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4
.
Insert one of the masks provided or any 35mm slide into the
titler.
5.
Be sure that it is squarely placed when seen through the
viewfinder.
6
.
Shoot for 5
-
7 seconds at AUTO
.
Titling
You can write your own titles on a title mask, a 35mm slide or
on tracing
paper.
Outdoors, point the camera towards a bright
sky
-
indoors, point the camera towards a white wall or sheet
illuminated
by two floodlights
.
An interesting technique
is
to
write your title one letter at a time, shooting each letter for
about 2 seconds and holding the final frame for about 7 seconds.
Macro Superimposition of the written title and the subject.
Macro Superimposition
Use the trick masks to set the scene for fun and fantasy in your
movies. Follow the basic directions for the Macro Titler
.
However,
with a few changes you can produce a wide range of special
effects.
A. Rather than focusing the lens at infinity, focus the lens in
advance to the subject to be photographed.
B.
Take your shot with the zoom ring set to wide-angle
.
You'll
see the sharply focused subject surrounded by the slightly
shaded mask
.
Or you can shoot the first five seconds at the
"e
"
position
on the zoom ring and then turn the ring
smoothly to the wide-angle position. Either technique will
add a little magic to your movie.
C.
Turri the zoom ring all the way from wide-angle to telephoto
and zoom
in
on your subject. The mask will blur
into
soft
streaks of color, beautifully framing your subject
.
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