Above is a screenshot of the title at the end of our opening two minutes. We decided to call our film 'Regretful Sins' as we think this would relate to the overall story and creates a mysterious and vague feeling for the audience in order to not give the film plot away, even though we used many conventions of horror films within the opening. We decided to put the title at the end of the opening two minutes as we felt it would be more dramatic and flow better by breaking up the opening and the rest of the film rather than putting it right at the beginning. The font is quite uneven and disjointed, creating an eerie look which conforms to the horror genre and having it all in capital letters and white on a black background, makes it stand out at the audience - further encouraging a mysterious and eerie feeling in the audience whilst showing that it is a horror film. We added a glow effect at the end to highlight on the mysterious and supernatural nature of the film. It also means it will create even more of a statement against the black background before fading out into the rest of the film. This will make it memorable to the audience.
Our title is similar to other horror films such as 'Drag Me to Hell' as this is also stands out to the audience. The font is easy to read and looks quite ancient with small cracks on the letters, relating to the overall mystery and superstition in the film. This font is quite conventional of the horror genre as it is bold and in the audience's face. The capital letters help to make it look bold and alarming, however the use of the different sizes helps to emphasize the words 'drag' and 'hell' - the most important words in the title to describe the film. This choice of words for the title hints at the genre and plot of the film. The title gets bigger within the screen to add tension and then an immediate extreme close up makes it look like the words are flying towards the audience, much the same as the aggressive nature of the demons in the film. The title is at the end of the opening two minutes, as we have done with our film, to create tension and suspense.
