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Monday, 8 February 2016

Cyberbully (2015) trailer inspiration

Cyberbully (2015) follows the life of the main character, Casey, who is subjected to cyberbullying by an anonymous user. She is trying to protect her identity while the anonymous user blackmails her with leaking images and information about her. Unlike most bullying films, which are normally shown in a social realist genre, this film is a thriller and shows the danger of the internet. 


We used the plot of the trailer for the film to inspire our own trailer's concept. We knew that we wanted to show how trolling (which is used to represent society) can affect people online and so we wanted to look at different films or trailers that incorporates the idea of bullying and the internet, with social media to see how they portray this. 

During the trailer for Cyberbully, the antagonist, the anonymous user is only shown to be on the computer, the audience do not see the face of the character at all, which unnerves the audience as well as the characters. The only interaction shown between Casey and the anonymous user, is him talking through speech modification software, this creates more fear as the voice sounds somewhat off to what is expected, which is explored by the 'uncanny valley' theory.

The 'uncanny valley' theory is mostly used for aesthetics, however it could be related to the idea of using speech modification software used in the trailer. It is the idea that things that look too near human, like advanced robots, but still have something not quite human about them, it scares humans because there is something that isn't quite right about them. 

Throughout the trailer, the voice of the anonymous user says things like "you think you are the victim? you're not the victim, Casey". These are comments that are typically used by cyber bullies or thoughts from the victims. 

I think that the horrific way that cyberbullying is portrayed in this is very interesting, and is something that inspired us in a way to go down the route an eating disorder in our trailer, along with the disturbing images seen in the website background and poster. However, because we wanted to create a social realist film, we wanted to show cyberbullying realistically, rather then in this film how it is emphasised to give a horrific effect. 

Saturday, 6 February 2016

Deconstruction of Typography

In this blog post, I will be deconstructing different typography fonts for preexisting social realist film posters in order to aid in our decision of the typography to use in our website and poster.








Evaluation

After deconstructing these typographies, we have decided that our own will resemble handwriting, using a sans serif font similar to Comic Sans. We will also have the title in bold, and the letters will be placed at alternating heights on the page to draw attention to the title. This will then be further anchored by the use of teal blue, which is the colour we will use as well as black for the typography on our poster, as although the faded and torn effects are interesting and conventional, they would not be appropriate for our plot, as we are not using an urban location.

Friday, 5 February 2016

Cyberbully (2011) film inspiration

We have looked at lots of different films for to inspire our trailer in the past, and this is one of them. Cyberbully (2011) is a TV film that follows the ordeal of a teenage girl who falls victim to bullying online through a social networking site. The main character, Taylor, is given a laptop for her 17th birthday and is excited for the freedom that this would bring her. However, she finds herself the victim of a cyber bully attack which pushes her into attempting suicide.


Cyberbully (2011)

Because we have decided that we want our film to show the idea of body shaming and body image through social media, this film had been very helpful to us in thinking about how we could portray things, and giving us ideas how to show a attempt on suicide scene. However, we later thought that this type of ending for a teaser trailer was too final and went with the idea of showing our character, Jane, at a clinic instead. 

attempting suicide scene in Cyberbully (2011)


  • From the scene starting at 3:29-4:58, the scene begins with her friend running to Taylor's house as she has just seen a video that Taylor had posted suggesting that she is going to commit suicide. 
  • She finds her room empty, and searches the house until she find Taylor in the bathroom.
  • (EDITING TECHNIQUE) shows Taylor's family running up to the bathroom to find them both
  • Close up shots of their arms show Taylor and her friend fighting each other to take the pills away.
  • Close up shot shows that the pills have fallen on the floor
  • A two shot/ reaction shot shows Taylor screaming that they have fallen to the floor as now, she cannot take them, and her plan has failed. 
  • A shot reverse shot is used to show Taylor crying in her mother's arms and to show a reaction shot of her brother looking panicked and helpless.
There was quite a lot of time given in the film for the whole scene of Taylor's suicide attempt, to portray it in the right way. Because of this, along with the scene being too resolved, we decided that in a teaser trailer we would not have enough time to portray this scene in the most sensitive way, and so changed the idea of our trailer ending to that of in a clinic. However, the whole film has been helpful to our trailer as it has helped us with the theme of social networking a cyberbullying.


Wednesday, 27 January 2016

Deconstruction of Film Titles in City of God

For our film trailer, I also researched the titles in the teaser trailer for City of God, a drama which is very similar to the social realist genre as it includes aspects of moral panics, such as the prevalence of violence within teenage groups, and so could be helpful in inspiring our own titles.








