Italian Job Movie Opening Credits Effect

jaxspicychicken wrote on 9/20/2013, 1:44 AM
checked effects and media generators to try and recreate the moving box effect n the beginning of the movie the Italian Job, so far I've only found the cookie cutter effect n which I would have to key mask the hell out of it to create the effect. any plugins I could get, or is there something else n the pro edition?.....

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musicvid10 wrote on 9/20/2013, 7:21 AM
i don't know how many people are familiar enough with that film to know what you are talking about. can you post an example from youtube so we can see?
Steve Grisetti wrote on 9/20/2013, 7:36 AM
I looked around YouTube at both versions of the movie and couldn't find that effect in either's opening credits.

Which version of the movie are you talking about?
Chienworks wrote on 9/20/2013, 8:13 AM
Oddly enough, he's referring to the 2003 version in which is the antagonist, "Steve Grisetti" (no relationship, i'm sure), is played by Edward Norton. I've got the DVD right here on my desk because i just watched it recently.

It's quite possible, in fact entirely likely, that a team of graphic artists spent months animating the opening credits with a large variety of very expensive and time-consuming tools. While i would never dissuade someone from trying an artistic endeavor, it should still be understood that some things really are *art* and do take a lot of time and effort.
richard-amirault wrote on 9/20/2013, 3:12 PM
Is this what the OP meant? Audio was replaced from the theatrical version, but we don't need that.

Steve Grisetti wrote on 9/20/2013, 5:13 PM
Really? Edward Norton's character has my last name!? That would be too cool.
vkmast wrote on 9/20/2013, 5:29 PM
Steve,
googling gets in most cases the character name Steve Frazelli or Steve Frezelli.
Sorry :)
Chienworks wrote on 9/20/2013, 9:28 PM
Ahhhhh, i was just going by what i heard while watching the movie, and with my amount of hearing loss i have trouble recognizing words i don't know.
Steve Grisetti wrote on 9/21/2013, 9:17 AM
Close enough for me! Thanks!
jaxspicychicken wrote on 9/24/2013, 1:11 AM


yes current version with Mark Walberg, you have video underneath with the overlay black boxes moving over it...sorry should have specified, forgot their were two versions, took link from other responder
blueliner19 wrote on 9/24/2013, 6:06 PM
This can be done in movie studio. Here is a brief example of what I think you are looking to do:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/wbq34svk554wau2/Test_Intro.mp4

I was just playing around with it, and while I am sure there are several ways to accomplish this, here is how I accomplished it in VMS12.

I used three video tracks. The top track will be the mask layer, the 2nd track is just a black screen made with media generator - solid color, and the 3rd is the video you want to show through.

I made two 1920 x 1080 images in CoreDRAW, Inkscape for those who prefer a free alternative. One image was a horizontal black bar measuring 1280 x 240 centered on a white background. The second image was a black bar measuring 180 x 1080 centered on a white background. I put both of these image in my top video track. I added the default mask generator to both with the invert box checked.

Horizontal Image
Vertical Image

On my 2nd video track, I clicked on "Make compositing Child". On 1st video track, I then clicked on "Parent Composite Mode" and set to multiply.

Lastly, use Track Motion on the 1st video track containing vertical and horizontal bar(s) clip to move the "window" created by the mask around.

I hope this helps!
MarvD wrote on 9/26/2013, 3:41 PM
After watching that clip, I've got to watch the movie. Looks good!

Now tell me, did I see bare breasts at about 1:19 or was that just my Old Sailor's mind creating a fantasy? (If it were breasts, what would that have to do with "and Donald Sutherland?" And what does this have to do with Movie Studio? Not a cotton-pickin' thing.