Appendix 1

The Filmmaker’s Guide to Final Cut Pro Workfl ow
Contact Printing
There is a second and simpler way to produce white letters over picture. It can even be done on a
contact printer. It is often less expensive, especially for projects that are A and B rolled, and it only
involves working with the original while making the interpositive. The resulting internegative has
negative image with black letters, which can be cut into the camera original producing a print with
white letters (see Figure 8.10).
Figure 8.10 Contact printed title
The best titling system combines both techniques. In Figure 8.11, notice how the title can be shot on
either black-and-white negative or reversal. However, they are usually shot on negative (lower left).
The title fi lm is printed to a positive that will be used as a mask (lower second from left). An interpositive
is printed from the camera negative (upper left pair). The title negative is bi-packed with
the interpositive and printed to an internegative. Then the positive title is used as a mask and a second
pass is made to the internegative (center). Color can be added in this second pass and by altering the
lineup; a drop shadow effect can be created as well. This is by far the most expensive system,
as it requires multiple passes, bi-pack, and lineup on the optical printer, but it is the system most
often used.
Figure 8.11 Titles in both techniques
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