film title

In some point in the film trailer I need to display the film title, preferably at the end. These are two designs that I've made using Photoshop, I have used the font that I am planning to use throughout my film promotion, in  poster and magazine front cover. I choose the font because its bold, modern and has an urban theme with a skyline as part of the font. I decided to place the London skyline into the font as the key subject of the film is the city of London and its estates where the film will be set. The image was put into the font using the clipping mask tool. I have placed the same setting in the font at different times of day, one was taken at mid day and the other shot was taken in the evening. The evening shot has a completely different colour scheme which generates a completely different mood. This title creates a more energetic and vibrant feel that would maybe be seen in a film that focuses on a more upper class group of people. I feel it is not a great representation of the type of people the film focuses on and the genres included this is because it is to vibrant and colourful.

The film title using the day time shot is more plain in colour creating a monochrome colour scheme of the skyline rather than the vibrant lit up city in the other title. I feel that this suits the mood of the film a lot more., its more raw and cold. I have made sure that the film titles stand out with the black background I've also made sure that they are visually pleasing.

Niche film magazines

As my production is more of a niche film i will need to consider promoting it through a less mainstream film magazine. Sight & Sound is a British monthly film magazine published by the British Film Institute, they are less mainstream than Empire and Total Film.

Total Film

Total Film is a British film magazine published 13 times a year by Future Publishing. The magazine was launched in 1997 and offers cinema, DVD and Blu-ray news, reviews and features.

Film Titles

 

Film title design is a term describing the craft and design of motion picture title sequences. Since the beginning of the film form, it has been an essential part of any motion picture. The style of the title has to relate to the film genre, for example Star Wars has a Sc-Fi type font as well as Back To The Future.

I have looked at film titles of films in the UK social realism genre that are focused on crime and they all seem to follow the same kind of design, they are all quite bold and basic, all capital letters and are usually black white or red. The fonts are easy to read as they are plain and contrast with the background.  A lot of these film titles have a blood red colour to them which represents violence in the film as red is a violent colour symbolising blood. The fonts all seem to have a similar texture to them as if they are made from concrete. The fonts are very urban, probably because these films are set on the streets. I need to ensure that i create a suitable film title for my product. The films title is a key feature in promotion as this will be one of the main focal points of my trailer and both my magazine front cover and film poster.