Post-Production: Titles

We had to make sure that our opening actually looked like an opening and to do this we needed to add titles. Looking through Final Cut, we struggled to find the perfect font to get the electronic-type feel we wanted to portray the fact that the opening is based around a modern electronic device, iPhone. We ended up choosing the font "Courier New" as it is the closest font we could get that would reflect the effect we wanted to have. 

In order to add a new font, you need to scroll "Effects," then "Video Generators" and then "Text" and you will be able to type the title you want and edit it to how you wish. After adding the title into the rest of the footage, to reposition it, click the box in the canvas area and select "Image+ Wireframe" and then this allows you to reposition the title to however you desire. 

To get the correct duration of the title, you must right click on the clip and click on "Duration" and a box will appear allowing you to adjust the duration. 

To layer the titles on top of a present clip all that is needed to do is, drag your title over the selected clip. 

To create a sense of a horror film opening, we chose to add effects to our titles. To do this you need click on   the "Effects" tab, then "Video Filters." We chose to use the effect "Distort" to create the foreshadowing atmosphere of what is to come.

For the main title of "iWatch" we wanted to create an effect that appeared to the audience as though it was within a video frame that was being recorded. Preferably  we wanted to have a recording button flashing as the dot on top of the "i," however, we struggled to do so and we couldn't find a way to incorporate this into our opening.