Fonts

We had to think carefully about the fonts that we would use throughout our trailer and ancillary tasks as we wanted to clearly represent the genre through style of writing. We used a website called www.dafont.com where thousands of different fonts are available. For the main title of the film, 'Somnium' we decided to look for something quite jagged as the sharp edges can connote danger and violence. Films such as 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' use such fonts which are thin and sharp.

The font we decided on is like this but has a more scratchy effect. This was perfect as the background for our titles is similar. We too inspiration for this idea from the titles from 'Se7en' which has an extremely effective title sequence at the start of the film. It involves the use of scratches and dark colours to connote horror.

The final title for the film was something we are very pleased with, and we will use the same one for out poster and magazine cover. By doing this we can link all of the products together. Here is the final title which will appear at the end of the trailer.

For the intertitles we decided to use a different font which was more bold and formal as this would make quick reading easier for the audience. The boldness of these titles also makes them stand out more on the grey background, making them seem more intense when accompanied by the sound effects. We found this font on www.dafont.com also as it was a simple way to look through and select from a wide number of different fonts. We used this font on the poster too in order to keep our trailer strongly linked with our ancillary task.