Now that me and Xiangyu are pleased with how the music fitted in with our film, we are now moving to do the process of including the titles. Having already done some research on Dafont as to the possible fonts that we could use for the titles, we already had a good idea in mind as to what font we would use - Another typewriter (see previous post on font types).
Therefore, our main decision regarding the titles was the timing of them and the positioning of them within the opening. In terms of positioning, we experimented on Final Cut Pro with the different possible positions, and came to the conclusion that overall, the position of lower left was the most effective. We chose this position as, in the majority of shots that we filmed, the position of lower did not hinder the view of any of the characters or props and so therefore was best suited to the audience. We also felt the position of lower left was the most proffesional as we had noticed it used commonly when looking at films such at films such
The Life of David Gale and so kept with the conventions of the genre in this way.
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| An example of a title in our film |
In terms of the timing of the titles, we felt that it was best to keep a consistent time between the titles as the film only contained three individuals. Therefore we felt that it would not be needed to have certain titles on the screen for longer as each contribution was of a similar amount. We chose not to have any titles in the first opening shot to allow the audience to take in the shot and did not have any titles very close to the end. We chose this timing so that the titles would help the feeling of suspense and tension, along with the music, that we wanted to be prominent in the film
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