Editing - Opening Titles

As we got to the end of the editing process we began to add the opening titles at the beginning of the film opening. We began by adding our names as we were all involved in the planning, production and editing of the film opening.

We added the first name within the first 5 seconds of the film opening just after the production company logos so that it didn't appear immediately but also so we had enough time to fit in all of the opening titles at the beginning.

Once we had added in the first name we began adding everyone else's names. From watching and analysing other opening titles we decided that it was best to space the names out equally so that they appeared roughly every 5 seconds. We also agreed that the names should be visible for around 3-4 seconds so that we could fit in everyone's names and space them out equally.

Once we had sorted the times and spacing for the opening titles we altered the positioning, font and size of the text. We chose a bold and easy to read font and made it an appropriate size so that it could be easily read. We also chose to make it white as this was a colour that could be read easily on the background of each scene it was placed on. We then placed the text in the left and right hand bottom corners of the scenes so that as the film opening was played the text was not always in the same position and moved around each time a new name appeared.