Creating titles and Editing Second Cut

In a attempt to add some professionalism to my groups overall product I tried to create some animatic title using Adobe After Effects.

Looking back upon the early research my group and I did the majority of thriller titles used the colour scheme of black and white. I continued to do that with the ones seen above as the neutral background of black helps the effect stand out as well as being one of the conventions of "thriller". The smoke effect was also something purposely used with our narrative being about siblings losing contact with each other the smoke in some part was a metaphor of this as smoke is something that is lost and you can't recapture. The duration of the clip was also something based upon the early research we undertook giving the viewer enough time to read and absorb the information and aesthetics but not bore them.

As this title is still a "first draft" some aspects I might change includes that of the font and also neatening the transition. Although the font is clear and easy to read I think it is a bit bland and boring and a more interesting font may suit the overall production better.


With regards to editing our second cut this has largely gone succsesful due to the experiences of previous tasks boosting our effeciency, time management and editorial skills. Having now shot all the shots we planed for our next task is to as a group sit back and make a decision if further reshoots are required to develop on the current cut.