Film Titles

Below are the titles from the films that my media project was influenced by, 'Paranormal Activity' and 'The Blair Witch Project'. Both have black backgrounds and use text in relatively bright colours to contrast with this. Both of the titles are in capital letters, probably because capitals seem more urgent and eye-catching to the audience. Both of the titles have an eerie sort of 'glow' effect to them, adding to and hinting at the thriller/supernatural themes within the movies.

 Here I have created some titles using the working title for my media project 'Entity'. They show major similarities to the above films used for inspiration in that I have used all capital letters, a variation between red and white text, a slight 'glowy' effect (though mine are more similar to the subtle glow effect in the 'Paranormal Activity' title as opposed to the less subtle glow used in 'The Blair Witch Project' title.


I also asked a few of my classmates which title they thought was the most effective considering the context of my short film.

         

    < One of my friends told me that both the red and the white version of this font was professional-looking, but perhaps too plain for a thriller/horror film.

< Three of my classmates said that this was the most effective, one of them saying that 'the text looks slightly blurry and that makes me wonder about the film,' which is the effect I wished to achieve with this film, whilst another said that this title reminded him of the title of another horror film, 'Insidious', and that the red colour effectively portrays a horror film.




 






< One of my classmates said that the white colour was 'nice, but looks more appropriate for an action film as opposed to a horror film, which is portrayed better with the red font'.

After taking into consideration the feedback I got on my titles, I will use the one that the most people agreed was the most effective considering my film content (shown below).