Research - Style and Font Ideas

Opening title sequences are rarely used in movies, but when they are, you often will remember the movie for that reason.  It will set an image in your head and as its unique and not often used, it likely means it will stay in your memory.

One of the most famous opening title sequence and one of my favourites, is in Steven Spielberg's "Catch me if you Can".  This title sequence tells a story in itself and gives you a very strong idea of the genre and the plot of the movie.  The font is very simple yet it joins into the other fonts and fades away which suggests the theme of the movie i.e that of disappearing and getting away. As you can see in the images the font is very basic, but it blends into the sequence and disappears.

Another strong example can be seen in the James Bond movies.  An opening title sequence is used which heavily portrays the theme of action, with blood often pouring down the screen. Also the fonts used in the Bond films are very different to the fonts seen in Catch me if you Can. The fonts used in the Bond films are used for the purpose of catching the viewer's attention. Over the years the Bond movies fonts have evolved in style.  The early films had very basic fonts and over time there is a font change with every movie, which grabs the viewers attention and makes them more likely to remember a specific movie.  The font and opening sequence along with the music almost form the basis of the "brand" of the film.

For our group I feel a font similar to the fonts below would look good and would fit the genre of action and crime. I'm personally not sure what style would look better as if you look at "Skyfall"
font compared to "Die Another Day" they are very different. I feel that the simplicity of the Skyfall font looks very professional, more so than the others, however the others set the genre on the movie
much clearer of action.