Dark Shadows inspiration

One of my group members told me and showed me the film ‘Dark Shadows’ and I thought the opening was particular good as it portrays the setting of the film and the time in which it was in really well by making the date appear within the opening straight away so that the audience are aware of the time in which it is set and so that they get a feel of the era.

We had decided to do this in our film opening, but using the font Gabriola which is the same as out title's font as we thought it will portray our films time period and go with the rest of the titles well in order to blend in as well as helping the audience establish the era effectively.

nother element of ‘Dark Shadows’ opening that helped portray the time period was the choice of song that was used within the opening of the film. It was the song  ‘Nights in White Satin’ by The Moody Blues which was a well-known song in the 70’s in which ‘Dark Shadows’ is set in, setting the time period well.  This is how we got the idea to have a Beatles song due to them being popular in the 60’s which our film opening is set in.

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