Evaluation
From this research, we have decided to include plot-based titles within our trailer so as to reveal more about the plot and to also create enigmas, which is conventional for teaser trailers. We will likely not include clips behind the titles, but will have a black background, and our typography will emulate the style of social media text, and so will link in to the trailer well.

Sunday, 24 January 2016

Website Deconstruction




Evaluation
After this deconstruction, we have been able to fully research film posters within and without our chosen genre, and so are now aware of the conventions that we must/could follow so as to appeal to our target audience and to conform to conventions so as to make the website seem as professional as possible. As ours is a social realist film, it is difficult to discover existing film websites in this genre. However, I found the Broken Circle Breakdown, and so we will be able to take inspiration from this poster, such as the use of little content. however, as our film largely focuses on the influence of social media, these links will most definitely be included as they are an integral part of the plot for our film.

Tuesday, 19 January 2016

Deconstruction of 'This Is England' Trailer - Research for editing

I am going to deconstruct the trailer for 'This Is England' for more ideas about editing. This film also falls within the social realist genre, the same genre that our trailer is in, and so it would be helpful to get more ideas on how to edit our film in different ways, that we wouldn't have otherwise thought of. 



  • 0:01-0:06 shows a montage of different clips that people would relate to as being in the 1980's. This is used much like an establishing shot, as the montage of clips establishes the audience to what decade the film is set in. Although this is an interesting idea, I don't think that we could use it in our film because the decade that our film is set in, has no real significance to the plot.
  • 0:17-0:20 In between shots that are in colour, there is a montage of black and white images of the characters, one of which shows the young boy seen in previous shots, with a woman at a shoe shop. The hairstyle of the woman is a typical 80's style which again places the audience in the time of the 80s. The images embedded in between the moving image shots change with the beat to the sound playing throughout the trailer, which gives the shots more significance within the piece.
  • 0:42-0:45 starts with a review screen, with the voice over of one of the characters speaking from the film. When the character continues to speak about Thatcher, a clip of Thatcher on a bus is played and then the clip changes to the character that is speaking. This is an interesting concept, buy using speech from a character that would be diegetic, in a non-diegetic way to act as a voice over while other clips are playing. This entwines the review screens with the clips of the film so the review screens doesn't stagger the trailer too much. 
  • 1:26-1:59 After a cut to black, the shots that come after this, the diegetic sounds have been deleted and instead plays a non-diegetic soundtrack of slow strings. The slow strings has connotations of sadness, however, some of the shots used have quite a happy mood so the soundtrack choice could have been for irony but it could also suggest that the characters show that they are happy while there are bigger social issues going on in this time period.
  • Throughout the whole trailer, it seems that it has been edited with continuity as it shows the young boy making friends with the older group of men and then their friendships developing. This makes the trailer seem like it is a very shortened version of the film, as in the timing of events. 


Monday, 18 January 2016

Deconstruction of 'London to Brighton' Trailer - Research for editing

I am going to deconstruct the trailer for 'London to Brighton' to see what is used within the trailer, for research for our own teaser trailer. Because this film is a social realist trailer like our own trailer, it is useful to find conventions within the 'London to Brighton' trailer to for us to use in our own trailer. 


