Typography Research

In today's lesson we have been researching Typography and from looking at the website 'Dafont', I've come to the conclusion that as you look at different ranges of font types, you get a feel of what genre that font belongs to. In an opening sequence, it is very important for the font style to correlate with the film genre. Here are some examples:

For the film Sin City, the font as well as the colours tell us a lot about the film itself. For example, the font, it almost represents paint, as though someone just vandalized a wall with a paint brush. Although the font is simplistic, the size and the thickness of it is also very intimidating and daunting. The colours also speak loud words as the black background aids the red font in standing out and being more noticeable. It also catches a persons eye as it's right in the middle and is the main focus. 

For the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the font and the colours tell us plenty about the film and it's genre. For example, the font from the letter 'P' more specifically represents the protagonist's (Harry Potter) iconic lightning shaped scar on his forehead. The font also appears as quite violent as well, due to the metallic colours and the dagger shaped letters, representing violence or maybe death in the film. The metallic colours are also very harsh, contributing to the aggressive disposition of the Typography.