Monday 1 February 2010

Font Analysis

There are only really two types of fonts which are Serif fonts and Sans serif fonts and the diffrenace in the two fonts is that they are usally associated in diffrent ways as serif fonts are usally seen in newspapers such as the times or the independent because in these newspapers they explore serious topics and issues so they will use a more serious font. Sans serif is usally used in tabloid news papers such as the sun as it is less serious topics, it is also used in sings as sans serif is seen as being clearer to read.
When films use these two font types it will usally say a lot about the film and about the target audinece and about what the film can intail, for example in the film "RAMBO" you can tell that it is for a male audinece as the font is big and bold and red and is in sans serif and as it is big and bold it shows strenght, aslo as it is red it represent fighting and gure and blood which are all in a males film. Also the title is in block capitals which shows strenght because with it being in capitals shows the film is masculine and is therefor a male film.
Films like the Queen are best written in serif font as films like the queen is for an older auidence but mainly the film queen is based on an important historicak figure in british history so the font would have to be serif to show that it is a serious film and it is based on a very serious charcter. as the queen is based on historiacl events with the title being in serif it makes it feel more serious and feel more like a docuemanrty approach.

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