  • 0:03-0:05 is an establishing shot of London to show where the narrative begins
  • 0:05-0:10 is a mid shot of the young female character, Joanne, on her own on the streets of London, which turns into a long shot to show people walking past her with her asking for change, which shows her vulnerability. 
  • The sound also overlaps these shots from the next shot at 0:11-0:14, showing Joanne and an older woman, Kelly, smoking and seeing how old Joanne is. 
  • 0:14-0:16 a review from the Times "Blistering raw, utterly compelling drama" which confirms to the audience that this is a good film and the review has come from a reliable source. 
  • 0:16-0:27 shots of Joanne and Derrick, Derrick asking Joanne if she wants money, she has to go and see someone for him. Showing that he is turning her into a prostitute. She is wearing a hoodie that covers herself up, showing that she isn't sexualising herself and showing her innocence but has a cigarette behind her ear which subverts the idea of her being innocent. 
  • 0:27-0:29 Another film review, from Film Review, "Brutally raw thriller, with sharp serrated edges". 
  • 0:29-0:31 Showing Joanne being driven in a car to meet the 'client', with her having makeup on, which sexualises her. 
  • 0:31-0:34 Mid shots showing all of the shops being shut down, showing that London is run down and the lack of social mobility there is in London. 
  • 0:45-0:47 The 'client' an older man, takes Joanne's hand and walks off with her in his extravagant house.
  • Speech from later on in the film is overlapped with footage from the beginning of the film, used to tell the narrative without needing titles.
  • 0:57-0:59 Another film review from, Big Issue, "The best british film of the century".
  • 1:00-1:09 The first scenes of the film are shown with Joanne crying and Kelly has a black eye, with Kelly trying to rub the make up off Joanne.
  • 1:21-1:23 Another film review from The Scotsman "Reminds you just how good British cinema can be"
  • 1:23-1:29 Shows the ending scenes of the film with Kelly crying and Stuart holding a shotgun.
  • 1:29-1:32 Another film review from The Guardian "Audacious, exciting film making. A dazzling debut"
  • Then the trailer ends at the title.
Conclusion:
From this, I have come to understand that film reviews are very important within social realist films, as researched before, they are generally given a smaller budget and so had a lot less advertising and hire unknown actors. Film reviews from credible sources tell the audience that this is a good film and one that they should see. It also has told me that the shots in the trailer, do not have to be placed in chronological order of them appearing in the film, the narrative is still clear in doing so. 


Thursday, 14 January 2016

Deconstruction of Mise-en-Scene in Kidulthood

In this blog post, I will be looking at the mine-en-scene used in the opening title sequence of Kidulthood. Although we are creating a teaser trailer, we could still use aspects of the sequence as inspiration for mise-en-scene to use.

The opening credit sequence begins with a large amount of extreme close up, which are enigmatic and are conventional of the genre. The very first shot, as shown below, is an extreme close up shot of a football, with someone very clearly kicking it. This immediately implies the target audience, as this is an activity stereotypically expected of young males, approximately teenagers. This is then further anchored in the close up shots of teenagers in school uniform, talking with one another or on the phone.
Also, extreme close ups are shown of a mechanism being put together, which conveys a positive attitude towards the protagonist. However, this choice of shot also creates an enigma, as the audience are uncertain of what exactly is being constructed, and so when it is revealed that it is a gun, a negative tone is established. Also, the contrasting mise-en-scene of the gun with the school location is shocking to the audience, as it conveys a lack of innocence which is an unconventional representation of young people within the film industry, but is conventional for the social realist genre.











The use of guns in the mise -en-scene concerns a prominent issue in today's society - the increase of gun violence. However, as our film trailer will not be focusing on this particular issue, and from our target audience questionnaire we discovered that many did not appreciate the violent nature of films in this genre, we will not be including it.

Additionally, POV shots are interspersed during the opening scene, as seen below, and these further reinforce the realism of the narrative, hence making the audience feel more involved, and so for our teaser trailer we will aim to include these also.


Another aspect of the mise-en-scene in this film is drugs, which are a substance that are becoming an increasing concern in society. Through this, we can see how it is conventional for films in this genre to focus on topical issues, which allows the audience to reflect on society, and so this should be the main purpose of our own teaser trailer.

The location of this film is set on an estate, which is very conventional for social realist films as it portrays the discrimination and divide of the classes, a concern that is propagated by the media daily. Our target audience survey discovered that this is the location that our target audience would most like our teaser trailer to be set in. However, my location scouting of an estate found that it had more disadvantages to filming there than it did advantages, and so we ruled this out.

Evaluation
After deconstructing the mise-en-scene in this preexisting social realist film, we have discovered aspects we may attempt to include in our teaser trailer, such as the use of POV shots to reinforce the sense of realism. However, as this film focuses on gang violence, a lot of the mise-en-scene used is not helpful to us, as we aim to eliminate any violence from our teaser trailer.

Thursday, 7 January 2016

Website Background Trial Idea

The idea:

As our piece was based upon a body shaming idea, as a group we decided that the website background had to reflect this and I came up with the idea of having a body with several sections such as the face, below the neck to waist, waist to part of the legs and the legs, that had images changing all representing the idea of what is considered the ideal body by teens.  The media also helped with this in regards to them constantly publicising these types of images.

The images:

The images were all found on google under several different titles such as 'the ideal body' or 'thigh gap' etc.  the images we used were based on a set of criteria that we found online conforming to the super skinny ideal body type.  The criteria is as listed below from http://www.harpersbazaar.com/beauty/diet-fitness/a11239/the-new-body-ideal/:


  • According to Dr. Stephen J. Greenberg, a top plastic surgeon currently starring on Bravo's Secrets and Wives, the answer seems to point toward yes.

