The Thriller Genre

Our initial plan for the titles in our sequence was to have them appear as part of the scene, much like one of our inspirations, Panic Room. But due to our budget and facilities, we downscaled our plans. We decided to embed our titles into the scene, in a similar fashion to the television series Heroes. We felt this would be an interesting and unique way of introducing titles, and that they would compliment rather than distract from the scenes.

Early on, while experimenting and editing with the iMovie software, it was clear that this would have been extremely hard to achieve, and the overall quality of the titles would have been poor. So, in keeping with our initial objective of interesting titles, we chose to have them as dynamic as possible. This is especially evident in the top-billing credits, with dynamic sweeping texts timed to match the slow-motion footage. We believe that while these titles weren't as ambitious as we had previously hoped, they were effective with the limited title options that iMovie provided.

Finally, we chose the font ‘American Typewriter’ for two reasons. Firstly, its style and appearance connotes the overall theme of the movie circling around ‘the list’. Its font is clearly recognisable as a classic typewriter typeface, further reinforcing this image to the audience. Secondly, the font also was clear, easy to read and effective in the different sizes and levels of ‘Bold’ that we needed, while still having a unique style.