Any technical cinephiles out there who can explain the reason for the effect visible here, common in older movies, in which a fading title "detours" briefly through a bright color on its way to black? I feel like it must be pretty basic but… I do not possess even basic knowledge

It has something to do with how titles used to be composited, but, there& #39;s the problem: I have no idea how titles used to be composited!

For your edification, here is the complete title sequence for Battles Without Honor and Humanity, which is perfect https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥰" title="Smiling face with 3 hearts" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with 3 hearts">

Yes!! This is precisely the effect that Stranger Things is "referencing" in its credits. https://twitter.com/stallmeister/status/1250455414011039744">https://twitter.com/stallmeis...

Here: notice how the white titles "detour" through red on their way in & out. So, yes, this is obviously "an optical thing having to do with how they composited titles on film, before computers" but I want to know ~the details~