The document discusses seven fonts being considered for a horror film title. It analyzes each font, how it relates to the horror genre and the film's circus theme. The author chooses the "Ringbearer" font as it is easily readable and subtly suggests horror while connecting to the title inspiration "Cirque Du Soleil". The font will be combined with the more overtly horror font "Bloody" to instantly signal the slasher genre and narrative. A second part discusses five fonts for a film magazine masthead, seeking a classic cinema style to represent the publication's broad focus beyond any single genre.

2.  Cirqueduslay
 Love of Thunder
 CiRQUEDUSLAY Beyond
Wonderland
 Cirque du slay Face
Your Fears
 Cirque du slay Ringbearer
 Cirque du SlayRingbearer
and Necropsy
 CirqueDuSlayNecropsy
 CIRQUEDUSLAY Bloody
These are the seven fonts that I am
considering using as the font for my film
title. This font will feature in the trailer, on
the film poster and on the front cover.
Therefore it is important that I pick the
write font that will represent the narrative
and style of my film and also the Slasher
genre. To do this I have chosen to present
my title in the trailer and on the poster and
front cover in either the colours Black or
Red. This will allow my title to instantly
reflect the horror genre and the Slasher sub-
genre. I will most likely use a combination of
the two, with ‘Slay’ in red, and ‘Cirque Du’ in
Black. I have decided to use a font that is
the easiest to read as although some of
these fonts would be effective, they are not
very easy to read.

3.  A love of thunder – This font is an uppercase serif font that connotes strength, dominance
and power. Although this is an effective font, I don’t think it reflects horror and fear. It is
not the most effective font for my horror film.
 Beyond Wonderland - this font is more of a fantasy than a horror font. I like this font
but I feel that it would be more effective in a mythical or fantasy film rather than a horror
film. It also doesn’t connote any sort of link with my circus theme. The ink-pen style to this
font also reflects a historical nature.
 Face your fears – This font is a much more horror-looking font than the other two fonts. The
main thing that it connotes is death. This is due to its appearance of a blood splatter as if
the antagonist has written it in his victims blood. This is clearly an effective font for a
horror film title, however I want a font that mimics the ‘Cirque Du Soleil’ font.
 Necropsy – This font is also very horror looking font. However, it seems to connote
youth and children. This is due to the stylisic features and the way the letters are
composed. I think this font would be more effective in supernatural horror where a
possessed child is the dominant theme.
 RingBearer – this is my favourite font. It is exactly what I was wanted for part of the title.
It is very similar to the Cirque Du Soleil font so will allow the audience to instantly make
the connection. It’s style is very subtle in suggesting horror, but combined with one of the
more obvious fonts, it will be very effective.
 Bloody – This is one of the more effective fonts of the ones I have shortlisted. This is because
it instantly connotes horror. The droplet style dripping from each of the letters would be
extremely effective is the font was presented in red. I think this font, combined with the
Ringbearer font would be extremely effective and instantly reflects the Slasher sub-genre
and the narrative.

4.  Cirque du slay Love of
thunder
 Cirque du SLAYBeyond
wonderland
 Cirque du slay Face
your fears
 Cirque du slay Ringbearer
 Cirque du SlayNecropsy
 Cirque du SLAY Bloody
I have chosen to use Ringbearer as the
dominating font for the film title. This is
because a serif font appears to be a commonly
used font style in the horror genre. I feel it was
also the most easily readable font of the seven I
chose and also the most effective in reflecting
the horror genre and the narrative of my film.
Also, as the title of my film is a play on the well-
know Cirque Du Soleil, I wanted to find a font
that was similar to the one used for Cirque du
Soleil. Both the Ringbearer font and the one
used for Cirque Du Soleil are Serif fonts that
feature the olden style ‘Q’, where the tail flicks
under the next letter. This will allow the
audience to make a stronger link between
Cirque Du Soleil and Cirque Du Slay

5.  Premiere
Indy pimp
 Premiere
Riot Squad
 Premiere
AC Mountain
 Premiere
Single sleeve
 Premiere
Breamcatcher
As my magazine Premiere is targeted at a niche
group of film fanatics, I wanted to create a brand
that reflects Classic cinema. This is why I chose these
five fonts as they each reflect the classic old school
style of cinema. The chosen font will be used as the
masthead on the front cover of my magazine. I want
to use a font that looks professional and respectable
rather than one that solely reflects the horror genre,
as my magazine will focus and promote upcoming
popular films rather than focusing on one genre.
These fonts reflect the film industry as a whole. I am
planning to use either the Riot Squad or AC Mountain
fonts as they are easy to read and reflect the style of
classic cinema. As my film is going to reflect the
classic Slasher, it will fit in well as the front cover film
for the special edition horror issue of Premiere.