Wednesday 28 November 2012

Font Choice/Graphics

When looking at fonts and studying them from trailers I have noticed black and white are the main colour choices as they contrast, stand out and are bold. There simple yet effective so I will be chosing black and white for my colour scheme.

Fonts seem to be a basic Arial, Tahoma font, nothing swirly, big or bubbly very basic and this is because it's reflecting on the genre of the film. For example a horror, pyschological trailer wouldn't have bubble or swirly writing it wouldn't connect to the story and would confuse the audience.

Swirly font have concepts of a romantic film.
Bubble font have concepts of a childrens film or comedy.
Big bold font have concepts of a comedy.
Basic font have concepts of a horror/thriller/pyscholigcal film.
Halloween style font have concepts of a comedy-horror.

Types of font:

  • This font seems to look like this is what would be used on a high school comedy trailer, something bubbily reflecting teenagers and with a sketchy, pencil look as if someone had writen this like a student in class.
 
  • This is a classic American comedy film such as Sex and The City. It's tall reflecting New York such as their buildings, it's simple yet quite elegant and modern reflecting modern stereotypical comedy films.

  • A basic font for horrors or thrillers as it's simple. It doesn't tell you much lke a trailer for that genre, it likes to keep the audience anticipated and wondering.

 
  • I thought this font could reflect a childrens trailer as the font is spaced out, very clear, written as if a child had written it being different lengths and quite spacious apart. E.g. Daddy Day Care.

  • This is the classic love font for a trailer, the swirly writing as if it's a love letter or the thoughts of swirly writing when girls day dream or think. This font reminds me of the film 'Like Crazy' or 'P.S. I Love You'.

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