Titles And Font Research

As a group we began to think about possible title styles. We feel that titles are an important aspect within opening titles and if they are not successful in terms of matching the context of the film, can make the opening look un-professional. We also looked into what needs to be included within the titles so that when we come to do ours, we have the correct information in a near enough correct order.

Titles:

There is a basic guideline as to what order the titles should go in:

1) Name of the studio: this could be the name of the studio that is distributing the film and possibly producing it. E.g. Walt Disney Pictures, Universal, Marvel studios.

2) Name of the production company: this would be the names of the companies that actually made the film and those who invested into it.

3)Producers and Directors names.

4)Starring: This will be a list of the main actors within the film, these are usually fairly well known.

5)Films title: the name of the film.

6)Featuring: This will be a list of actors who featured within the film.

7)Casting: The name of the person who chose the actors.

8)Music: who composed the music or chose the tracks featured.

9)Production designer: who designed things like the sets etc.

This is only a rough guideline as to what order the titles should go in, there is no firm rule about the order in which they are listed. The aim, however, is that they run in a logical order, starting with the names of the performers or contributors and ending with the name of the person responsible for the production. There is also no rule on the sizing of the titles, experts say to experiment with the font size and see what fits best within your opening. Each film is individual. 

Fonts
  We briefly looked at DA fonts and came across a few fonts we liked. However, although it would be possible to incorporate these fonts into our video it would be extremely difficult to successfully integrate them in a way that looks professional. With this being said, we have decided to use the fonts available to us on iMovie.

Here is the link to DA Fonts:
http://www.dafont.com/


I also found a video that has edited famous movies fonts into basic ones found on things such as word. I found this really interesting as it really does express just how important your font choices are; it is so easy to just select a font but you need to think about if it really matches your storyline and ensure it looks professional.

Watch the video: