Titles For My Film

 After completing on titles in horror films we started choosing titles for our film. 

We used the wiebsite dafont.com to compile all the horror fonts we liked and sort them into groups. 

We Compiled of font choices into a video with a simple animation of it turning red:

We received Audience Feedback:

We kept in mind that we don’t have to have the same font for every title, we were planning to have a simple Arial font for the connective words but a dramatic fonts that clearly connotes the horror genre for the tiles and names. Having a different font for the main title would give us more scope to work on the main title and animate it more.

NOSFEROTICA clearly identifies the vampire genre, not fitting for our film. NIGHTSIDE, WHO ASKS SATAN and THE SOLITUDE have clear identifiers of decay which is good for horror. I was innitially against all upper case fonts but the NIGHTSIDE font caight our eye as it reminded me of Sinister's font. The Solitude was pretty much a bubble font. Might link to our hybrid elements of rom-coms, having elements of a rom-com but is a slasher. Black Chancery going back to the 17 hundreds of archaic writing style. Has historic connotations. Anger Styles connotes more medieval. 

Comparison of fonts to our influences:

Colours 

The colour most frequently used to denote horror or slasher was red. The colour red has connotations of danger, blood, and anger. This is seen in examples like Scream (1996) , Eden Lake (2008), and The Cabin In The Woods (2011). 

The background colour is conventionally dark, to set the tone for the dark atmosphere of the film, and sometimes to create contrast against a white title, and symbolise good vs. evil.

The colour white was used to connote good, innocence, purity, such as in Cherry Falls (2000). It was also used along with black to accompany red, like in Scream (1996). 

The final colour I saw used was blue. This colour denotes coldness and is conventionally used to connote science-fiction or the supernatural. This is seen in Bride Of Chucky (1998).

After Deciding on our font and colour I started the process of creating the animation for our title. Our main inspirations were the title animations in All the Boys Love Mandy Lane and Scream. 

The main elements that I wanted to sample was the blood drips and the title turning red, the glitch flashing effect.

I started by trying out different animations and key-framing the title to fade into red. 

I creating the blood splattering effect by green screening blood drops using the Keyer effect in FinalCut. 

The creation of our main title:

Order and Content: 

Through my analysis of general film and genre film openings, I have found the general order of titles to be: 

1. Distribution company

2. Production companies

3. Director

4. Cast

5. Crew

6. Director again

In more detail: 

1. Distribution company- Conventionally the first title, it is usually structured as (distributor) presents...

2. Production companies- Depending on the budget and year of the film, the number of production companies differs. If it is one company it appears as a (producer) production, and if it is multiple it appears as (producer 1) in association with (producer 2) presents...

3. + 6. Director- It is conventional for the first and last appearing name to be the director's. This repetition highlights the important role of the director, and the two named appearances are worded differently. It normally appears as, a (director) film, a film by (director) or directed by (director) 

4. Cast- The cast names appear next and typically start with the most prominent role, to the least. If an actor is unknown or it is their first appearance, the title says introducing (actor), if they are known it says starring (actor), (actor), or (actor) as (role). If the actor is very well known and playing a supporting role, the title says with an appearance from (actor), or with (actor) and they are usually one of the final cast names to appear. 

5. Crew- The crew conventionally appear after the cast names, and highlight the most prominent roles, while the final credits detail the whole crew. These are typically the roles of; director of photography, editor, costume designer, and casting director. The roles are typically presented as costume design by (costume designer), and the name differs in font, font size, or case, to differentiate the role and the name. 

Initial Titles:

Title changes: