Credit Editing

Inserting Credits Practical

Prior to this practical, Caitlin had already chosen the font, and Emma the placement and timings of the credits, this was a tremendous help as it reduced the amount of time we had during the lesson and helped us to meet our deadline. As usual the editing was done in Final Cut, and we decided on a blur effect with a simple white font to conform to our genre. Urban Dramas don't have to show off special effects of impressive use of editing, it's a more raw-cut real type of film and is the reason why we went for such a font and effect. 

Caitlin picked the font 'Tw Cen MT', because it was similar to the font used in the London Underground . the other font we had in mind called 'Replica' costed around $50 and so was unaccesbbile unless we wanted to shell out some cash.  The font itself was easily accessible as it was on the program and wasn't so much attentive to look at that it took away the audiences attention from the screen, but just enough that it made an effect. 

The first placement of our credit was just above the door on the top right of this scene, the amount of empty space to right of our protagonist made it a perfect place to put it, paired with the contrast in colour and flickering light it gives it a feel of professionalism. 

This scene, where the people were seen walking across the screen, we wanted the blur effect of the credit to be shown as she moved across the door. By timing it right, we were able to make it seem as if the credits were appearing as she moved across the door, then disappeared right as the others came into the shot. 

The pictures below just show how we had to be careful not to have the placement of the credits the same as the prior ones, this was because our group (due to not using a few shots and being severely under time) had to re-film some shots and Emma had not done timings for these. We also switched around one scene because it was too similar to the once before and thought it would make more sense closer to the end where the contact scene and only diegetic dialogue happened. 

To evaluate, I think the timing and placement of our credits are suitable to our shots and conforms to its genre. By not going crazy with the effects and size of the font, the credits suit out scenes and don't look uncomfortable to look at or out of place.