We conducted some audience research by showing two people the title sequence and asked both of the individuals their opinion. Both reported that the names shown in the titles should be the same style and position instead of random positions and styles on screen.We have decided to standardise the names in the title sequence by keeping them in the same style
We changed the titles accordingly and we believe they are easier to watch.
I (Joseph) asked a friend of ours who is a graphic designer who recently graduated from university her opinion on the production via email:
These were her comments visible in the screen dump below:
After watching your video 'Duplicate' I have some constructive feedback to give it a little bit of extra colour and theming running through.
1. There seemed to be a lack of 'colour' in the film. It's emphasis seemed to be black and white but this wasn't continual throughout the film - just random pieces of stills to black and white. However the main thing people would remember about the film would be the association with the blood at the end - only the viewer would recognise that the blood determines which person is the duplicate and which one is the real thing - this would mean that red could be the 3rd primary colour.
2. Don't mix up the titles with different placement effects - pick one and stick to it - I would say the one with the name on top and the mirrored version underneath as this is the main one you should use - it just makes more sense to keep the same 'theme' all the way through.
3. Add a bit of red to the titles - keep that red theme going throughout - it will make that final scene mean more and stand out.
They were the main points
these are the 2 new title ideas i (joseph) have created, i will explain how i made each of these titles in:
Documents for Title Sequence
Documents for Title Sequence
Both ideas incorporate the ideas given by the graphic designer, that more colour is needed and as oliver has already explained the orientation of the titles.
Based on these points i have changed the titles:, firstly i have done audience research by asking my Facebook friends their opinion of which title should be used, it was a unanimous vote all for the first of the 2. the reason for posting it on facebook was due to the cross section of people, for other research we have done we have only asked "a level media students in barnsley" this is very limiting demographic, it gives us very little feedback from a broad audience demographic. This was the main reason for the facebook post however it did not work as planned, only a level media students, from barnsley have commented, We are still going to run with this research however it is not very concordant, at least we know students from Barnsley like it.
