Saturday, 4 December 2010

Intertitles

An intertitle is a printed piece of text which appears in certain places during a motion image normally to convey information. Below are examples of intertitles from various trailers.

The Strangers:

The above intertitles expresses the fact that the film is inspired by true events. It fades in and fades out and there is a high contrast between the white writing on a black background.

Friday The 13th:

The Friday The 13th intertitle above has another film name which they produced which is a good idea as people who are a fan of the texas chainsaw massacre will want to watch their new film.

A common convention used in intertitles are the white writing on a black background as well as the names of other films they produced. Other common intertitles are coming soon, inspired by true events or the date.

The intertitles which we will include in our trailer, considering the common intertitles used, will follow the narrative structure of our film. The intertitles which we will include in our trailer are below in the order they will appear:

1. ‘From the makers of THE KLEAR WITCH PROJECT’
2. ‘An AROA production’
3. ‘Four friends go out’
4. ‘A normal night..’
5. ‘turns into’
6. ‘A NIGHTMARE’
7. ‘The Vanishing’
8. ‘Coming soon’