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[[File:Heroes-S01E09-Special-cropped_7981.png|link=Heroes (TV)|frame|Not really painted on, but it sure looks like it.]]
[[File:Heroes-S01E09-Special-cropped_7981.png|link=Heroes (TV series)|frame|Not really painted on, but it sure looks like it.]]


In the early days of TV the best way to display text to your viewers was to put a physical card in front of the camera with that text on it, hence the name [[Episode Title Card]]. Advances in production meant that later that text could be edited directly into the film rather than having a physical card, and further advances meant that you could even display the text on the screen overtop of a normal scene (an 'overlay'). The overlay text will act like it's stuck to the screen though--it won't move on the screen even if the camera angle changes.
In the early days of TV the best way to display text to your viewers was to put a physical card in front of the camera with that text on it, hence the name [[Episode Title Card]]. Advances in production meant that later that text could be edited directly into the film rather than having a physical card, and further advances meant that you could even display the text on the screen overtop of a normal scene (an 'overlay'). The overlay text will act like it's stuck to the screen though--it won't move on the screen even if the camera angle changes.
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== Film ==
== Film ==
* The ''[[Watchmen (Film)|Watchmen]]'' movie plays with this in the title credits, including having characters appear to react to the text as it flies over their heads (only for it to reveal they were reacting to fighter jets flying just behind the text) as well as having the text reflect off an astronaut's visor.
* The ''[[Watchmen (film)|Watchmen]]'' movie plays with this in the title credits, including having characters appear to react to the text as it flies over their heads (only for it to reveal they were reacting to fighter jets flying just behind the text) as well as having the text reflect off an astronaut's visor.
* The rules in ''[[Zombieland (Film)|Zombieland]]'' appear in this fashion.
* The rules in ''[[Zombieland]]'' appear in this fashion.
* The opening credits of ''[[Moon (Film)|Moon]]''.
* The opening credits of ''[[Moon]]''.
* Used often in ''[[Stranger Than Fiction]]'' to represent the protagonist's OCD.
* Used often in ''[[Stranger Than Fiction]]'' to represent the protagonist's OCD.
* The opening credits of ''[[Cats Don't Dance (Animation)|Cats Don't Dance]]''.
* The opening credits of ''[[Cats Don't Dance]]''.
* Played with in ''[[Johnny Dangerously]]''. The opening scene has a subtitle reading "1935"... which is then run over by a car.
* Played with in ''[[Johnny Dangerously]]''. The opening scene has a subtitle reading "1935"... which is then run over by a car.
* The opening credits to ''[[Star Wars]]'' could be considered an example of this, since they're perspective-corrected and disappear into space.
* The opening credits to ''[[Star Wars]]'' could be considered an example of this, since they're perspective-corrected and disappear into space.
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== Live action TV ==
== Live action TV ==
* The [[Episode Title Card]] for ''[[Heroes (TV)|Heroes]]'' is very frequently done this way. See the gallery [http://www.nickkusters.com/Tv/Heroes/Creative-Titles/ here] and a Vimeo tutorial [http://vimeo.com/5169381 here].
* The [[Episode Title Card]] for ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' is very frequently done this way. See the gallery [http://www.nickkusters.com/Tv/Heroes/Creative-Titles/ here] and a Vimeo tutorial [http://vimeo.com/5169381 here].
* ''[[Fringe]]'' also does this frequently.
* ''[[Fringe]]'' also does this frequently.
* The intro theme for ''[[The Chicago Code]]'' uses this for the main title card, but not the intro credits. ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81RRN9tvl10 This video] at 0:27)
* The intro theme for ''[[The Chicago Code]]'' uses this for the main title card, but not the intro credits. ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81RRN9tvl10 This video] at 0:27)
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== Video Games ==
== Video Games ==
* The introductory cutscene to ''[[Borderlands (Video Game)|Borderlands]]'' has this.
* The introductory cutscene to ''[[Borderlands]]'' has this.
* ''[[Mirrors Edge]]'' has this in its opening scene as well.
* ''[[Mirror's Edge]]'' has this in its opening scene as well.


== Western Animation ==
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Scooby Doo and The Ghoul School]]'' plays with this trope. At the beginning of the telefilm, after the title appears over a stormy night sky, Scooby points upward and says, "Look, Shaggy … writing!" Naturally, Shaggy thinks Scooby said "lightning".
* ''[[Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School]]'' plays with this trope. At the beginning of the telefilm, after the title appears over a stormy night sky, Scooby points upward and says, "Look, Shaggy … writing!" Naturally, Shaggy thinks Scooby said "lightning".
* [[Older Than They Think]]: Many ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' shorts, such as "Wabbit Twouble", have the opening credits as part of the scene.
* [[Older Than They Think]]: Many ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' shorts, such as "Wabbit Twouble", have the opening credits as part of the scene.


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