Editing: Analysing our titles

When we added our titles/ title sequence into our film opening we came to a final decision that we would include our character names in it by filming the antagonist (me) typing out all of our names, whether we were actually acting within the film or if we were just involved with the creating process.

We filmed two clips of me typing out the names onto my phone, so the camera was zoomed in to the phone screen so you're able to see what I am typing out. At the end of both clips we zoomed the camera right in so the shot is completely blurred to create a distorted effect.

We decided to try this idea as we do not think that titles have been executed in this way before within a horror film, so we decided that this technique is quite original. We placed these clips of the credits at the end of our final shot and after the actual title (Never Look Back), adding in a backing track to the titles which sounds quite spooky as the camera shows the antagonist typing out the credits.

For our actual title we went onto Microsoft Powerpoint and added 5 separate slides, one with the word 'NEVER' on, on top of a black background, the next had 'LOOK' on it, the 3rd 'BACK', the 4th showed the whole title 'NEVER LOOK BACK' on it on top of a black background with various blood stains/splatters on it and the final slide was just a plain black background. We done this because when we showed the slides as an actual powerpoint the titles flashed up onto the screen, then cutting to the next slide, then the next etc.

We then filmed the powerpoint whilst clicking through the whole slideshow so we're able to get all the transitions in. We then added the clip to our final editing process so we were then able to add in sound effects (drums) at the points where the titles flashed onto the screen.

When filming the slideshow we had to make sure that there wasn't any reflections on the computer screen that would effect the quality of the shot, so after making sure that the shot quality was the best it could be we filmed the slideshow, before uploading it to the computer to edit the filters and add in sound.

Our title sequence is similar to ones that are in typical horror films, the font in particular as the font is likely to give a hint to what the film may include. Also the dark background behind the title in a typical convention as it creates contrast between the red and black of the title and the blood to the actual of the background.