Planning and research for the Titles

Title research and planning for our opening sequence

My group and I conducted a survey in order to obtain information about the best titles to include in our opening sequence. It is important to ask the audience what their preferred type of titles are, as these are the people we need to please.

Our questionnaire is shown below:





After handing our surveys to a random sample of 20 people each (both students, teachers and family members) I collated my data with the other members in my group in order to draw some conclusions, to help indicate the types of titles we should include.

 

From the research we established that the majority of people would prefer to see the titles appearing throughout the opening sequence, over the top of the action. This is important because it signifies that this is an opening sequence, and not the middle or the end. This will affect our production as we agree with this result, and believe it will be the best option to make our opening sequence appear sleek and professional. As well as this, our survey showed that the audience would prefer to have a sans serif font. Again, we agree with this result as the font will look sleek, crisp and professional, without distracting away from the on-going action.

 

With regards to the main title for our thriller, my group and I came up with 5 different titles which we thought would be best suited to the narrative. Unorthodox was the most popular name, with the majority of people surveyed choosing this as there preferred title. Among my group members, this was our favourite title and so we were very pleased that our audience preferred this one.

 

The definition of unorthodox: 'contrary to what is usual, traditional, or accepted'

 

This title therefore reflects the character in our narrative, as he most certainly displays abnormal behaviour, which is indicated to the audience right from the beginning of our narrative, but the title will really help to emphasise it. I will take inspiration from another students opening sequence to a thriller named 'Torn' as I thought these titles were particularly effective and well executed.

The titles for the opening thriller sequence of 'Torn' has inspired me.