Editing: Titles

After analysing my audience feedback I have decided to include a title during the interview sections of my project, so that the audience are aware of the name and profession of the interviewee.

Furthermore, from research and watching other documentaries, I found that these titles are a general convention and therefore thought it best to include some to make my product more authentic.

The first title uses more of an eye-catching / striking / creative title, but this is during a BBC news snippet. Therefore, it is not a code of documentary. The other title are in fact from documentaries (I used screen-shots from watching the documentaries on YouTube) and they all have similar fonts, white = simple / plain 

The first interview section of interview in my project is with Olivia. First I found this section in Final Cut and clicked on the timeline where a bouts I wanted to insert a title.

I tried several different titles which are atomically provided in Final Cut Pro X to provide myself with a few choices and to see which would look most professional and fit with the visuals / shots.

This is the original full screen of the part I would insert the title. The interviewee is placed central in the frame with her position facing to the left corner (at an angle). I like this shot because it shows her 'talking' to the interviewer rather than the camera, because direct address is not a convention of documentary interviews, only for the presenter (if narrating etc.) 

I am not too fond of this title, since I think that it is too bulky and large. I like the colour as I think that it stands out, although the colour does not fit with the brand image of my documentary (mostly feminine colours, stereotypically pink - which is present in the shot itself - the wallpaper / items on the shelf). 

I prefer the title text to be on the left of the interviewee rather than how it is above, on the right. I think that it suits the angle and frame of the shot more. I'm not too sure about this title. I think that it is reasonably clear to read, but I would change the blue to pink if I was to use this title. 

This is one of my favourite titles since the block shape and colour are very eye-catching and highlight the text/title. Again, if I were to use this title, I would try to change the blue colour to pink to blend with the colours in the shot. Also, I think the shape may be too big and would reduce the size. 

This is again, a simple title. Whilst fitting with conventions, I don't particularly like the look of this title since it appears in the middle which doesn't suit the position of Olivia in the frame. 

This is the first title that I tried. It is rather simple, which is generally how the titles are in documentaries, but I think that without a fill/background the text is not at all eye-catching and some viewers may find it hard to read. Although I preferred some titles above, I think that I am most likely to use a title like this since my research above in the most shows that most documentaries use a plain and simple text. Therefore I will probably do the same so that my documentary fits with conventions.