Home Work - The Art Of Film Title Design Throughout Cinema History

' White lettering on a black background is another characteristic of this era, because titles simply looked better this way when projected with live-action B&W film.' - White lettering on a black background was used for silent films because it simply projected better but nowadays we have better technology to use different ways to show titles in films although a black background with white writing is still common.


'It could be argued that typography lost importance in this era of title design. The imagery behind the credits received a lot more attention.'

You could argue that when images where used as part of the background of titles that it does take away the audiences eye to stop first and read the title but instead to actually look at the image in the background and then read the words after. Although the imagery does get more attention if you look at this as the big picture you'll find that typography is a key element title design and that without it we , the audience wouldn't understand the what the picture was about.