  • "Women are asking for larger, but more natural-looking breasts as well as enhanced buttocks, rounder hips and slimmer thighs," he says, adding that requests for Kardashian-esque butts are at an all-time high and that while some women may be born with a thigh gap, most require inner thigh laser lipo to remove exercise-resistant fat. 

  • "Using liposuction to shrink certain areas and liposuction combined with fat transfers to enhance others is definitely the new trend. 

  • " As for waist trainers, they're likely not the reason celebrity waists are becoming more whittled than ever: "It's unrealistic to expect that these devices can fundamentally change body shape," says plastic surgeon Dr. David Hidalgo. 

  • Plus, "there are potentially damaging physiologic consequences, including restricted breathing from interference with normal movement of the diaphragm, pooling of blood in the legs which could encourage clots to form and interference with function of the gastrointestinal tract." 

  • This cartoon-like hourglass figure (Jessica Rabbit certainly comes to mind) that is topping our feeds, covering glossy fashion magazines and changing the way we look at our own bodies in the mirror is about as unrealistic to achieve naturally as Kim Kardashian's reality show. 

The Images from google:

The picture below shows how they were layered up in the order that they would appear on the screen when joined with the fly in and out transitions as found on PowerPoint.  Although Powerpoint is not the ideal programme to use, it provided us with an idea of how it would potentially look on the website. 

The layering up of the images in Powerpoint to show the order in which they go in

The images below are all the images found on google that I used within the trial run of the website background.  Although the removal of the background led to it not being fully removed or pieces being removed that shouldn't be, again it was just to provide an idea of what it would look like.
All the images used within the trial piece

The Trial run



Evaluation

The idea of creating a background like this represents our idea of body shaming really well as it continually creates what is assumed to be the ideal or perfect female body and highlights the negativity surrounding the images.

However the cropping of the images is done poorly to the point where some of the body parts needed have been cropped too much or changed so that they have parts missing or they look oddly shaped.

Saturday, 2 January 2016

Final Scene Poster Inspiration

In this post, I am using pre existing photographs found on google to gain inspiration for the poster I had to create as a prop for our final scene.

I found a variety of images, all of which were hard hitting and clearly portrayed eating disorders. I found that the images all had common traits, such as the use of black and white which not only expresses a depressing and melancholic tone, but also creates a real life representation of how people with eating disorders feel.

One thing I found the pictures all had in common was that they were in black and white. This reflects the tone of the photograph and creates an atmosphere we might want to consider for our own. Also, a large majority of the photographs included measuring tape.




In this first image, the measuring tape is wrapped around the ankles which are standing on scales. The tape being wrapped around her ankles signifies how she is confined by her need to be skinny, and by society's perception of what it means to be 'pretty'. The use of an extreme close up shows anonymity that creates an enigma, and so is something we could also consider for the posters in the ending scene at the eating disorder clinic, as this anonymity emphasised the relatable tone of the poster, and shows that the depicted person to be representative of a group of people, rather than just his/herself.





The next image is a close up that again uses anonymity as it is positioned below the face. The mise-en-scene within the shot of a fork, knife and plate connotes eating disorders and is something we may want to consider within one of our own shots, and the use of the measuring tape as 'food' is symbolic of the hunger and need for these young girls to be skinny and to be accepted by society and its ideals. This mise-en-scene could also be useful in one of the posters for our final scene, as it subtly suggests the topic being discussed.




This last image shows a young girl standing in front of the mirror and looking at her reflection. This could be something we could consider for our own posters, as we could use Photoshop to manipulate the image in the reflection to inaccurately reflect the girl standing in front of it, so as to illustrate the protagonist's warped perceptions of herself. However, this could prove to be difficult as we would have to ensure that the shot was taken at such an angle that the camera would not also be seen in the mirror.

Evaluation
These images have aided us in the decision on the image for our poster. We liked the anonymity used in the images to show how the protagonist represents young girls everywhere, and so we have decided that we will manipulate it so that the majority of the posters used do not depict a face. Also, the posters may be in black and white to reflect the mood/tone of the film. However, upon reflection, we believe these images may not be entirely suitable for the location of our final scene, as it will be filmed in an 'eating disorder clinic', and so our posters should aim to be bright and positive and to suggest recovery. However, I will use these photos as inspiration for the poster I make, though I will manipulate it to be positive.

