I created the End Credits for Testimony. The Director was in a time crunch for festival submission. I wanted to use a new piece of software to create the rolling end credits, but Director needed these ASAP.
This short is already an Official Selection of the Golden State Film Festival 2024 and will be shown at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in LA!
Title
Role
Project’s IMDB
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30833322/
My IMDB
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1193155/
Production Company
Director
Type of Production
Short Film
Client’s Equipment
My Gear/Equipment
- 2023 MacBook Pro 16″ with M2 Pro, 32 MB RAM, 1 TB HD
- 2021 iPad Pro 12.9″ with M2 – 2nd monitor
- OWC Thunderbolt 4 Hub with 3 Thunderbolt 4 ports
- Ivanky Docking Station Pro Hub with 14 ports
- Lexar Multi-Card 25-in-1 USB 3.0 Reader
- 12 Outlet Belkin Power Strip Surge Protector
- Laptop Cooler Cooling Pad
- USB Desk Fan
- Quik Cart Collapsible Rolling Crate on Wheels
- iPhone 12
Software
Workflow
- Enter Roles/Names into Excel spreadsheet
- Copy that data into Photoshop document
- Export as 4K jpegs
- Lay them into timeline
- Time to music
Video
Description
I created the End Credits for this movie. I created the cards in Photoshop at 4K and emailed them to him to drop into the timeline and animate to the music.
Closing credits or end credits are a list of the cast and crew of a particular motion picture, television show, or video game. Opening credits appear at the beginning of a work. End Credits or Closing Credits appear close to, or at the very end of a work. A full set of credits can include the cast and crew. They usually include production sponsors, distribution companies, works of music licensed or written for the work, various legal disclaimers, such as copyright and more.
Synopsis
Linda decides to tell her survival story to the world to help others process their trauma as well.
History
Typically, the closing credits appear in white lettering on a solid black background. They usually have a musical background. Credits are either a series of static frames, or a single list that scrolls from the bottom of the screen to the top. Occasionally closing credits will divert from this standard form to scroll in another direction. Sometimes they include illustrations, extra scenes, bloopers, joke credits, or post-credits scenes.
The use of closing credits in film to list complete production crew and the cast was not firmly established in American film until the late 1960s and early 1970s. Films generally had opening credits only, which consisted of just major cast and crew. Sometimes the names of the cast and the characters they played would be shown at the end. Two of the first major films to contain extensive closing credits – but almost no opening credits – were the blockbusters Around the World in 80 Days (1956) and West Side Story (1961). West Side Story showed only the title at the beginning of the film, and Around the World in 80 Days had no opening credits at all.
More examples
For more examples of my End Credit work, click here.