Titles

A common generic convention of television documentaries is the use of titles and captions so that the audience are fully aware of who, or what, they are seeing on screen in the mise-en-scene. This is particularly common with talking heads interviews.

When editing my documentary I added titles and captions accordingly but was not happy with the initial results; the font was too plain and distracted the audience from the documentary. I therefore decided to use Photoshop to further develop this convention, and establish a further relationship between my documentary and ancillary products. I used the C4 font, and borrowed the colour scheme from my promotional advertisement to construct three titles:

1) AT HOME - the title of the documentary
2) Craig Elenor - caption for the first talking heads interview
3) Sara Parrott - caption for the second talking heads interview.



This is the main documentary title screen.

This is the caption that will appear with Craig is first introduced to the audience.

 This is the caption that will appeal when Sara is first introduced to the audience.


As you can see I have clearly followed the established conventions of using the Channel 4 font, with a coloured background behind. The colours connote the rural setting of the documentary, and also follow a clear colour scheme. The horse icon is playful and follows the documentary's light hearted and 'homely' tone. I was particularly pleased with the results, which you can see below.