25. Fonts and text for credits

Being a film opening, it means you will have some credits going on and a title of the film. These need specific fonts and texts.

First, decide which texts will you have as credits: name of director, main actors, sound by..., etc. all these can be invented to look just like in a professional film opening - for example "Directed by Anthony Wilkinson", even if that's not your name ;)

The same goes for actors, producer, etc, whichever roles you wish to have here.

The title should have been already decided. Maybe after filming you want to change it, that's fine, just mention why you do that and which is the title.

FONTS

For both credits texts and title you need to decide on some fonts. Usually the credits one is more simple, easy to read. The title one could be more decorative, with intricate design, even custom made for this particular title to match the genre, storyline, etc.

You can make use of www.dafont.com to find suitable fonts for you film opening.

You can go through this process to arrive at the final fonts:

- pick 6-8 font examples

- explain pros and cons of each font

- why is this appropriate for your genre/audience?

- start integrating credits text and title on/in moving images

- analyse pros/cons of each

- Looking at final choices, why are these appropriate for your genre/audience?

Refine and finish the credits part over the raw montage you had. Make sure the timing is right and that youhave some variation in the design - for ex the role could be written smalller and the name of that person bigger. Also, the colours couldbe different. Refer back to your research if needed.