Styling our title and credits

The title of the film, as well as the names of the co-directors, are displayed at the end of our intro

Sometimes, the styling of a title of a film is so well known it can continue to act as a symbol for years afterwards (for example the Harry Potter series or the Godfather). As for our title, though, we decided to keep it simple. The font we used is Eras Bold ITC, and we colored it in yellow (with a brown outline) in order to make it stand out from the surroundings. We displayed it in the sky at the very end as well in order for the viewer to fully understand what our film is about. We also named ourselves co-directors, all having a pretty equal role in the creation of the idea and project, and all having added in our visions for what our final film would look like.

Our credits to our five starring actors (Aldana, Bloomfield, Guerrero, Jimenez, and Montserrate) followed the same pattern, while being noticeable, not distracting to the events being shown on screen. We used the font Verdana in bold, in white text with black outlines, in order to keep it simple yet effective. The names of each character flash on the screen for a few seconds as they all enter the car.

You can see what it turned out to look like below:

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