Title designs

For this blog I will be looking at the different titles that I have found for our thriller opening. My group has come up with the idea of calling our opening 'The Disappearance'. I have then gone onto the website 'dafont.com' which is where you can type in the word that you want, and it will come up in thousands of different styles.

The first font that I looked at was 'scorched earth'. I liked this one because it has a very distressed look and it is also very bold. The colour of the title being black, will stand out against a white background the ma\king it the focus of the shot. I also like the scratched effect that is shown along the bottom of the font. I feel like this can foreshadow violence within the thriller opening. I have also chosen to have the title completely in capital letters. I have done this because it makes it stand out a lot more and it also allows to seem more serious as appose to something fun.

 The next font that I have looked at it called 'buy more'. This almost looks like newspaper font within the letters. This is then connotes with the idea that someone that has disappeared would be in the newspaper. It also looks like something is distressed which gives the feel of something is wrong, foreshadowing the thriller opening. The contrasting colours also is appealing to me as it makes the writing stand out in the middle, and the main text intself. furthermore, I like how bold the text has been made to look and but I don't feel like this text is 'scary' enough to be the one that we use for our titles.

The final font that I will analyse is the one shown above. This font is very clear even though is it thin and is also consistent with the other fonts in the way that it is of eroded style. I feel like this will work well on a light background but can also be edited so it is suitable for a dark background. I also like how some of the letters like the 'P' and the 'T' are dragged down the page. This can then foreshadow the end of out thriller opening. I also like how the 'A' isn't finished. This also links to the end of our thriller because it will be left on a cliff-hanger: unfinished just like the lettering.

Title and Font Research

The Call

The Call is a crime thriller film, similar to that of out thriller opening. I like the look of the font for this title because it is bold, stands out, and is bright. I think that haven a bright font on a dark background would be a good idea because it will catch the audiences attention, as well as making it stand out. The link to the storyline is also shown within this titles. The red lines surrounding the font links to the job of one of the characters within the film. This character works within a call centre for 911 calls. The red lines around the font insinuate a heart monitor within the hospital. However, I don't really like the pixelation in the background and also think that the font is too 'square' and blocked. 

Gone Girl

This film is a crime thriller the same as our thriller which is why i have chose to analyse it. I quite like the way the font is a dull colour which matches the background but still makes it visible. This the foreshadows the feel of the film overall. Also, the font style is rather appealing because it is thin but still clear and bold to allow for the title to stand out. I really like the idea of using this font style but I do think that for our thriller, we will need something a bit more intense.

Reservoir Dogs

Reservoir Dogs is a crime thriller film so I am using it to analyse b because it will be appealing to the same types of audiences as me and my group will be within our thriller opening. The thing that I like the most about this title is the bold and black colouring of the lettering. I feel like this is giving off a statement that will attract the right type of audience for this film. The dark colour on a colourful background makes the writing and font stand out even more. I like the idea of using this on our titles so we can make a bigger impact on attracting the audience. The blood spatters however, won't really relate well with our thriller opening so I don't think that that would be a good element to include.

Target Audience Questionnaire

For this blog, I have decided to create a prezi which is embedded below.

Storyboard for our opening

 For our thriller opening, we had to create a storyboard outlining the basics of how we want our thriller opening to run. There will be a more advanced and detailed storyboard uploaded later on.  Our thriller opening is is going to be based around a girl who is in a house and she gets kidnapped by an intruder within the house.

Our first scene will be of the protagonist within her house on the phone to her friend. The female will be dressed in normal casual clothes and her room will be that of a normal teenage girl's. She will be in her bedroom where various shots will show her having a normal conversation. These shots will include mid shots and long shots of the female sitting on the bed. This will then cut to the antagonist, in this case intruder, standing outside the window of the kitchen. This shot will be a long shot showing the kitchen as the foreground of the setting. The intruder will be dressed in all black clothing with a hoodie, representing their identity meaning to be hidden and their dark background. The next shot will then be of the female investigating a noise she heard from the top of the stairs in her house. Long shots will be shown to show her within that setting. Close ups will also be used of her face to clearly show her expressions which will be scared and nervous whilst she  is still on the phone. Further shots will be shown switching to and from the female and her friend that she is on the phone with. This will intensify the mood and leave the audience in suspense because they haven't seen the intruder in a while. Following instructions from her friend, the main female will then be seen climbing under her bed, hiding from the intruder. These will be seen in  various shots from under the bed, above the bed and from the door way. These will be close ups, long shots and mid shots of her under the bed and climbing under the bed. Next, the camera will go back to the intruder making their way into the house. They will then be seen  inside the house and searching around inside for the girl. These will be seen in various shots again to show his surroundings and the expressions on his face when he opens different doors etc.

The camera will then go back to the main female who is still on the phone to her friend. Her friend tells her to escape out of the house but she instead chucks as ladder outside to make it look like she has escaped and makes sure she stays under the bed to defiantly be safe from the intruder. Shot cuts to the intruder walking out of the door after seeing the ladder outside. The girls phone then disconnects from her call which is followed by her friend calling back. Facial expressions are seen in close ups and so is the phone. Friend thinks she's safe so she calls her back. The phone starts ringing again and the female answers quickly. Long shots and  mid shots show the intruder heading back upstairs because he's heard the diegetic sound of the phone ringing. Close ups then show the females face heavily breathing and being scared because she can hear his foot steps coming up the stairs. The final shot is her being dragged out from under the bed. The shot is from under the bed and then the screen fades to black.