Title Sequence

 While this may not be an entire professional film, the movie opening must still include some type of title sequence that introduces most of the main people or groups involved in the making of the film. The Hope of it All is no different and will feature a title sequence during the Betty's Room scene. We want this title sequence to reflect the overall genre and mood of this film, which is about romance, drama, and coming-of-age. For that reason, we are looking for a more mellow mood, including more delicate fonts and styles. 

To allow you to envision our title sequence the best that you can, I will include the order that the sequence will go in:

1. Production Company Name: Swift Pictures

We decided on this name towards the end of our film production. It represents how we has to swiftly make this movie opening and also our inspiration to create this film.

2. Actors: Tori Ragin as Betty, Daniel Morales as James, Ashley Polo as August

This doesn't require much explanation. We are simply giving credit to the wonderful actors who starred in our film.

3. Producers: Tori Ragin and Melanie Reynoso

    At the end of the day, we all contributed something to the production of this film. We are all technically producers. But, for the sake of this film, we decided to write down Tori and Melanie as our producers.

4. Edited by Melanie Reynoso

Our amazing and talented editor was Melanie Reynoso. She played a big part in the coming together of this film opening and really brought it to life. She was the one who added all the music, sounds, and transitions. So, we must give credits where it's due. 

5. Screenplay by Daniel Morales

Yes, I was indeed the one who sat down one afternoon and wrote the script of our film from beginning to end. I organized the order of the scenes, what would be seen during each shot, and what would be said and heard throughout the film opening. This was a daunting task at first, but once I had gotten into my creative mindset, it was a piece of cake!

6. Directed by Hannah Barnes

We couldn't have created this film without the wonderful help from our director, Hannah. She accompanied all the actors to the filming site and did all the camera work. She was behind every shot and angle in this movie, capturing our acting. 

We want the credits to be visible, but also no impede the view into the film opening. It is because of this that we have decided to put the credits in the bottom left-hand corner and not the middle of the screen. This will ensure that the viewers are focused on Betty and her possessions and not the words of the credits. The title will come later at the end of the opening. Obviously, we want the readers to focus on the name of the film, so the title will be in the center of the screen with the sky as its background.

Now, I should discuss how the fonts and styles of our title sequence will actually look like. We have debated about this decision for quite a while now, but I think we have officially come to a consensus!

Pictured above are the four fonts we liked best for our film. From top to bottom, they are Quita, Kinuta Shin StdN, Bickham Script, and Adorn. Obviously, we couldn't choose all four, so we had to make a decision. 

Eventually we decided on Kinuta shin StdN for the credits and Quita for the actual title, The Hope of it All. We didn't want too much cursive in the credits, but something a little more legible and sensible. This disqualified all the other fonts and left Kinuta standing. When it comes to the font of the title, we wanted something different from the credits to make it stand out. We also wanted something extravagant and fancy, going along with the dramatic component of the film. We ended up choosing Quita because it is definitely extravagant, while also not being too much like Bickham Script might be.

Finally, is the actual colors of the fonts. This is very important because we can't allow the font to blend in with a similar color in the background. To prevent this, we are pretty sure our fonts will be white. This is a simple, elegant, pure color that fits the mood of our film. Not to mention, the lighting of Betty's room is more dark than light, so the white should work perfectly here. However, since the title will be in front of a sky, the white clouds might get in the way of the white font. If this is the case, we might have to switch out the white for a darker color, like black. 

Hopefully, all these fonts work out in the end. We have yet to actually enter it into our opening, so hopefully everything goes smoothly. I'll keep you updated!