When editing our final cut we looked to similar thrillers for inspiration. We decided a simple font has a better impact by intriguing the audience. Don't Look Now (1973) has a similar focus on water to our opening shot, thus this encouraged us further that a simple font would best.
American Psycho (2000) is also simple, yet affective. The font is very 'matter of fact' and leaves the audience questioning.
Se7en's (1995)font maintains being simplistic, whilst remaining unique. The font is easily legible yet looks scrawled, again readdressing the audience's curiosity.
Equally, Fight Club (1999) is unique in it's slanted cult type, yet it remains simple and memorable.
We also looked towards clothing brands for further inspiration:
Both Levi and American Apparel follow this simple trend, whilst maintaing their individual identity.
We found slanted fonts, although fitting with our natural setting, to be too over the top and illegible.
Eventually we chose a simple font much like Don't Look Now in order to make our title appear similar to a statement, and to further intrigue the audience.
Excellent detail and film references.
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