This document provides information about the credits sequence for the film Toy Story. It describes the credits as showing little clips and images from the film overlaid on a black background. The names of the cast are shown in moving white text. Techniques used include movement of the text and overlaying of the film clips and images. Advanced techniques include rotation of the images and blurring/fading of the text as it moves. The resolution is standard TV definition of 4:3 ratio.

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Motion Graphics and Video Compositing Unit 64
Use of text: Credits for the film Toy Story.
(Title, Credits, animated captions, stings,
indents, interactive menus, web banner)
Brief description: Little clips and images shown in a box from the film which is Toy Story, this is all shown on a
What do you see? plain black background and the only things that are shown are Toy Story images that are laid
on top of each other but done so you can’t see the images that are underneath it, it also
includes the names of the cast that are shown in white text and they are constantly moving up
each time that another one image has been shown.
Techniques used: Movement is used and this is of the text going up each time another member of the cast has
Animation, Visual Effects, Colour Rendering, been added and the images and film clips that are used at the side. Colours are just basic black
Graphics, Movement background and white text but then as the film itself includes lots of colours in each of its films
it has lots of colour used in the
Advanced techniques: Rotation is used as the images turn once they have been made and as another image is about
Blur, Sharpen, Distortion, Rotation, Opacity to be applied on top of that image. The text that is being moved up and down each time the
text goes off it blurs and fades just before it completely disappears.
Technical comments: The resolution that this has been shown in is just standard TV definition. This is 4:3; this
Video Format, Screen Ratio, Resolution, means that for every 4 units wide it is 3 units high.
Frame rate, Compression
Glossary
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Motion graphics - Graphics that use video footage and/or animation technology to create the illusion of motion or rotation, graphics are
usually combined with audio for use in multimedia projects.
Compositing video - When there are several different clips of video are layered over one another to create a single image.
Interactive Menus – DVD Interface or Interactive Menus on a web page
Ident – The ‘call sign’ of a channel or production company to identify themselves on screen, usually shown before a programme.
Animated Captions – Animated Graphics layered over an image / video
Web Banners – A form of web advertising that is embedded into a web page. They are used to attract a viewer to their website. A Web
Banner usually a mix of motion graphics and video
Video Format - 3 Main Formats HD, PAL, NTSC. HD is the highest resolution (720 or 1080 vertical lines in the image). PAL is the UK
Standard definition image (576 vertical lines). NTSC is the US Standard definition image (480 vertical lines). Now in the
digital age we now look at video format in terms of pixels (i.e. High definition 1080; 1920 x 1080 or 2,073,600 pixels)
Screen ratio – Standard TV ratio is 4:3; this means that for every 4 units wide it is 3 units high. It is likely that the screen ratio will be
Widescreen (16:9) in a cinematic sequence.
Resolution – The amount of detail in an image or signal, such as Standard TV Definition and High Definition. See Video Format.
Frame Rate - The number of video or film frames displayed each second (frames per second; fps). PAL frame (standard UK TV) is 25
fps, NTSC (standard US TV) is 30 fps, film is 24 fps. This means as NTSC updates more regularly there is less strobing
(jerkiness).
Compression – The use of Codecs (WMV, DivX) to reduce the file size of a video by a variety of methods. This sometimes means a loss in
image quality (a “lossy”). Codecs are found in Video Cameras, DVD players / recorders, Editing Packages, Video upload
sites)
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