning

Overlapping action

P

Pan

Parallel rendering

Particle system

Persistance of Vision

Phonemes

Playback speed

Plot

PNG File Format

Pose-to-pose animation

Props

Puppet animation

R

Render farm

Rendering

Resolution

Rigging

Rotoscoping

Rule of thirds

Run cycle

S

Safe zone

Scene

Score

Screenplay

Script

Shot

Silhouette

Skeletal animation

Slow Motion

Smears

Sound Design

Sound effects

Soundtrack

Special Effects

Split screen

Squash and Stretch

Staging

Stop Motion Animation

Storyboard

Straight-ahead Animation

T

Time Remapping

Timeline

Timing

Title Card

Title Sequence

Tracking shot

Tweening

V

Vector graphics

Visemes

Voice acting

Voice-over Narration

W

Walk cycle

WebM File Format

Weighting

Wide shot

Z

Z-depth

Zoom

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