13. A computer readable medium storing a titling application for defining titles, the titling application comprising sets of instructions for: receiving, through a user interface of the titling application, a set of characters as a title, the set of characters comprising at least a first character and a second character; receiving, through the user interface of the titling application, a selection of an effect to apply to the first character and the second character; receiving, through the user interface of the titling application, a time delay value for commencing an application of the effect to the second character after commencing an application of the effect to the first character; applying the effect to the first character; and after the user-specified time delay has passed from the start of the application of the effect to the first character, applying the effect to the second character, wherein applying the effect to a particular character comprises displaying a movement of the particular character.
22. The computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the set of instructions for receiving the time delay value through the user interface of the titling application comprises a set of instructions for receiving a selection to generate a random time delay for commencing the application of the effect to the second character after commencing the application of the effect to the first character.