Believe - 3rd Cut

This 3rd cut includes some trial titles. We used iMovie's 'themed' titles to create the poster effect shown. Because we wanted to have some phrases summing up the theme and plot of the film, we had to think about how we could do this when we were unable to enter text into the theme. We decided to open up Photoshop CS3 and create an image of a black rectangular background, with white words saying the phrases we wanted to entice the audience with about the plot of the film. We then saved the image and re-opened iMovie and imported the image into the title scenes. Originally we liked the way the poster title theme looked as it showed the rougher side of the film of Savannah's character who had originally committed the crime. We also really liked the way this particular title scene panned across the 3 posters and zoomed into them to play the clip.

At 1.07 the main title of 'Believe' is displayed. We created this on iMovie using the option of 'clip movie'. This meant that we could have some text, in this case 'Believe' in a font we had downloaded off the internet to fit the theme, and also one of our original movie clips playing in the text. To find a suitable clip that we hadn't used already we went into the 'trash' in iMovie. Here we found lots of clips that we had cut as they were not exciting enough for a teaser trailer, and some of which were simply repeated shots from when we filmed a scene a few times to ensure we had a good shot. We chose a cut shot of Lauren (playing Savannah) spinning in her bathroom to insert in the text in this title scene, as her legs spinning from left to right of the text gives a similar feel of a ballet dancer spinning through the text. We also liked how the clip in the title scene continued on through to the next clip, as straight after this title Savannah is dancing on stage and spinning across the stage, similar to the clip used in the text previously.

Finally the title of 'In cinemas 2011' appears against a black background. We have used the same text in this as in the main title to show continuity, however there is no effect on it as it is simple and to the point.

The final 10 seconds of another title saying 'Believe' upon a background with a picture of ballet shoes was another trial title scene which we found on iMovie. We liked the fact that we could use an image in the background and the title panning on from the left, however we did not like how a subtitle appeared in the bottom left hand corner saying the word 'believe' again, as we did not want it displayed twice or it may confuse the viewers into thinking the title of the film was actually 'Believe Believe'.