Friday, 9 May 2014

Adding in actor names

I am now moving on to adding in my actors names into the trailer. Due to deleting some of the sounds I used when editing my trailer, I won't be able to edit the high quality, un-exported version any further. Therefore, I will have to upload my lesser quality exported version, and split it/ add in text where I need it. Due to this, there are limits as to where I can put in the text because I don't want to unsynchronise any sound or affect the quality of my trailer how it is.

I have decided to add in the new text in parts where the actors are actually still moving. I will also add it in less interesting parts, and hopefully quite evenly between the three black backgrounded text that I already have.

Font:
In terms of actual font I was stuck between two:



At first I wasn't sure which font I wanted, so I tried putting on the 'glow' in animation to match the other text in the trailer. After doing this, I chose the font in the second picture because I feel as though it just looked a lot more professional. Particularly in the second part of the trailer.




Colour:
 I wanted to use white because:
  • I have already tried it and it works
  • It matches the rest of my trailer text
However, the white doesn't show up very well without a black background. Therefore, I will need to try out some new colours. I don't want to use black because I feel it will contrast the white too much and also it is too boring. Therefore, I will try red because research with my poster showed me that red is a colour often associated with horror films.


I actually ended up liking this a lot more than expected, and it went really well with the 'glow' effect:


Therefore, I kept the red. 
I decided that I wasn't gonna add in the production company logo because:
  • it was too difficult with a continuous already exported film
  • I have researched other trailers which don't include one so I don't feel it is necessary
  • It ruins the timing of my music and sound which I spent a long time on









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