Skills Audit: Creation of Titles.

The creation of the titles was a tricky process. Our initial idea was to have a military type theme to go with our opening sequence. The title sequence consisted of a paper-y type background with flash lights moving about. On top, the title, N.A.A.T.O (National Alliance Against Terrorist Operations), would appear as if it was typed up, in a bold green military type stencil. As a group, we thought that this went well with our sequence, as it clearly stated the genre of our thriller - Psychological/Political.

However, after receiving feedback from a teacher, many last minute changes had to be made before the deadline. This consisted of us changing the name of the thriller completely to '60 Minutes', as the person who gave us the feedback, saw that N.A.A.T.O. had no relevance to our completed sequence. With guidance from the feedback, we had to change the look and feel to the title sequence. From, the paper-y type background, it was decided that we leave it black altogether to give it a slick modern type feel to the thriller. The font of the title was also changed to match the name of the thriller - the font was changed to a digitally type font (like something you would see on a digital alarm clock) to match the name, 60 Minutes. The effect that was previously used to have the title appear on screen, has also changed. From the typing effect, we decided to have the font fade onto the screen instead, with flickers and flashes. By using this title sequence as a template, we changed our other main title sequences (In association with Studio Canal) to this effect, to maintain the slick modern feel.

Even though, we felt that we did a good job with the title sequences before, we thought that the new title sequences were even better. The use of new fonts and backgrounds really gave the thriller a sort of polished and professional feel, whereas before, the military type titles seemed amateurish and irrelevant. The new name also gave the thriller a purpose, it made more sense to the viewer; as the protagonist only had 60 minutes to get to the rendezvous.

In conclusion, I think that if we weren't to receive the feedback from the teacher, we wouldn't of been able to achieve this high quality feel to the thriller, and would of probably stuck with the old title sequences.