The importance of film titles, font and colour

On the next few slides I will be analyzing a few titles from both mainstream and independent films. I think its important to see how genre influences the style of

the title.

Genre: Sci-Fi/FantasyStar wars is an extremely famous franchise so this logo is a very important trademark. I like the simplicity of this logo and how a bright colour (yellow) is used to make the logo standout!

Genre: Crime/DramaReservoir Dogs is a famous controversial film,As its an old film (1992) the traditional black and white, bold font suits the style of the film.I love the silhouettes of the characters in the text, it makes what could have been a boring title much more interesting.Genre: Action/Drama/RomancePearl harbor is an extremely emotional film about the attack on pearl harbor. This text suits the film as its calming and solemn. It symbolizes the calm once the war is one.

Genre: Comedy/Drama/RomanceSubmarine is a film from an independent production company, the style of this title is very contemporary, its also simple and something I haven't seen done before how the words are arranged in a perfect square.

Genre: Biography/Crime/DramaThis title is extremely different to many that I have seen, the text runs of the screen showing the path of Leo Dicaprios character, Frank Abagnale.

Genre: Animation/Adventure/ComedyThis title suits the genre its fun and this fits the family film genre. Also the film was shown in 3D in the cinema so the font has been designed in a 3D style so that it pops out at the audience.

Titles from a similar genreThe words Safe Haven let the audience know that the film is about escaping to somewhere safe and

peaceful, and starting a new life. The text is a simple font however I think the colour used was chosen

specifically for their target audience.Again we can see in “The Vow” the font style used is very similar to “Safe Haven”.

Its simplistic but quite contemporary. However the text used in this film has two colours and “Vow” is in a slightly bolder font. This is often the case in films that

start in “The” as the text is made bigger to make the most important part of the title catch your attention. The design of

these 2 DVD covers are almost identical. This font is very different from the others the style

almost looks handwritten which I think is purposeful as it makes the title more personal, this is often done in

films to link to diaries as well. I Like this font and how the dot on the eye glows, I think this links to the main

protagonists spirit which shines throughout the film eve though she is stuck in limbo.