03.03.02
Titles & Delivery
Make the finished work readable, accessible and identifiable.
- VFX
- Producing
What the Instructor can readOne of these assignments is made and played on your own device; the Instructor reads the written review, not the recording. This lesson's feedback rubric is new and has not been reviewed by an instructor yet.
The Idea
Make the finished work readable, accessible and identifiable.
Delivery is part of filmmaking because the viewer encounters the exported file, not your editing timeline. Titles establish identity and tone; credits acknowledge work; captions provide access to speech and meaningful sound. Each must remain readable in the context where the film will be watched.
Choose a real destination before selecting technical settings. Requirements vary, so keep a high-quality master appropriate to your project and create destination versions from it. Watch the exported file from beginning to end. Look for missing frames, clipped titles, wrong audio, caption errors and an accidental tail of black. A completed export process is not the same as a verified delivery. Keep the project, media and a plain-text record of what you delivered.
Watch
Watching is optional. The worked example below is a complete route through the lesson on its own. These links identify the films — they are not a promise of free streaming, and the questions are FILMCRAFT's own.
The Red Balloon
Albert Lamorisse · 1956
Observe the opening or closing titles if available in your copy; note how much reading time they allow.
PlayTime
Jacques Tati · 1967
Compare the transition between title material and the film's world. If titles are unavailable, use two legally accessible short films of your choice.
Break It Down
Original 40-second film has a four-second title, a 32-second scene and four seconds of credits. A long title may be technically visible but unreadable at phone size. A credit line added at the edge may be obscured by a player's controls. Test the actual export at its likely viewing size. A caption saying “[noise]” may be less useful than “[key scrapes under door]” when that sound carries story information, provided it accurately describes the track.
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Worked example
Original 40-second film has a four-second title, a 32-second scene and four seconds of credits. A long title may be technically visible but unreadable at phone size. A credit line added at the edge may be obscured by a player's controls. Test the actual export at its likely viewing size. A caption saying “[noise]” may be less useful than “[key scrapes under door]” when that sound carries story information, provided it accurately describes the track.
Frame Lab
Visual mission
Make an original title card with title, creator and generous spacing. Preview small. Ask which information is essential now and which belongs in the end credits.
FILMCRAFT stores your observations and source links — never other people's images.
Try It
Try It
Submit a 150–220-word delivery plan for a 30–60-second film: title wording, credit wording, caption approach, intended destination and the requirements you still need to verify. No public upload is required.
Constraints
- Readable at phone size
Deliverable
your title and credit plan (150–220 words)
Make It
Make It
Export a local 30–90-second film with a title, credits and checked captions when speech or meaningful sound requires them. Submit a 250–350-word QC log covering full playback, text readability, audio, captions, filename and destination settings. Include the exact export filename and honestly mark any untested item.
Constraints
- No export can be certified from a written log
Deliverable
your export qc record (250–350 words)
AI Lab
Ask AI to proofread your supplied title, credits and caption text. It can catch wording problems but cannot verify timing or identify unheard words. Compare captions manually against playback. Do not let it invent collaborators, permissions or delivery compliance.
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Reflect
Go Deeper
Make a second destination version only after reading that destination's current requirements. Keep a record of the requirement source and check date.