title card
Film's name display
A title card is a piece of text displayed on screen in a film or video.
In silent films, title cards conveyed dialogue and narration between scenes.
Modern title cards typically establish setting: A title card read "Three years later".
They also appear at the beginning of episodes or segments to display titles, credits, or chapter headings.
Units toward graduation
- opening sequenceInitial portion of presentation
- director creditNamed recognition for helming
- feature filmStandard-length theatrical release
- motion pictureFilmed visual narrative
producer credit · studio logo · premiere · trailer · cinematographer · release date · silent film · intertitle
First episode of cycle
- showrunnerTV series creative head
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
- pilot episodeFirst episode testing viability
Smooth continuous movement
- headerTop line of document
- agendaFormal discussion list
- conferenceOrganized meeting for discussion
- keynoteCentral theme or speech
deck · cover slide · chapter heading · webinar · seminar
credits
Units toward graduation
- opening sequenceInitial portion of presentation
- director creditNamed recognition for helming
- feature filmStandard-length theatrical release
motion picture · producer credit · studio logo · premiere · trailer · cinematographer · release date · silent film · intertitle · end credits
season premiere
First episode of cycle
- showrunnerTV series creative head
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
slide
Smooth continuous movement
- headerTop line of document
- agendaFormal discussion list
- conferenceOrganized meeting for discussion
keynote · deck · cover slide · chapter heading · webinar · seminar
- acknowledgmentsacknowledgment, acknowledgement, acknowledgments, acknowledgment, dedications
- Filmmakingcamera, film director, camcorder, directing, script
- Silent Filmsilent films, silent era, silent comedy, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton
- screen elementsbutton, icon, menu, cursor, toolbar
- video contentepisode, YouTube, web series, Vimeo, vlog
- early cinemakinetoscope, cinematograph, bioscope, silent film, nickelodeon
title cardlive action
Real filmed performance
moving picture · video footage · footage · moving images · cinematography
title carddramatic action
Purposeful theatrical movement
show don't tell · visual storytelling · dialogue scene · dialogue · performance
title, card, postcard, titled, cardinal, titles, entitle, subtitle, entitled