Analysis of Fonts

Science Fiction titles look quite metallic and futuristic. ‘Star wars’ is very plain but it is also very renowned, if any titling was in this font you would immediately associate it with Star Wars For the ‘Inception’ trailer the letters look almost like a maze this links in with the film that inception is an enigma. ‘2012’ looks very metallic and futuristic, it looks very clean and technologically advanced, however this goes against the plot of the film, where the whole world is turning into a dystopia.

Period Drama titles look quite historical and old. The title ‘Titanic’ hasn’t got an old looking font, however, anyone looking at it would instantly know that it was a period drama, because the titanic was such a well known historical event. And if there is any doubt the background of the ocean will stop any. Oskar Schindler was also a very well known man for his actions during WW2 so it is immediately associated with WW2 and therefore Period Drama. The title ‘Schindler’s List’ has been done in quite an old font.The ‘Atonement’ title looks like it has been done with a typewriter. relating with the very first scene when the girl is typing up her play using the typewriter. You can tell that this film is a period drama as not many people use typewriters nowadays.

Teen Drama titles look quite childish and slightly boring. They are usually in a very plane, bold, and easy to read fonts. Sometimes they are written like they have been scribbled in a school book. The Mean girls font is very pink and girly which relates and reflects the film’s main characters.They are also quite unsophisticated, for example 10 things I hate about you is very childish, only young teenagers would make a list of things they hate about someone.