The Family secret

The Family secret

The Family secret

The family secret

The Family secret

The Family secret

I am going to animate the text of my title and subtitles by making each letter type across the page using a typewriter effect in final cut on the Apple Mac computers. I want the text to stand out therefore I may change the background to white and write the text in white however the text will look almost like a stencil by a black rectangle over the text, the text will therefore look as if the writing has been stencilled.

These three text styles are the most effective however I believe the black background and white writing is the most effective style as it represents binary opposites and further links to the narrative perspective of the documentary in the way that the documentary looks at the past and the present

The days (lyric video) AviciiDirected by Jesper Eriksson.

In this music video; a spray paint artist used stencils to print the words of the song onto a large white wall. The contrast of white and black is striking and is a representation of binary opposites, there is an element of sophistication and I really like the music videos use of typography it is different and the technique is not normally used. I specifically liked the cinematography that looked at the typography from the spray painters POV as well as rewinding parts of footage so that the spray paint vanished from the template suggesting the word has been disintegrated. This symbol can be linked to my own documentary in the way that I look at the past and how it has affected my mum. I have chosen to take inspiration from this video by develop the typography for the title of my documentary by looking at different colour schemes; highlighting the title of my documentary and looking at how shadows effect the perception of text. I have chosen to use a sliding banner over the text and a typewritter effect to travel across the screen suggesting the title of the documentary is emerging onto the screen. The technique can also be linked to my mum’s childhood and how she felt like an outsider and unnoticed lies are also a continuous motif throughout the documentary and in this music video the use of rewinding the close up camera shots of spraying some words could also represent telling lies or trying to forget the past which is why I believe my nan didn’t want to tell my mum about her sister, she felt that she had a new life and it was maybe too painful for her to relive it by talking about her children she abandoned. The documentary follows my mum’s narrative as she tells the audience about her childhood. The documentary is personal and invites the audience to look at their own childhood.