Font research- The Woods

This is a very important piece of research to do as this is the font which expresses our film of ' The Woods'. This font has to be perfect to express the genre of the film and to suit what occurs within it.

This was our initial idea for our opening two minutes of 'The Woods'. We liked how it was clear and the use of a worn effect on the font, suggest oldness which gives a creepy side to the font. The use of having the 'T' being bigger than the others makes the font stand out more, which would attract the audience as this would e the focus pull of the title as our eyes go straight to this point. . It also look quite formal which made us decide that we wanted our final idea to look formal and not tacky to make sure it attracts the right audience and suits the genre (horror) and doesn't create a wrong message towards the audience. However through our font research I found that these days horrors opening titles consist of a black background and white font, as the black implies evil and darkness and the white could suggest purity trying to shine through. This means that this font would be less effective as it doesn't appear scary due to the background being white rather than being black.

This was our second font we researched. The use of the black background makes the white font contrast from the background ensuring it is eye-catching and bold as it can be. This also follows the conventions of a horror film as these opening titles are usually black background and white font on top. This font is also very bold and broad which shows the impact of what 'The Woods' can do and emphasises the danger of what they can do too. However the font may be a bit too thick to be a horror, as it could be confused with being a action film due to the boldness. However, this could be used as a template in creating out horror opening titles as we can thin the lettering out and add the worn effect of which is used on the previous font.

This is the three font we found, which has many effects. This fonts suggests that the someone has written on the screen in blood due to the dripping effect and the smurring effect. However from my 'Font research' Blog from analysing fonts from published horrors, I found that in the past; horror films would have this style this would suggest blood dripping. However in now-a-days this is seen as tacky and exaggerated, which is not what we want our film to be like. This means this font may not be used due to previous research.  
Overall, I believe we should use the middle on as a template to producing our perfect font for our opening two minutes as this is the closest font, which would suit our film 'The Woods'.