Friday 15 November 2019

/// VODCAST2 preparation: Titles (NOTES)


THE RAW NUMBERS

  • Usually see around 3-4
  • Total time can vary as some go up to 2 minutes but other can end at around 20 seconds

THE SPECIFIC WORDING + ORDER

  • When referring to a company, the text will usually say 'In association with' or 'presents'
  • When the director is mentioned, it might say 'a film directed by'
  • Actors will be referred to as 'introducing', 'starring' or 'featuring'
  • If the director is an auteur, their name is likely to be either first for emphasis, or last

THE DESIGN

  • The fonts change based on the genre 
  • Usually serif fonts would be associated with horror/slasher/thriller style of genre
  • When there is a bigger star, they will earn a bigger title as the aim of the production is to bring more people in with the star power
  • if it is an auteur director, their name is likely to be larger and have a greater focus on it
  • Upper case fonts usually bring a larger focus to them, so the important parts might have a large upper case font
  • The upper case font also depends on the genre as it doesn't fit with genres like romance
  • Colour also depends on the genre
  • A horror might have a red or blue tint (intertextualising Halloween if blue)

FX, ANIMATION

  • Zombieland is an example of a movie including interactive titles
  • This is a countertype as most titles are static

2 comments:

  1. You missed an apostrophe on the 'Introducing, starring or featuring' bullet point

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  2. Don't forget that that vodcast needs some improving, but this text would be useful in that post (then delete this post)

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