Criticism of thriller opening - Titles, (Rosie)

When our group had finished editing all of our footage on Final Cut, we thought that the piece may be too long so therefore I think that we rushed putting our titles together and they could have been a lot better. To make them look more professional we could've:

• Used a different font  From looking at existing thrillers, many use very plain text as the back drop is already quite busy. For example 'The Silence of The Lambs' uses very plain capital font on top of the opening scene. We used a style that was curved and not so bright so it didn't really fit well with the genre.
• We should have also changed the placement of our opening titles. They took up only a small piece of space in the composition of the frame. We should've made them larger as they are what informs the audience of what they are about to see and can help to portray information about the film. I think they would've looked better more central as well as this looks better and informs the viewers quickly. 

• The titles could have even had their own screen/frame. Had we spent more time with our titling, we could've made them look more professional. I think we needed to allow ourselves more time to experiment with the ways that the text appeared and exited the screen. 

These are examples of what we could've done with our titles.

The text in both is bolder and more central to the frame.