Titles


Titles 
After analysing some opening titles we decided that we did not want to go with a generic font or thriller title aesthetic. We wanted our titles to resemble the look of "The Witch" more so than other thrillers such as "The maze runner". We decided that the obvious themes such as Witchcraft common to both our film and the witch, which results the same social groups being represented. It also leads to a similarity in some underlying themes such as innocence. This is a main reason we chose to use the colour white in our font. 
Colour
After seeing white as a recurring theme We felt that choosing the colour white was the best option. We wanted the colour to stand out against the natural greenery of the landscape however we did not want it to look out of place or unnatural. Again with regard to colour the titles can be seen to represent the protagonist. White, usually associated with innocence and purity reflects the youthfulness of the character despite her death hundreds of years ago.


From the beginning we knew that we wanted our titles to reveal part of our story line. Due to our opening giving away minimal detail we felt that titles that had ties to the background of our character were a good option. This way we were able to maintain the mystery of our opening.  

For our titles, we wanted to use a font that specifically reflected the time that Meabh lived in. Set in Ireland, we were looking for a Celtic style of font. Delving deeper into standard fonts of the time, we came across this handwritten poem from the early 1800s by a poet from Donegal. Although this is almost a hundred years after our time frame, the idea is the same.



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