Friday, 18 December 2015

Audience Survey Evaluation of Results

I created a questionnaire on monkeysurvey.net in which I asked ten questions to reveal the demographics and needs of our target audience.

These are the results we received from thirty participants:


From our first question, we discovered that the majority of the participants were aged thirteen to seventeen, though 30% were also aged eighteen to twenty four, and so our target audience will be aged fifteen to twenty. This question was essential as it reveals the demographics of our audience, which will affect the audience needs, and so will affect our teaser trailer as we aim for it to appeal to our target audience.





 The results of this question revealed another aspect of the demographics of our target audience - their gender. The results show that roughly 75% of our respondents were female, and so our target audience will mostly consist of females, and so we will choose to make the protagonist as we can make the assumption that conventionally, a female audience enjoy and are more likely to watch a film featuring a protagonist they can relate to.
However, we know that to assume could have a negative effect on our target audience, and so I have decided to also actually ask the respondents what gender they would prefer the protagonist to be. As expected, the majority of participants (just under 60%) would prefer a female protagonist. However, over twenty percent also stated that they would not mind the protagonist's gender as long as they were actually represented, and from this we can conclude that representation of characters, particularly of gender, is an important aspect of films, and is considered important by the audience. Therefore, for our teaser trailer we shall ensure to present our protagonist accurately.













 The next question allowed us to discover that 30% of our participants do not watch social realist films, which could be due to an ignorance of the genre, or could simply be a dislike for them. However, in our first question, it was found that eighty percent of our respondents were not within our target audience, and this question's results found that a large majority of our audience watch films of this genre either once a month or once a year. This tells us that our teaser trailer will have a very niche target audience, and so it is essential that we respond to their needs and interests.
 This was a question which required the audience to respond on their own, as it was not a selection but an opinion based question. Of the thirty participants, twenty six responded to this question, and most responded in the same fashion. A large majority stated that the confrontation of society's issues is what they enjoyed most about this genre, as it allowed them to reflect on society so that they could then actively attempt to address these issues. This links to audience theory, as it reveals that our audience will most likely be an active audience.



 From the results, it is clear that the accurate portrayal of reality is the aspect our target audience most appreciates about social realism, and so in our teaser trailer we will endeavour to ensure that we accurately portray the reality of the issue we are presenting - how societal pressures regarding body
image affect young teenage girls.

 This question counters the previous, and aims to reveal what we should attempt to exclude from our teaser trailer. The results revealed that the largest complaint that most of our respondents made about films in the social realist is that they can be boring. However, one other issue that was brought up was the suggestion that the problems considered in the film are very rarely solved, which makes the films very negative. We could try to combat this by having a resolved ending for our film - however, as we are only making a teaser trailer we will want to make the end enigmatic, though we could imply that the ending may be either positive or negative.



 Also, some of the participants stated that the films were too violent, and so we will ensure to exclude any violence from our teaser trailer, as this does not totally relate to the issue we wish to discuss.


 This question was created with the purpose of revealing when we should consider filming. An equal amount of participants suggested afternoon or evening, and also stated that they did not mind at which time, which gives us a little more freedom. One respondent revealed that the time in which they are filmed should reflect the mood of the film, hence using pathetic fallacy. For our filming, we are likely to film between midday and afternoon, as this will offer the best lighting for the trailer. however, our outdoor scenes will be filmed later in the day to reflect a darker tone.

 These results imply that our target audience would prefer for our film to be set on an estate, and so I will scout one such location to consider the advantages and disadvantages to discover whether it would be suitable for us to film there. Also, some respondents said that the setting should depend on the subject of the film, and so we will take this into consideration when choosing our location.

 The final question regards a very important aspect of our trailer and our website. Social media will have a major role in the film, and as the results show that Facebook was used by the highest percentage of our respondents we will endeavour to include this in our teaser trailer. We could also consider using twitter and youtube, as these were also popular sites with our target audience.

Evaluation
This questionnaire has allowed us to decide on some major aspects of our teaser trailer, and has told us what to include and what to avoid in order to comply with audience needs. However, this questionnaire could have been presented to a larger audience in order to obtain a more accurate portrayal of our target audience, and more questions that were increasingly specific could have been asked in order to elaborate on some of the questions we chose to include. Some of the questions were very open, which meant that some participants skipped these questions, and so we could have included some generic options as well as an 'other - please specify' option.
Overall, this questionnaire will be extremely useful for creating our teaser trailer as it has revealed our target audience, who we can now endeavour to appeal to.

