Post-Production: Making Titles

We wanted to create a title sequence that was both unique and linked with the coming of age genre of our film. We therefore decided to create handwritten titles, taking inspiration from the opening credits of the short film 'Bottle' by Kirsten Lepore:

We therefore researched different methods in which we could create something similar to this. Initially, we attempted to download fonts online. However this did not work as we also wanted to animate the text so that it moved in a similar way to the 'Bottle' film. We then decided to hand write the titles ourselves. Initially we took three photographs of three variations of the titles that we had written on a piece of paper. We then planned to invert the colour of the pictures on Premiere, then play them one after the repeatedly so that the text moved. However, as we had taken these pictures by a window, the colour became difficult to invert.

Therefore we re-did the same process, but this time on a school white board. This provided a much more successful outcome. Although, we did have to use a three-way colour correcting wheel on Premiere to make the text turn from a dull grey to a bright white.