GC: Final title screen development

GC: Final title screen development

• The final title screen is vital because not only does it set up the rest of the film, but it breaks the tension created by the opening sequence. The group was definitely decided on keeping it relitivley simple, (text on a plain background), to draw the attention of the audience towards the actual text rather than any fancy images. With this in mind, all the research that I have conducted is based around this idea of simplicity: 

• All of the title screens shown incorporate a dark-coloured background with text overlayed on the top.  Also another theme noted from these is that the text is generally written with a simple font but then is distorted in some way (using smoke or blurring). This gives a sense of a blurred or distorted storyline for the rest of the film which suits our genre of horror/thriller. All of this would be simple to replicate in after effects using a set animation for the smoke or simply blurring an image.
• The smoke/blurring used in Titanic, House, and Haunted is lighter behind the text which draws the view of the audince to read the text immediately. This would be a good technique to replicate for our own production as we do not want to show the title screen for too long. On top of this, the slight twist on the 'H' gives iconic branding to the film which is something we could easily edit in. Either that or an iconic image, (also displayed in House) could have the same effect. This same example of iconic branding is seen on the 'N' in Haunted.

The contrast of red on black used for Nightmare on Elm street makes the text stand out less which we want to try and avoid. However, it does add to the idea of distortion relating to the storyline, but the ability to read the text clearly takes priority over the distortion idea because otherwise the audiece may not be able to read it. On the plus side, the text is kept in a simple font but is slightly blurred which is both easy to read and looks more like an iconic horror/thriller film which the group aims to achieve.