Star Wars Opening Crawl

Direct link to HD version; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUf63ztIBrc&fmt=22
This is my take on the original (1977) Star Wars opening crawl. All the editing was done in Corel Video Studio Pro X2.

The typeface used for the main body of the text is News Gothic bold and Universe light ultra condensed for the title of the film. The nearest I could find to this was Jedi Hollow which is very similar
The links are here:
http://www.webpagepublicity.com/free-fonts-n.html#Free%20Fonts
http://www.swrpgnetwork.com/entry.php?s=da5dd41b188e94db41d42ea6f9030f18&...

I had a small problem with the main body of the text in not giving it to much perspective as it tended to distort the text too much, so it was a bit of a compromise. The text was done as a roll up first and then saved as a video clip, which was then placed on the overlay track and distorted to give the impression of moving away into the distance. This isn't meant to be an exact copy of the original due to the limitations of the software but just a simple demo showing what you can achieve with a bit of imagination

There is a an interesting article here with links to various sites:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_opening_crawl

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• starwars
• IV
• opening
• crawl
• 1977
• death
• star
• galaxy
• george
• lucas
• new
• hope

[djmashonthegas04]

thats nice i just starded this video stuff is this program good for clearing out tha images that you record

[johnboy1uk]

Thanks, not quite sure what you mean by clearing out images?

[queenmother123]

this is awesome! how do I do it with Corel Video Studio express? Could you please do a tutorial.?

[johnboy1uk]

Hi, thanks for the feedback, I hope to do some more tutorials soon!

[YogaCatasrophe]

Hey John nice job!!! is there any chance of a tutorial on how to make this? :)

[johnboy1uk]

Thanks, if I get some more time I will do some more tutorials, I'm a bit tied up learning Photoshop at the moment

[mmossss]

galagtic



[YogaCatasrophe]

sounds good thanks for these videos they're the most helpful info for video studio I can find thanks

[johnboy1uk]

Thanks Norman, appreciate the comments.

[TrinityTrance1]

Hey john, just call me norman. I use SV8 but wanna try out cvs and yes, i agrees that simplicity is the best.

As you notice mine is static but i will do more of motion when i can cos of rl committment. Take care john, you done a great job here.