Thursday, 10 December 2015

Camera Angles

As part of my research, I thought that it was important to recap on camera angles and specifically the camera angles that we wish to use and what effect these have. 

This is a long shot, this allows the audience to see the whole body of the character. If the subject is alone in the shot, this could show vulnerability as it emphasises the isolation of the character. A long shot can also be at the beginning of a film, trailer or tv show of a building, which shows a place or building. This is also known as an establishing shot. These establishing shots normally have a static camera, as a movement would make the audience remember that they are watching a movie, while the point of an establishing shot is for believably. 


A high angle shot is used to show vulnerability to the character. It shows the audience literally looking down on them, which gives the audience a feeling of power over the character and makes the character look a lot smaller. This not only shows the dominance that the audience has over the character, but also the dominance other characters have over the character, when these types of shots are used in a shot reverse shot. 



This is a low angle shot. The camera is positioned below the character, which makes the character look taller. It also positions the audience below the character, making them feel vulnerable and at a lower status then the character. It also doesn't just place the audience, but it also shows the hierarchy in the relationship between characters also, shown through editing like shot reverse shots.



This is an over the shoulder shot, as it literally shows a shot that is over a character's shoulder. This could show a conversation between two characters, or more. It could also show the reactions characters have to one another. During a conversation it these shots are generally edited as shot reverse shots to show each of the character's faces during the conversation.



This is a profile shot, where you only see on side of the body of the character. This evokes some sort of mystery within the character as you don't get to see all of the character, and therefore reflects that you don't get to see all of the character's personality. 



In conclusion, this piece of research has been very useful. Although I haven't looked at all of the shots that could be used within a film, it has allowed me to recap the basic and most important shots that we would need to use in our film and what these shots evoke.

Thursday, 3 December 2015

Typography Research

The typography for the title for the film is very important because the typography in itself can give hints into genre and narrative. Because this is very important, it should be given a lot of research in order to have the right typography for our own film. 


These are the typographies for professional films:


Handwriting style typography:


'Blue is the warmest color': 
  • A social realist film
  • Looks as though it is hand written with a marker pen
  • The two different colours link with the title of the film.
  • The idea that it is hand written makes it seem that the main character wrote the title, that it truly is them documenting about their life. 

'Boyhood':

  • social realist film/drama
  • This looks like it has been written with crayon or chalk.
  • It seems to be written in child-like handwriting, which also links to the title.
  • Again, the handwriting makes the film seem more personal to the character. 

'The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants':
  • Drama film
  • The typography is nicely integrated here, the typography is paced like it is embroidered into the jean's pocket.
  • However, the typography still looks like is has been handwritten, the different sized letters make it seem more realistic, but if we were going to use this style in our typography, we would have to be careful as this is also a convention of horror film typographies.

'The Fault in our Stars':
  • Drama film
  • Alike 'Blue is the warmest color', the typography varies in colour, which I think is something that we could definitely experiment with.
  • the different colours highlight the words in blue and making them more prominent. 
  • The typography is shown to be written in something similar to chalk. The different texture makes the typography seem more realistic. 

Handwriting fonts online for inspiration:

We have come up with a title for our film that we may use, we may use 'Eatin' Me Up' or 'Eating Me Up', however this would be a decision finalised at a later date. I have used this title idea to see what it would look like with the different fonts I have found online. 





  • These two typographies are my favourite that I have found in handwriting style
  • For the first image, each letter is a different height, which gives it more character and along with the title, could show the character's stress and imperfections because each letter isn't perfect.
  • In the second image, the typography looks like it has been written with a marker, which I think is interesting how you can distinguish what the title has been 'written' with. It would be interesting to add these sorts of detail into our own typography.

Other types of typographies:

'Trainspotting':
  • The typography is quite plain and simple
  • I think that the contrast from the orange background is interesting and is something that we could use in our typography. This would make the typography stand out a lot more.

'Fish Tank' and 'The Selfish Giant':

  • These two typographies are quite similar
  • With both of these typographies they are slightly transparent and you can see the background behind the title. 
  • Both of the typographies are muted, happy, calming colours.
  • We could use the idea of colours and how the colours could make the audience feel in our typography.





In conclusion, this research has been very informative into what the typographies of different films within our overlapping genres have and how we could use this in our own ideas for a typography. The next stage for our typography would be to draft our own ideas.