Typography research

http://www.alwayswatching.net/features/great-scenes-television-and-film-told-using-only-typography
This website tells famous and classic films ONLY through the use of typography and sound. I thought this would be brilliant for research.

I thought "The fight club version" was the most effective. It was the particularly engaging with the use of animation. The use of script and diegetic sound is flawless, and having no visuals heightens the sound and entices the viewer's imagination. The lettering becomes more broken up with "splattering" effects, which imitates the use of graffiti, to reflect the voice over. Different colours are used for different characters so that the conversation is clear and easy to follow. Different font sizes are also used to dramatise certain words.

Sound Research

For our film teaser trailer we want much of the sound to be diegetic to suggest a sense of realism. However, to achieve maximum marks and to give our teaser an authentic feel we must also include a non-diegetic soundtrcack.



The Inception soundtrack for the teaser trailer is particularly effective as it consists of one chord getting louder at a steady pace. It grabs the viewers attention as it is very intense and dramtic. It further suggests the sound of a heart beat or a clock, of time running out. The sound itself is very mechanical, reflecting the atmosphere of the film.


The Uninvited trailer soundtrack is mostly dialouge, however the quick paced editing at the end is matched effectively to the beats, which correspond to the quick flashes of picture. The beats reflect a rapid heart beat, and heighten the atmosphere.