Titles

For our title sequence, we decided that we would rather have creative, physical titles than types titles laid on to of the shot.The quirky, fun designs of the titles reflects the personality of the main character as he is shown to be an amusing, lovable character. Our aim was to have various different ways of displaying the titles, and not to have any that were similar.

UFO

Our main title was made from lettering stickers placed on the map. This is the only one of the titles that stays throughout the rest of the film as we have other words styled like this elsewhere in the set so leaving this in would not break the continuity. 

Ted Russell as Elliott

The first role title showed the name of our main actor with the characters name underneath. We used a Dymo Labelwriter ™ to create this title, inspired by the use of this technique in Napoleon Dynamite (2004). We thought this would be an appropriate design of title for our lead actor as it stands out well on the white light switch.

Created & Directed by Rachel Harrison

Our third title was designed to look as if Elliott had drawn the doodles himself. It fit well with the theme of our film as the title is placed within the beam of the spaceship.

Produced and Edited by Katie Killeen

This set of titles is very different to any of the others as they are written on the characters polaroid pictures of potential UFO evidence. This was one of the first titles we had thought of doing when creating our plot.

Caspar Wright as Milo

This title features a character that is not introduced in our opening sequence, who, if this was a full length film, would become an established character later on. We decided to include this title as to not break media conventions, as having only one named actor would be unrealistic. The character of Milo is partially introduced in the scenes when Elliott receives text messages from his friend, as the contact name is 'Milo' with a photo of Caspar.

Kate Hide as Suzie

Much like the previous title, this features an actor/ character who has not yet appeared in the opening. However, as mentioned above, we included it as a way of sticking to media conventions of having a few named actors in the titles. Like Milo, Suzie is also mentioned in the text messages as a way of introducing her the audience.

Cinematography By Katie Killeen and Rachel Harrison

The final title is stylised in a completely different way to the majority of the titles, being typed rather than written. The creation of this title differs to the others as Elliott is involved in it by typing the  word 'cinematography' rather than it being just a part of the mise-en-scene.