Other titles found in films

I looked back to my early research where I analysed several trailers in detail. This helped me to establish the other titles present in other film trailers. It showed me that the titles pictured below are common if not always present in the trailers analysed and I must therefore include them in my own trailer. I will be able to produce them using the Photoshop software, for example.

My film titles

I concluded my research into film titles and this has helped me make some decisions into the production of my own titles in my trailer.

Investigation into film titles

I looked at other film titles for some inspiration and essential guidance when creating titles in my own trailer. I took screenshots of other film trailer's titles and analysed them, this can all be seen in the document below where I have annotated the titles.

Picking a name

We have shortlisted our potential film titles to three different titles which can be seen in the image below...

Away with the fairies

This title has relevance to my plot as it has fairies in it, it also suggests the protagonist is in a dream world, which she may be so could be a good title. It however, could be a bit long to be a film title.

As if by magic

Being a saying it is immediately catchy, it again links well to the 'fantasy drama' genre. 

Alice

One word film titles, I particularly like as they do not say much about the film which leaves the explaining to the images. The name Alice has links to Alice in wonderland which could create an image of a modern fairy tale, which it is.

A name for my film

Currently my film does not have a name, a name for my film is essential as it features in all trailers that I have researched as it forms a tag by which the film can be recognised. This has led me to start thinking about the possible names, this is detailed in the presentation below.

Adding detail to my storyboard

As discussed in an earlier blog post, adding detail to my storyboard is an essential task that will make the production of my film a lot easier. I have decided that each image on my storyboard must detail...

1. The actors required
2. The location
3. The costume
4. The props required
5. The sound/dialogue
6. The type of shot and camera movement

All of these things will make it easier when producing a shooting schedule and organising costume/props. It will also tell me when filming exactly what I should be doing with the camera and in the editing process in terms of sound. By planning all of the shots/camera movement it has allowed me to evaluate if I have a variety of shots and enough camera movement, which is such a big part of my production as detailed in my brief that I created as a result of my research. Find below a few images of the annotations I created around my storyboard.

Although annotating a total of 96 images was very time-consuming it will save a lot of time when it comes to producing my trailer.

My storyboard

Below I have embedded all the sections of my storyboard, as you can see I have tried to use a range of shots. This is because in my research showed me that the best trailers use a variety of shots to keep the audience interested as it doesn't all look the same. Also important is that of camera movement, I will detail camera movement later on when I annotate my storyboard. There is a greater number of shots in my storyboard compared to say my opening title sequence last year, this is because a trailer can jump continuously to different parts of the story as its aim is to show that there is a lot of action occurring to make the film appealing. You may also notice that the beginning part of my trailer follows an almost linear narrative as it introduces the 'equilibrium', this, however is something that I have done purposely after seeing that a lot of trailers do this when conducting my broad research.