TYPOGRAPHY- Of movies in our genre

The examples of typigraphy below for different films will help us in deciding which would be most suitable for our own film title; the inspiration of them will help us in designing our own. In this we must consider colour, size and juxtapositioning and it must coordinate with our genre of homosexuality and possibly have connotations to make the title as meaningful as it can be.

This title connotes straight away as the colour of the title is that of a deep crimson representing passion and love. The fact that it is written in a font that looks like actual handwriting may suggest that the love that is within the film is genuine and real and self explanitary just as hand writing is; it's a form of identity and it makes it more personal as if someone has written an actual love letter which fits in with the genre of romance.

The way the words are written are in a very solid and bold font which could connote a sense of solidarity and meaningfulness in what has been written, as if it's almost a promise that has to be kept; "Remember Me". The slight fade in the words however can mirror how memories tend to be forgotten or not clearly remembered.

The red again connotes love and is a bold colour which makes it stand out even more against the white background.

The colours used in this title are that of a very mature colour scheme which reflects the age of the actors in the film which are of an older age. The font is very simple but creates and effect of effortlessness and how something simple can look so elegant even though it is a "traditional" font; this can be age related and suggest the same for older people and how they can still be stylish despite their age and the amount of fashion changes they have witnessed in their life times.

The words 'Dear John' have the colours of white and yellow have been used I think to reflect the gentleness of love and it makes the appearance of it much more softer to the eye which also reflects the softness of emotions. The block capitals makes it seem like it's an important address to someone, John, and because the sky is the background, it could reflect that this is in someone's thoughts.

The typography of this film is very unusual. Even though it's about love, the colours aren't the first you would pick to represent love. The black against white could be a binary opposition of good and evil: black and white. The black can be to represent elegance and power positively or in a negative sense, death and grief. The colour black has worse connotations than the colour white The white however has connotations of light, innocence, purity and cleanliness. Both can connote, however, enigmas and the unknown which is probably why they have been used simultaneously, to create a visual enigma.

POSTED BY SHAHNAZ