Trainspotting 1996
This film is of the same genre as our film trailer, which is Social Realist Drama. The title is modern, bold and simple. The contemporary and minimalist title means that it easy to read and so audiences can recognise it easily. However, the simplicity of it can mean that it doesn't have anything specifically recognisable about it. The makers of 'Trainspotting' overcame this by adding a bold colour to the title: a classic bright orange, which has now become a signature colour for the popular social realist drama.
Blue is the Warmest Colour 2013
This French film has a very similar plotline to 'Loving You' and is a romantic drama. The font of the title appears to be handwritten or hand painted in water colour paint. This is effective as it makes the title and subsequently the film appear to be more personal and less objective and bold like the 'Trainspotting' title font. Like 'Cyberbully', 'Blue is the Warmest Colour' also links their title with the films content as the audience is shown in both the films trailer and the posters that accompany that the central protagonist's love interest has bright blue hair.
Cyberbully 2011
This film is an American television channel called ABC Family, Original film. It addresses issues of bullying, particularly on social media which is a prevalent feature of our film 'Loving You'. The title font in 'Cyberbully' links to the theme of social media and cyber bullying and so the font is linked to this by the fact that it is styled in a technological way. The title also includes two forward slash's (//) for the l's in the title. This also links to the theme of technology.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower 2012
Like 'Blue is the Warmest Colour', this film is also a Romantic Drama which is similar to the genre of our film. The font of this title is in the style of a type writers font. This links with the handwritten styled titles as it makes it more endearing. This is an effective quality to have if your film includes romance, which 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower', 'Blue is the Warmest Colour' and 'Loving You' have. It is also something that you want your film to be associated with if it is a Romantic Drama.
My Conclusion
Ella and I have focussed on the romance aspects of our storyline in our trailer and so it would seem appropriate for us to use the title font conventions of the films similar to this like 'Blue is the Warmest Colour', instead of choosing a bold, minimalistic, and objective title font like 'Trainspotting' which lacks emotion and connection with the characters, storyline and even the audience. The purpose of our film and its trailer is to evoke emotion and I believe one way in which Ella and I can help ourselves achieve this effectively is by choosing a font for title which is both eye-catching but sincere. I therefore conclude that the best styled font for achieving this is the handwritten styled font. I will also go through a step by step process of how Ella and I will choose a font for our title which will be used in our final products. This is because the title's font should remain the same or similar across all forms of a films advertisement: Trailer, Magazine and Poster. This way it is easier for the audience to recognise across the varying forms of media.
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