The font

As I said in a previous post, the showcase allowed us to critique our film and notice things about it we may have not noticed when previously watching it. I loved the title sequence and thought I'd give some background into why we chose the font. As you can see below the font appears to be shattered which could foreshadow Leanne's broken life, with her killing her friend showing she is shattered and needs to out the pieces back together. Another reason behind it is watching title sequences of other gang culture films and the font they used were also shattered writing therefore our font adheres to our genre. When we first out up a font it was just plane writing but after viewing it we realized it needed more of an edge if our film was to represent a typical gang culture film and it was hard finding the correct font to use.

Title Sequence

Before we download our film onto our blogs here is a sneak preview of the title sequence. Surprisingly we had a lot of trouble with the title sequence as there was a lot to consider. Rather then just throwing writing on the screen we had to deicide whether we wanted the text on a black screen or not. The size and style of font in order to fit with our film and the placing on the screen and how long it was kept on. In the end we decided for the credits to come on screen at the top and bottom corner of the page during the time lapse keeping the same edgy font which we downloaded after finally deciding it was right choice for the film. We originally wanted the writing to appear on the bus but it was too complex and it would go too quickly for us to read the name and title of the person. Here is what we went with:









  Another problem we faced was the name and positioning of the film title. We went with 'Double Cross' as it went well with the genre of the film'. We then used an effect for the 'Double' and 'Cross' to brush past each other as they are crossing relating to the name. Fortunately the worked perfectly as it looked good in the shot with Leanne jumping of Trafalgar. This is it:

                                                                  

Example of Credits

Hannah made an example picture of how our credits will look if we are planning to stick with the names on the bus. Now seeing it like this I am really liking it and think we should stick with this idea; however it is very time consuming and thanks to your ever so helpful countdown on fronter i am worried we may bot have time to do so. This is what it looks like:



PLANS FOR TOMORROW:
Tomorrow is our last day of filming...maybe. We are hoping to get all our shots done by tomorrow, which is:

• Forty hall scene
• Train shots

We will then start to edit it all fully and if we need to re-film any shots we will do so. We will also archive some photos of the last day filming.

The Title Sequence

So as we are all clear on what is left to be filmed and are cracking on with the editing, we started to think of names for the opening of our film and how the credits will appear. We currently have a blockage on the title but we have decided as a group that we want the credits to appear during our time-lapse as it already takes up a lot of film time so will be a perfect opportunity for the credits rather then a black screen. We had an idea to slow down the time-lapse when there are buses as they are quite bold and red then edit in the writing as it will look nice but it is very time consuming so we may have tore think this idea.