The Film Title

Below are 6 fonts that I am considering having as my film title font. Each have certain qualities that I specifically like and will go into detail. All of these fonts represent the horror theme, some better than others. When looking at each font I would like to consider that I want the title of the film to be big and bold. Nothing too complicated and nothing that resembles a cartoon. I want my film title to be simple yet effective.

The title of this font is "I Still Know". What I really like about this font is how simple it is. It is a very sophisticated font, it looks nothing like a cartoon and I find it would look really scary with blood dripping over it which is what I plan to do in my horror opening title. I really like this font and would like to take it into deep consideration for my final choice. The sharp edges look really threatening and effective on the 'horror' theme. It stands out and is big. It's not a very bold font but I really quite like that about it. It's really creepy and could be made to look really frightening with editing of blood and smoke.

The title of this font is "DK Mothman". What I like about this font is how it looks like someone has scratched the word 'lost' into a surface or that it's been splattered onto a surface with blood. However you want to look at it, it's definitely related to the horror family. It would look even more effective if I painted it a dark bloody red and added some more splatters of blood to the corners of the frame. This is definitely a potential film title. It would be really effective if I had the text enter the page slowly, letter by letter so that it looked as though someone was painting or scratching it onto the screen. If I add some sound effects of a high pitched scratching noise they would help to build up the suspense in the film.

The title of this font is "CF Night of the Damned". I am not as fond about this font as it has a skull in the middle of the 'o'. My film has nothing to do with skulls and I fear that this title would give false ideas of skulls in my actual film which is not what I want. However, I do like the rest of the letters such as the 'T'. This letter has ink dripping off of it, I could paint this red to make it look like blood dripping from the 't' which is exactly what I want as it relates to the death in my horror opening. This is a potential font choice however, the skull in the 'o' puts it at the bottom of my choice list.

The title of this font is "Double Feature". What I really like about this font is the dripping from all of the letters. If I painted this font a dark bloody looking red, it would be really effective and link to the killing in my horror opening. However, a negative of this font is how it looks slightly 'cartoonified'. It doesn't look serious enough for me. My horror film is not aimed at children and neither is it meant to be slightly humorous so I fear that this font would imply that my horror film is for a younger audience or that it is a spoof or a comedy of a horror film. Other than this negative detail I do really like this font and the effect of the dripping.

The name of this font is "Black Asylum". I really like this font, it looks really scary and with the right background music or sound effects it could be made to look really terrifying. It's not necessarily big or bold but it is really effective when providing a horror theme. What i think would really work with this font is to have it fade in from black and for blood to slowly seep over the page making it look really horrific and creepy. This would create suspense which is exactly what I want and need in my own horror film opening.

The name of this font is "Ghoulish". What I like about it, is that it's big and bold. It would take up almost all of the frame and with the right effects it could be really good at making the audience jump if it popped up onto the page really suddenly. It's flaw is how it looks almost like a monster with the flicks at the ends of the letters. This i feel would give the audience the wrong impression, it may lead them to believe that there are monsters in this film which is definitely not what I want them to believe as it isn't true. I could however, paint the entire font a dark red and add in some special effects of smoke or mist that would really help to make it look scary. This would build up a lot of suspense which is what I want in my horror opening.

To do list for filming:

• Film the main character (Katie) hiding in the abandoned farm
• Close Ups
• Running into the farm
• Sneaking around looking for a place to hide
• Film Amelie the seeker
• Walking around the woods looking for Katie
• Shouting for Katie
• Running through the woods looking
• Getting scared as she can't find Katie
• Film the villain
• Sneaking around the bushes
• Sneaking around the farm
• Hiding behind long grass
• Film Establishing Shot
• I want an establishing shot of the farm as Katie first walks up to it
• I want a pan of the woods as well as Amelie walks around looking for Katie
• Police Crime Scene Investigation
• Establishing shot of the police tape  with blood, ripped jeans etc.
• Close up on police tape, following the police tape across the scene
• Close up on ripped bloody jeans, zoom out to see Katie looking into the camera glaring through the lens, aimed to make audience jump.
• Sound effects needed
• Katie Screaming
• Snapping branches
• Wind
• Crunching leaves/walking through the woods
• Amelie shouting for Katie
• Trees blowing in the wind

My goal is to have at least half of this footage shot before Monday the 1st of December so I can get more editing done as soon as possible and know what more I need to film to bring out the best in my horror film opening.

First Day of Filming!

Yesterday was my first day of shooting! At 4 o'clock in the evening my Dad, Uncle, Cousins and Sister and myself walked up to Weston Woods to start shooting. It was dark by this point so we brought torches. It was also raining quite heavily so we brought coats and umbrellas to keep ourselves dry and warm. Below is my Shooting schedule so far, it told my actors where to be, at what time and what to bring. My next shooting date is yet to be scheduled as I have to work around school and work times for my actresses and their parents.

Screenshot of Amelie Counting

The filming went really well, I was able to get some really good shots even though it was almost pitch black and raining really hard. The audio was really good though because I had a microphone which I had attached to a boom pole with an extension lead plugging it in
to the camera. This way I could record the sound right next to the actresses. It was really useful to have this equipment provided for me by the school. It helped me out a great deal.

Screenshot of Katie running past

I tried to film as many scenes as I could in the time I had and how late and wet it was getting. I shot quite a few of the scenes I needed for the main story line of the opening. I filmed one of the actresses, Amelie counting in their game of hiding seek at different angles and then different shots of the other girl Katie going to hide. I took shots of her running, some tracking her as she went and some just watching her go past the camera. While filming these shots I was reminded of a shot we filmed for our preliminary task that I wanted to try filming. This was having the camera pointed at Katie while she ran towards it and then past it without noticing it was there. This shot looked really good and I'm glad that I was able to think of it from my preliminary task.

Unfortunately when filming, the microphone picked up a lot of rain noise. Looking on the internet I have found a lot of videos and blogs that tell me how I can try to turn this down, this will be really useful when I come to editing my film opening on the Macs. I am pleased with the footage I was able to get and I know that I will be able to work with it all so I'm happy.

My next plan for shooting is to shoot the crime scene where Katie is seen in the background looking really pale, bloody and dirty to represent that she's dead. I want to shoot this in the same woods but in the daylight so that it shows that it's a new day and that time has moved on since the girls were playing hide and seek. A shot that I want to also shoot is the parallel shot of the villain creeping around in the woods wearing dark clothes. This will have to be shot in the dark around the same time as the shots yesterday were filmed. Preferably when it's raining to show it's on the same night as the game of hide and seek.

For my next filming session I will need:

• The Video Camera
• Boom Mic
• Extension Lead
• Fake Blood
• Ripped black jeans
• A hairbrush to make Katie's hair messy
• Mud to rub on katie
• Police Tape

My goal is to film these scenes by the end of this week. I will most likely film on the weekend as it is when my actresses are free and able to make it to the location.