Title Research: Art of the Title Website

    Overall, we found this site very helpful in viewing the different fonts, backgrounds, and themes within title cards. The search bar was very helpful in allowing us to find how title cards look like for different key words.  

    For “Gothic” it is a common trend that the font of the title is either very thin with flared ends or thick and bolder. The background is very dark, shows wooden landscapes, or has a peculiar theme to it. For “Romance” most of the title fonts were funky, round, bolder, and had a pop out shadow to them. Unless they were romantic dramas which then it was very simplistic and thin. The backgrounds either had various establishing shots with movement (people doing stuff) or were entirely animated. Either way, the background and font went hand in hand to a very specific theme that each movie had whether it was more comedic or more dramatic. For “Vampires” the fonts had a fun, creepy vibe to them as they were typically very long, thin, rough around the edges, and looked like someone drew them; very few were bold and short. The backgrounds were dark, incorporated creepy places or images, had old antiques, some were animated, and had a very clear color scheme. This style is more towards what we will lean to for our project. 

    This website is very helpful is very about the different elements of title cards per genres.   


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