Planning Blog: Title design

Hey guys! So the next thing that we discussed as a group was the design for our titles. Here's what we decided on. 

    Four our film, all of the titles will appear on the screen in the same way. They will suddenly just appear on the screen, very fast and unexpected. The titles will leave the screen in the same way, seeming to blink out of existence. This helps to create that sense of anticipation that we want to carry throughout our opening sequence. All of our titles will also be incorporated into aspects of the setting. For example, we will place titles on top of doors, on a road, or on cabinets to make them seem flush with the environment. This makes it seem like the titles are a part of the film, and help with the cohesiveness of the embedding. 

    For the majority of the titles, we want them to appear on the screen from anywhere between 2-4 seconds. The length of time we allocate for each title will depend on how long the title is and the importance of the title. For example, the title of our film will showed for about 2 seconds longer than the written by title. 

    The font that we chose to use for out title would look like this. We felt that our chosen font seemed demanding and scary. Having our titles look chunky and in all caps create that feeling of unease, which is why we love the font we chose so much. For the color of our font, we chose a maroon red color like this, as it signifies danger, blood, and creates a sense of fear. We also chose this color because it wouldn't blend in too much with the background, as most of the colors in our film will be grays, blacks, browns, etc.  

    The size of our titles will also vary depending on the importance of the title and where the title is being placed. First, the working title of our move, "The Game" will be the shown as the largest title. This is because we feel that this title should have the most emphasis. The other titles will be normal sized, but the sizing will also depend on where the title is located. For example, the titles on the door will be slightly bigger than the titles on the machete blade. However, the changes in size, apart from the title, will be minimal. The text size for all of the other titles will look like something like this.  Regardless of which title it is, every title will be clear and readable. We also decided that for each title we show, all of the words in that title will be the same size, color, and font. 

    We are very happy with the choices we made for our title designs. We think that the font, size, color, and transitions we chose will help to set the tone for our horror genre. We think that all of those aspects will work together very well to create a suspenseful and spooky title sequence.