better than all black? Lack of time and assets to build up a background. I did try randomized colors and also scrolling to pretty it up but other things took precedence in implementing.
Thanks for all the feedback and those MS skills are better than mine. I think I had it positioned like that because I had preview disabled and as I was more attracted to it being in the lower third (I think this has to do with the Rule of Thirds from photography). With the text though, you're probably right and it needs to be boosted up.
Here it is shifted up 12 pixels:
