Progeny: Titles

When choosing the titles for our opening sequence we explored a variety of fonts in which fitted in with our genre of horror/thriller. We looked at both serif and san serif fonts in a variety of ways such as bold or italic. We mainly focused on the colours of red grey and black as they are considered to be dull gloomy colours. We eventually decided to present our film title ‘Progeny’ in the colour red. A common colour connotation the colour red has is danger therefore this why we chose this. We presented it against a plain black background so it appears as bold and stands out clearly. Nearer the time we will animate the title adding transitions and sound effects in Premiere. The font we used was called ‘You Murderer’ and we downloaded it from the internet. We feel this title follows the film conventions of a horror genre. 

For our other titles we decided upon the font ‘Pencil Pete’ which we also downloaded from the internet. We felt this font appears as written writing which interlinks with the camerawork of our opening sequence as drawings are featured numerous times. We made the decision for the font to be in white therefore it would clearly stand out when placed above the camerawork. These titles will include the people who contributed an input to the production for example ‘featuring, produced, directed etc.’ The titles in which were used in the opening sequence of psychological thriller ‘Se7en’ inspired us to select the titles we did as they appear as simple, however stand out bold and are easy to read.