Title Research: Watch the Titles Website

Today I did a bit of research on Titles on watchthetitles.com. This website gives a multitude of examples of titles in movie, which is great for grasping the concept of how to make one. When I first went to the site, there were a bunch of different categories but the one that I came there for was "Event Titles". This category pulled examples from movies and put them on their site. This was extremely beneficial to me because at first, there was a little confusion in what exactly a title was. After viewing about 8 examples from different movies it helped be better understand the concept of it. It's an opening sequence to a movie. They all showcase small aspects of the movie, just enough to give the watcher a gist of what it'll be about but not enough to spoil the plot. These titles also include a variety of animations and fonts that help the words on the screen match the feel of the video. For example, there's a title to a sci-fi movie, its unlikely that will include floating bubble letters; you're more likely to see typewriter-esque font and smooth and professional animations that would contribute and not take away from the point of the movie. Overall, I've learned a lot from this site and its definitely my favorite out of al the ones I've been on to grow my knowledge on titles. 

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