Dance Recital - Rolling vs. Cross-dissolve credits at DVinfo.net

Vince Pachiano · May 19th, 2015, 06:49 PM

When I PP my Dance Recitals, I have a title-card at the beginning of each dance.
It contains the name of the Dance, and the participants.
If there are 8 or less participants, I can get them all onto one screen.
If there are more, I use 2 separate titles, and cross-dissolve between them.

I'm now considering having rolling-credits instead, and am interested in anybody's opinion.

Gary Huff · May 19th, 2015, 06:59 PM

My personal taste is simply the basic title card and not the scroll.

Tom Sessions · May 19th, 2015, 09:37 PM

Reduce the font size...problem solved.

David Stoneburner · May 20th, 2015, 08:01 AM

Have you thought of listing the dance and dancers in a crawl at the bottom of the screen? That way you can get right into the dance and your viewers don't have to wait for the title screen to end to watch their dance. I have done that and put it on the lower third. I have finally went to to just the name of the dance and choreographer and stopped putting the dancers names. No complaints and it's very clean.

Vince Pachiano · May 20th, 2015, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by David Stoneburner

Have you thought of listing the dance and dancers in a crawl at the bottom of the screen? That way you can get right into the dance and your viewers don't have to wait for the title screen to end to watch their dance. I have done that and put it on the lower third. I have finally went to to just the name of the dance and choreographer and stopped putting the dancers names. No complaints and it's very clean.

I prefer the separate Title-card. The individual dances are often very diverse, and the 9-second pause between routines helps reset the viewer. During the Credits, I play a snippet of the upcoming song to help set the scene.

Kyle Root · May 21st, 2015, 12:39 PM

Wow, I've never done anything like that.... or even thought about it.

I just cut dance to dance with a cross dissolve.

There's an intro title screen for the DVD menu, and that's all I do.

IMO, too many opportunities for mistakes with names / formatting etc. to make it worth while.

James E. Thomas · May 21st, 2015, 04:11 PM

I would have to charge more per DVD if I did that, I always assume the parents are the major buyers and they know what dance their kid performed in, I do a menu for all the performances and fade to black between the dances.

May 19th, 2015, 06:49 PM	#1
Vince Pachiano Major Player Join Date: May 2008 Location: Dayton, OH Posts: 307	Dance Recital - Rolling vs. Cross-dissolve credits When I PP my Dance Recitals, I have a title-card at the beginning of each dance. It contains the name of the Dance, and the participants. If there are 8 or less participants, I can get them all onto one screen. If there are more, I use 2 separate titles, and cross-dissolve between them. I'm now considering having rolling-credits instead, and am interested in anybody's opinion. YouTube (Short URL)

May 19th, 2015, 06:59 PM	#2
Gary Huff Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 2,006	Re: Dance Recital - Rolling vs. Cross-dissolve credits My personal taste is simply the basic title card and not the scroll.

May 19th, 2015, 09:37 PM	#3
Tom Sessions Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 154	Re: Dance Recital - Rolling vs. Cross-dissolve credits Reduce the font size...problem solved.

May 20th, 2015, 08:01 AM	#4
David Stoneburner Major Player Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 493	Re: Dance Recital - Rolling vs. Cross-dissolve credits Have you thought of listing the dance and dancers in a crawl at the bottom of the screen? That way you can get right into the dance and your viewers don't have to wait for the title screen to end to watch their dance. I have done that and put it on the lower third. I have finally went to to just the name of the dance and choreographer and stopped putting the dancers names. No complaints and it's very clean.

May 21st, 2015, 12:39 PM	#6
Kyle Root Major Player Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Decatur, AL Posts: 881	Re: Dance Recital - Rolling vs. Cross-dissolve credits Wow, I've never done anything like that.... or even thought about it. I just cut dance to dance with a cross dissolve. There's an intro title screen for the DVD menu, and that's all I do. IMO, too many opportunities for mistakes with names / formatting etc. to make it worth while. __________________ Kyle KR Productions; www.kyleroot.com

May 21st, 2015, 04:11 PM	#7
James E. Thomas Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Seminole Texas Posts: 45	Re: Dance Recital - Rolling vs. Cross-dissolve credits I would have to charge more per DVD if I did that, I always assume the parents are the major buyers and they know what dance their kid performed in, I do a menu for all the performances and fade to black between the dances.