Editing- The Titles

What Titles are usually used for British Social Release Drama?

Channan and Paul researched Titles for British Social Realist Dramas. We looked at the film that we previously mentioned such as Kidulthood, Adulthood, East is East and Nark. When looking at these films we realised that the font used for most of these titles were bold and plain. Also the fonts stood out on a black background.

Using Live Type

Channan Learnt how to use Live Type and found that we could achieve various effects such as a shadow that ripples. However constructing the titles were easy in this program but previewing it was not at an advantage as we could not use the footage at the same time and so Paul and Channan Had to preview it on a white canvas. By using Live Type we got a vague idea on What we wanted our credits and titles to be. lt took the time to research different fonts and try apply it to our film.

We came to realise that in order to transfer the credits to the footage would take a long time and would be time consuming as well as cause technical difficulties. As the editing process continued the timings required for the credits kept changing. Another problem we encountered was Live Type's lack of basic effects their effects were always advanced and over the top. There was no facility to use fade on a text which was the look we initially wanted. We decided to simply input the text straight into Final Cut after the majority of the editing was finished. We laid the text on a black canvas and made the text stand out by making in white. When changing to live cut it was more easier to preview the effect and position it to where we wanted.

Written By Channan and Paul

Posted by Channan Toussaint