Production: Making Credits and the Title

Initially to find some inspiration for the credits for our film opening we looked at a few different clips from films in the same thriller/ psychological orientated genre. One example of this was The Perks Of Being A Wallflower. This film uses the font style to suggest that the narrative is an account of Charlie's (the main protagonist) life, similar to a diary entry.

Title:

We chose the typewriter font as we wanted to create a sense of enigma. The font could represent a diary entry or it could represent a police report for a murder/ disappearance of the friend.   

To make our credits we wanted to keep it as simple as possible as we didn't want to overdo it and have it come across as unprofessional due to our small budget. To create the title, I used the computer programme PowerPoint to create the basis for the titles. I created a different slide for every letter (in the font courier which greatly resembles a typewriter) added to the title. As the animation we were aiming for was the effect of a typewriter typing it across the screen. I then took screenshots of each slide and inserted these as images into iMovie. I then downloaded a sound clip of a typewriter from YouTube and inserted a section of this clip into the iMovie file. I timed it so that when the letters appeared (approximately 0.2 seconds apart) the sound would be in sync. I also downloaded another sound clip from YouTube of the 'ding' of a typewriter when it movies across the paper. I then added this onto the end of the file. I then exported this and added it to our final film. 

Credits:

To create the credits we used the credit option on iMovie as we thought this would be the easiest and most efficient use of our time. We used the font 'Courier New' to create our credits. We chose this due to feedback we got from a focus group of members of our target audience. We also thought the would be a good idea as well due to the theme of literature and writing appearing throughout our narrative. An example of this being the typewriter style ending title, as well as props such as books in the opening with plots hinting at the issues our character is facing e.g. darkness, depression. We used a simple fade transition for the credits as we didn't can't it to seem unprofessional or childlike. We chose to place our credits in the bottom left hand corner of the shots showing the bench scene, this was so they weren't a distraction to flashbacks which were essential to the plot.