Font for Titles

Here are some examples of fonts from other thriller films I have analysed.

The way in which the titles have been grouped together in Once Upon A Time in America kind of gives the lettering the look of a cityscape, therefore possibly implying that the film will be set in a city.

Once Upon A Time In America

The background behind the font used in The Third Man is the zither which is playing in the soundtrack and the font is similar to that of the strings of the zither. For our titles we could place them over the phone ringing as that is the main focus in the opening of our film just like the zither is in The Third Man. 

The Third Man

The font used in Essex Boys is bold and to the point which is how the main characters act throughout the film. There is also some scratch effects used which could reflect how run down and uncared for Essex really is.

Essex Boys

The bright yellow font in Jackie Brown contrasts with the garishness of the wallpaper behind the lettering and also with her clothes. This could be a connotation of the film not being like other thriller films as its colourful and bright. We could use this technique and use a font colour which contrasts with the colour of the flowers which would create interest in the titles.

Jackie Brown

In Kill Bill 2 the main character, played by Uma Thurman is a strong woman and this is reflected in the font used in the titles for her name. We could use this to reflect the possible strength of our female character Jessie. 

Kill Bill 2

In The Good The Bad and The Ugly the font strongly reflects the theme of the film which is a Spaghetti Weston. Its on a red background which could indicate that there is going to be blood involved later in the film or some kind of violence.

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

These are some possible fonts we could use on the opening of our thriller film for the titles. We found them on dafonts.com where there is lots of fonts available for use.

Possible Fonts

The font we have chosen to use in our thriller is called Chingolo Pro. It reflects our main character, Jessie, as she is a strong woman who is wealthy, it also reflects the Hebrew meaning of her name which is 'woman of wealth'. The font is bold but tall and the letters are interestingly shaped. Finally, the colour of the font we have chosen to use is white because it stands out against the background and freshens up the opening sequence to make it not quite so sinister with Jessie in the graveyard.