The document analyzes title sequences in short films. It finds that short films typically only have 1-2 titles cards with the film name and director in a plain font over a solid color background. Credits are also kept simple, usually appearing as 2-3 cards of white text on black at the end. Overall, the document recommends for a short film to have a single title card at the beginning with the film name and a few credits at the end, both using a plain font style with minimal effects to maintain a sense of realism.

1. Analysing titles
In short films

2. Undressing my mother
• Two simple titles, title and director. White text
in a plain font over laying the film.

3. Undressing my mother
• Credits are simple white text on black
background. Film style but static, no
scrolling, and only 2 or 3 pages.

4. Teatime
• Only the film title at the start , there’s no
actors names or anything etc. The font is very
fitting to the style and era of the film, the
fancy writing matching the music and feel of
the film. White writing on a black background.

5. Teatime
• Normal credits at the end, like in a feature
film, but there’s only 2 or 3.
• More of a plain font than the titles, but
again, white text on black background.

6. Farewell Packets of Ten
• Just the title at the start again. Themic
font, could be the same font as cigarette
packets.
• Plain white font, no fancy effects or colours.
It’s all kept simple. The text is over the film
and not on its own background. This doesn’t
interrupt the action, and them going straight
into conversation, which makes it more real.

7. Farewell Packets of Ten
• No credits, just production company logo.
Possibly to keep the sense of realism to the
genre of Docu-Drama.

8. Plastic Bag
• More credits than usual at the start, possibly
because it’s a well known director. There’s the
production logo, studio names and production
company as well as the directors name. The
film name is plain white font, nothing out of
the ordinary, again it’s themic, plain like a
plastic bag. No music over the titles.

9. Plastic Bag
• On the credits there’s normal film credits.
However it’s now black on white whereas the
titles were white on black. Still all very simple.
The only emphasis on the titles comes
through bold and/or capital text.

10. Overview
• From this research I think that for our own film its
best in a short film to just have a single title at the
start of the film, with the film name. Then just a
few credits at the end of the film.
• The titles and credits shouldn't’t have any fancy
font or colour, either black on white, or white on
black, or overlaid over the film. The font should
be plain, like Arial for example, and only slightly
thematic, e.g. a more rigid font for a sharp
documentary.