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Swan Song - Title Research

Below are some of the titles we were planning to include in our film;

This title was a possilbilty, but we are going to use a dark background, so black font colour won’t be seen well with it:



Alternatively, we can use a white font colour in order to make our title stand out more.

 

Again, black title, black background, wont work, although it was generally a good title, we unfortunatley dismissed it:

 

The type of audience that this font intends is people who are interested in drawing by hand. I think this because the letters itself look like someone has drawn them. The font is easy to read and again it is bold and clear. This font would suit a website/leaflet/poster etc aimed at children.

This title made the movie seem like it was a horror film. Our film genre is an action thriller and we dismissed this title:

 

Blog Tick List

RESEARCH	Done?	Comment?
Genre Research and mind-maps (3 posts)	Y
Uploaded YouTube videos of openings – analysed (10 openings)	Y
Opening titles analysed in detail – font researched	Y
Uploaded YouTube videos of similar genre openings analysed in detail (3 posts)	Y
Costume and location research – google earth and pictures you’ve taken. (At least 2 posts)	Y
Actors and props photos and interviews	Y
Soundtrack research (non-copyright music)	Y
Audience Research and Profiling (typical audience member and similar films)
Institution research (Paramount etc)	Y
Certificate research	Y
PLANNING
Own film idea brainstorm	Y
Own film treatment	Y
Relevant Online Tutorials (on filming and editing) and Comments (At least 2 posts)
Documenting of influences on production	Y
Shot lists	Y
Consideration of representation in your film and stereotyping – use theory from G325.
Questionnaire (and feedback) Get some feedback on your initial ideas!
Diary of filming/editing etc with photos and screen grabs (At least 3 posts)	Y
Mood board	Y
Script	Y
Practice titles created and uploaded	Y
Storyboard – animatic.	Y
Time Management Schedule – what you did& when, problems you encountered& solved
Codes and Conventions featured in your Opening Two Minutes	Y
Ensure that all posts have a title, detailed comments and relevant pictures which are commented on.	Y

Swan Song - Certificate

We decided that our film would have a certificate of 15, we chose this as for similar films that i have looked up, the audience are in the age range of 15-18, therefore it seems to make sense that our film is a 15, in terms of the content of our film, it contains mild violence and swearing, giving us another reason to put our film in the 15 certificate