Plans for Graphics EA

FONTS:

Trailers use a variety of fonts to show different moods and basically to introduce the film, I have looked at a number of different fonts used in films to accentuate aspects to the audience.

Here are some examples of other fonts I am considering using for our title sequence.

These are all great horror type fonts which Josh and I will be thinking of using for our title. 

COLOR SCHEME:

We will probably be inclined to make our horror poster have a dark colour scheme with red writing, this tends to be the typical horror standard and it works to a good level. However this really does depend on the image we want to use for our poster, we will do some research into what images our target audience like best to find out. 

As you can see for the cabin in the woods title sequence they like to stick to the red writing for the colour scheme which works very well, it lets the audience know that it is a horror. 

FILTERS:

Filters are great because they are easy to use and extremely effective at creating a different atmosphere, filters are typically used to make something seem more realistic. All films are filmed with a camera however sometimes they will add a filter or a special effect that makes it look like it is being filmed, a prime example of this is at the start of the trailer for "The Conjuring" it uses a filter similar to the one I found on motion called 'bad film' this makes it look like an old camera is filming the scene and generally adds tension and an eerie atmosphere to the trailer. Case 39 uses a lens flare effect which looks like this. 

SOUND:

For our narrative titles we have a few examples of things that we might want to use, the sounds in these narrative titles tend to be quite simple such as a drum or a sudden sound. The cabin in the woods has a perfect example of the type of sound we want to use for our narrative title slides at around 0:46, it is a quick short sound which accompanies the text saying "You think you know the story".  The same again happens at 0:54, this is perfect for what we are doing because it is quite easy for us to do and it can achieve great dramatic effect. Here is the video below. 

MOVEMENT:

Movement is crucial in our title sequence, there should not be too much because they are supposed to be very quick points of information which get the audience involved and thinking. The examples you have seen from the cabin in the woods at times 0:46 and 0:54 are excellent ways of showing a narrative title, the way that only a  bit of the writing appears at first and then the rest comes after, this builds tension and adds effect.