Creating my credits sequence

 I continue to find new information and make changes to my editting process on the spot, which I am usually not like, I tend to be more of the type to come with a paln and stick with. But, since the beggining of this project, I have had many changes to what I thought I would be doing at any point of it, exactly what I am going through right now with my editting. Though I said that I would have been doing the whole film completly beofre doinga ny finsihing touches, I have not had the appropiate time to extract all of the raw footage from my phone to the computer, having to edit with the media files already avaliable in my computer. Because of that, I realize that I didhad all of the shots that compose the credits sequence are there, so to advance the procress faster until I get my fottage safely inot my computer, I will be completing the credits sequence, which I find easier than editting scenes itself, but I have not actually started with creating it, so I may retract my words later. It is essential to the film opening, usually included in this part of the film in conventional commercial movies.  For now, I am aware of who and what to credit in the sequence, the order of apperance is the same as it is in this list: 

• Studio producing my film- Ale MP studios, putting my nickname and the first intials from both my parental and maternal last names, sounds very professional and realsitic for how a studio could be called, many named after the last names of their founders
• Director- Me, Ale Mejia, going by my first name's nickname as well. I controlled all of the camera work and movement throughout the film, no need for more credits in the director section
• Cast- Ale Mejia, Benjamin Mejia- the order of apperance, with the first one with the most ones. 
• Script by Ale Mejia- wrote the script also all by myself, having to appear a total of three times during the credits 
• Title- "Picking Apart"

I do know where the text tool, to add text into the video, is within HitFIlm Express, but I do want to maintaing that moving effect that I showed in my conceptual art for the title itself, it is very impactful to create very visually appeling text credits to keep the adueince hook form the begginning and create a differnt impact for them, establsihing the thems of the film subconunstly through the type of font and animations used. i resorted to the place where Ifind more of the help with the editting process : Youtube, with their tutorials helping me much more due to showing the stpes ont he interface and how each stage should look like. 

For now, I will be attempting to complete that feast by the end of the week, since it does look longer than if I were to just put the text itself. I did completed most of the other text for it, still need to search for a a wway for the letters to transition much more nicely. I included a black screen at the beggining to put the studio information, to transtion to the master shot, i used one of the transition effects, it really hides the cut into another shot good without being over the top as if it were a transition through PowerPoint slides, which usually have very weird transitions. This is the result for now:

I can easily notice the great difference between when I first started editting to now. i use to fear the trnasitions that the program offred becaosue they qoul too "bad" but I wil actually say that they are barely noticable but still add a great contrast in the film. As i said, I need to find a way for thext to dissolve as easily too, something that I will try as I will be finalizing the title itself an other scenes together. Once again, need to be mindful of my time and how long the software will take to export, though literally nerve wrecking, I can find myself happier with the creation that it is turning to look like.

Citations:

“FALLING TEXT Animation - Hitfilm Express Tutorial.” Youtube, Shiny Films, 20 Nov. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeH18RZYaQ0.