Titles

When editing titles into our opening we thought about the size, font type and colour of them as we wanted them to fit with the genre of our film. We made our titles, which introduced the actors and also displayed the credits on Premiere pro and decided to go with white text which had a very thin layer of black around it which made them stand out from the shots.

Before choosing our titles Sophie and I played around with a variety of other styles to make sure that the one we finalise is definitely the one we thought was best. We decided that all our titles should be basic due to that  fitting our thriller convention. We looked at a number of Thrillers in order to get an idea of what titles we wanted and what titles fit the convention of a thriller. For example, the film The girl on the train had thin white titles.
 This is our film title that is purposely shown at the end of the film as when researching thriller movies and their titles most vary of when they're shown in the film. This is because in thriller movies there is always a plot which builds up to a climax and cover ups of important information which keeps the audience on edge.

We kept the white font however placed it on a black background which contrasts well as it stands out. This represents our main character as he is obviously seen to be different to the rest of society. All of my titles fade in and out slowly and cut of as soon as a new shot appears. We put an effect of the title that makes it appear as if it is being typed out, it implies that there is a narrator in this film, or the film is from one of the characters point of view and they are typing it out. By cutting the titles of it creates tension in certain shots. All the titles are placed in the same position which is the bottom left hand corner as it doesn't distract the viewers from what is going on in the shot and creates a sense of discomfort. This is an example of this: 

Just before our final title which is 'DAZED' on a black background, we decided that our film opening would look more dramatic if we had a creepy shot of Elliot ,who plays the character of Tim, as it would be more exciting. When choosing a shot to do this we found a shot that was from Jacks, who played Ben,  point of view and it worked really well as Elliot connects with Jack with eye contact. However as by the end of the film Jack has died it makes it look as if Elliot's is now making eye contact with the audience. This builds a rapport with the audience and builds enigma, making them want to watch more.