Assigned Roles: Fonts

I have chosen these film posters because they are all spy thriller genre and they all possess unique fonts which are displayed on there posters. On the Casino Royale poster they have cleverly used the lettering to help create the numbers ''007'' which is the characters secret agent 's name in the film. Also they have used a weapon which is a convention of a spy thriller and used it for the number 7, this title reveals many aspects of the film to the audience, like that the film is a spy thriller and that the characters name is revealed, which is hidden with the text.

Another film which I have chosen is the Salt film poster, this displays a sleek and professional title which looks very technology related, also the font is clear and in bold letters, which could mean that the name ''Salt'' is very important in the film. Another film I have chosen is one of the more recent James Bond films, Skyfall. This film poster displays its title and from first glances its significantly different from the James Bond, Casino Royale title. This title has more spaced out lettering and is very clear to the audience, also it has a damaged effect on the text and makes it look more related to violence and war, this helps relate the title to the genre of the film.

The last film poster which I have chosen is Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, this film poster displays a bold text which is in the colour red. The colour red represents danger, death and blood which relates to the genre conventions of spy thriller films. 

The images on the right hand side show how text and an image can be mixed together to create an effective title. As a group we could use this idea for our title ''Project Pursuit''. We could use a prop which is related to a spy thriller movie, for example a pistol, which is shown in the images. Also we could use our title ''Project Pursuit'' and choose an appropriate font which would match the genre. This would help show the audience that its clear that the film is a spy thriller genre.

I have researched some font types which may be suitable for the main title of the film. This will be shown in the opening scene and will reveal the title of the film to the audience. In order to research different types of fonts I went onto the internet and browsed through a selection of websites. I have chosen 5 appropriate fonts of a website called Dafont. Each of these fonts share a similarity that they have a stencil like writing which is associated with the Army and Spy elements. Every font I have chosen also is very unique, for example whereas the last font has a clean and professional look it also is very serious and would be aimed for more mature people as this wouldn't appeal to young children. But the font, second from the bottom has a distorted look which has a element of mystery and also this again wouldn't appeal to younger children.