Fonts
This week in class, our instructor suggested to us that we take a look at potential fonts for our film, so I did. An article my brother recommended me really allowed me to explore the importance of fonts in filmmaking.
Given the vast amount of films available on the internet, fonts can play a key role in capturing the attention of a potential viewer. Although good cinematography techniques and editing are key, the font is the first thing the audience sees and may subconsciously immerse or repel someone from our film.
We feel like a mysterious, the not overly spooky font would suit our film best. Let me give some examples of what we DO NOT WANT our film to look like:
We are not going to use these fonts for various reasons:
1. the fonts are too old school and will not appeal to our modern audience
2. the fonts are more conventional of slasher films, not horror/thriller films
3. the fonts simply do not fit with our plot and film development
Instead, we have thought of using a rather basic, yet interesting font for our movie. We wish to do this because our film will occasionally include a black card with a date and time, tending to the main character's OCD tendencies. Here are our ideas:
We believe that these fonts are quite attractive to look at and add an element of mystery and suspense. The fonts are also more common in documentaries, so the reader may associate the occurrences in the film to real-life events, potentially exacerbating the scare factor of the film.
I haven't really gone in depth about this idea with my groupmates; I'll have to see what they think about the fonts but based on the conversation we had in class they seem to be on the right track.
The last thing about fonts is editing. We need to present the fonts and the words in the film in an aesthetically pleasing manner. None of us have too much experience editing, but we will do some research and hopefully get the hang of it as we are all good with technology.
Next, I will post the shooting schedule as well as film materials that we will be using while shooting.
Given the vast amount of films available on the internet, fonts can play a key role in capturing the attention of a potential viewer. Although good cinematography techniques and editing are key, the font is the first thing the audience sees and may subconsciously immerse or repel someone from our film.
We feel like a mysterious, the not overly spooky font would suit our film best. Let me give some examples of what we DO NOT WANT our film to look like:
We are not going to use these fonts for various reasons:
1. the fonts are too old school and will not appeal to our modern audience
2. the fonts are more conventional of slasher films, not horror/thriller films
3. the fonts simply do not fit with our plot and film development
Instead, we have thought of using a rather basic, yet interesting font for our movie. We wish to do this because our film will occasionally include a black card with a date and time, tending to the main character's OCD tendencies. Here are our ideas:
I haven't really gone in depth about this idea with my groupmates; I'll have to see what they think about the fonts but based on the conversation we had in class they seem to be on the right track.
The last thing about fonts is editing. We need to present the fonts and the words in the film in an aesthetically pleasing manner. None of us have too much experience editing, but we will do some research and hopefully get the hang of it as we are all good with technology.
Next, I will post the shooting schedule as well as film materials that we will be using while shooting.
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