The Title of our Film

This project would only showcase the first two minutes of our film. That isn't a lot of time to showcase everything we wanted and thought an introduction should have. One of the parts of the film we wanted to make sure to include was the title. 

As a group, we decided that the title of our film would be "A Golden Clue" due to the significance that a piece of gold jewelry played in the film. This would be useful in the way I would make the title look. 

For one, as the film was more comedic and over the top, I wanted to make the font very bold. A thinner font might make the film look more sophisticated or seem like it should be taken very seriously which would be the complete opposite of what we wanted. As for the color, nothing else made more sense than to use a golden yellow.

Still displaying the title of our film

What was more challenging with the title was the way it would be incorporated into the film. I thought developing the title itself would be the most challenging part but with a set tone and use of the word "golden" it became very easy. However, introducing the title into the frame and the way it would disappear needed much more thought. 

I knew that we needed the title behind a black background in order to transition from the running away scene to the following interrogation scene. To do I ended the scene with a fade to black and left a black space to place the title. Now I had to think about how I wanted the text to be introduced. With some brainstorming, we thought it would make sense for the words to be typed on the screen in order to match the detective feel like one would do when creating a report.

Finally, to cut away from it, it made most sense to backspace the title away and bring back the black space to fade out into the next scene. The black is used to indicate the passage of time but also acts as the background of the title to make it stick out 

Shot that shows how the title is brought in and transitions into the next shot

Editing the title of our film was very interesting and way different than I thought it was going to be. Initially, I thought it was going to be a challenge to create the title and choose the right aspects like the font, color, and background. Thankfully for me most of these aspects were obvious. The title fit right between the two scenes so a black background would do. It would be a golden color to match the words used and the text would be thick to seem more funny and less sophisticated. Instead, I found out it isn't just about how a title looks but how it is introduced and edited into a film that equally matters. I didn't want to just fade the title in as it wouldn't add to the film and it just seems lazy to do. I wanted it to feel tied to the film and foreshadow the detective aspect of the film. Writing or typing fit this idea best in my opinion and the one that would fit equally as well in leaving the tile would be the typing. The way a title is specifically edited can be as important as the way a title looks and takes important decision-making in order to express the ideas of your film.