The 3 different horror titles we have researched has shown us that different title fonts and colour choices can have different connotations to each other...
Insidious
The Insidious title is an incredibly effective title because of the choices of colour. The white and red contrast captures the audience's attention and remains in the forefront of their mind. The word itself; Insidious, has many connotations that can be associated with horror such as harm, danger and cunningness. The font of the title is simple yet portrays a sinister and freaky image, which has encouraged us to use this title as inspiration, especially because this film is all about evil spirits and this is what we plan to base our trailer on. We want to create a simple yet memorable and eye-catching title that horror fans will immediatley remember and be drawn to watch.
The Insidious title is an incredibly effective title because of the choices of colour. The white and red contrast captures the audience's attention and remains in the forefront of their mind. The word itself; Insidious, has many connotations that can be associated with horror such as harm, danger and cunningness. The font of the title is simple yet portrays a sinister and freaky image, which has encouraged us to use this title as inspiration, especially because this film is all about evil spirits and this is what we plan to base our trailer on. We want to create a simple yet memorable and eye-catching title that horror fans will immediatley remember and be drawn to watch.
The Woman In Black
This horror title represents perfectly what the feel of the film is; eery, chilling and the fear of the unknown! The white colour makes it pure and also ironic as white can normally imply innocence. The sketchy and chalkboard effects makes it look like the film is set in olden times and in an extremely unsafe atmosphere. The fade into the darkness represents going into the unknown and the contrast between feeling safe and unsafe. This is another title we would like to take inspiration from as it fits in well with the type of horror we are going to create for our trailer and could be a very similar image to what we are thinking of for our trailer title.
This horror title represents perfectly what the feel of the film is; eery, chilling and the fear of the unknown! The white colour makes it pure and also ironic as white can normally imply innocence. The sketchy and chalkboard effects makes it look like the film is set in olden times and in an extremely unsafe atmosphere. The fade into the darkness represents going into the unknown and the contrast between feeling safe and unsafe. This is another title we would like to take inspiration from as it fits in well with the type of horror we are going to create for our trailer and could be a very similar image to what we are thinking of for our trailer title.
Paranormal Activity
The final horror title we looked at was Paranormal Activity. The use of red colour makes it similar to how it was used in in the Insidious title. It creates a sense of uneasiness and tension, along with the uneven movement of lines between the text. This makes it look unusual and builds up an uneasy image in the audience's head, making them fear the unknown and the worst possible situation. We feel this was one of the best horror titles we researched for creating an eery image in the audience's mind and is one of the top titles that we would like to take inspiration from, due to its use of colour and effects across the text. It is also a very eye-catching title and immediately draws in the attention of the audience, which is exactly what we want to create with our horror trailer title.
The final horror title we looked at was Paranormal Activity. The use of red colour makes it similar to how it was used in in the Insidious title. It creates a sense of uneasiness and tension, along with the uneven movement of lines between the text. This makes it look unusual and builds up an uneasy image in the audience's head, making them fear the unknown and the worst possible situation. We feel this was one of the best horror titles we researched for creating an eery image in the audience's mind and is one of the top titles that we would like to take inspiration from, due to its use of colour and effects across the text. It is also a very eye-catching title and immediately draws in the attention of the audience, which is exactly what we want to create with our horror trailer title.