Credits and Typography...

Molly and I want a creative, arty style of typography to reflect the style of our film, we also want the typography to look almost handwritten to make it look like it is supposed to be written inside the scrapbook; this will give it a personal feel. The film titles will appear over the first few shots of Katy in her bedroom, however all of the credits will be in the shots of the scrapbook pages to make it look like the names are actually featured in the scrapbook (thus reinforcing the 'arty' idea). The main film title 'The Story Of Us' will appear at the end of the film opening in the shot of the front cover of the scrapbook; thus making the film title look like it is actually the title of Katy's scrapbook. The main film title will be in a bolder font than the credits so it stands out but still continues with the creative theme.This should make the credits flow throughout the film opening so they don't distract the viewer from the actual shot but so they can be noticed and enhance the mood we are trying to portray.
Ideas for typography...
            
Amelia Walker & Dex Elkington 

Amelia Walker & Dex Elkington
Amelia Walker & Dex Elkington
Amelia Walker & Dex Elkington  
Molly and I have decided that the typography we will use for the credits is American Typewriter,as we think the font is simple but has a hand typed quality and will not distract the viewer from the footage. It also has a unique vintage edge to it which adds authenticity to the scrapbook, the colour of the typography will be white as it's set against quite a dark background so it really stands out...
Amelia & Dex Elkington 


However for our main film title 'The Story of us' which will appear at the front of the scrapbook at the end will be made using LiveType with an animated movement and bolder typography. This is inspired by the film opening of Juno where all of the credits have a child-like movement thus evoking a playful vibe which we want our film to convey. This typography will be black which contrasts with the white credits; this makes it seem more important, and the bold typography makes the title appear stronger.

Soundtrack and voiceover...

There will be a voiceover from Katy (the main female character) in some of the flashback scenes to explain her feelings to the audience; thus involving the viewer and making the flashbacks seem more personal. We will need to write a script for Amelia and record the voiceover during post production as we need to have finished editing the shots so we know where we want the dialogue to occur, then we can add the voiceover to the footage in the specific places (which will be in a few of the flashback scenes). The voiceover shouldn't dominate the film opening as we want ambient music to be playing in the background to set the scene.

The soundtrack for the film opening is called 'Final Gripe', we did consider two other songs; 'Adios' and 'Feathers in the wind', but we narrowed it down to one, as we want the sound to be simple and to not distract the viewer from the main footage. We found the music on a copyright free website; Freeplay Music so we are not using any copyright material. The chosen music is described on the website as a 'Bright and cheerful acoustic guitars fingerpick optimistically as piano and electric guitar flesh out the hopeful feel' I think it is a happy, light hearted, indie tune that fits our genre perfectly and further enhances the positive, romantic atmosphere we want to portray. The beat of the music also fits with our style of editing - at one point the tempo of the music changes when there is a shot transition, which subtly reinforces the depiction of time moving forward. I really like our choice of music as it evokes the carefree feeling of young love blossoming; which is exactly the mood we want our film opening to convey.