Credits Typography
Based on our research on typography, most horror movies us font which is appropriate to the movie which will follow it. Most of the horror movies we have researched included the colours Red, yellow and orange.However, for our film opening, the main idea was to make everything (outwardly) seem normal, and not have anything alluding to its violent nature until the end.
Therefore, our titles introducing the actors' names, makeup, visuals, sound come before the main title sequence, and they are introduced with a fade-in effect on final cut pro. The colour of the titles are white,which is a reference to what the Killer wears.For our final title, this would reflect the true nature of the film opening, so we decided to chose a font which looks like it was written in blood. We chose the font from a website called fontspace.com, and edited the colours in Adobe Photoshop.
The title, "Oni" is a reference to Japanese folklore, variously translated as demons, devils, ogres or trolls. They are popular in Japanese art, literature and theatre.
Depictions of Oni vary widely but usually portray them as hideous, gigantic ogre-like creatures with sharp claws, wild hair, and two long horns growing from their heads. They are humanoid for the most part, but occasionally, they are shown with unnatural features such as odd numbers of eyes or extra fingers and toes. Their skin may be any number of colors, but red and blue are particularly common. For our film opening, the mask is white, and the killer's hair is neat to further highlight normality juxtaposed with violence and death.
The main title is supposed to fade in and out exactly the same as the previous titles, in order to keep the atmosphere the same, as there are already "jump scares" within the music.
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| This is our final opening credit title. |
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