Fonts and Colors

Opening Credits

For this part of the editing process, it was important because I had to choose fonts for the subtitles, opening credits and title. Sooo, I will explain each and why I choose them. 

I only used DaVinci Resolve for the fonts, I initially thought of using font apps or Canva to find the correct fonts. But first I thought of looking through the fonts that are provided in the editing app, and I actually liked them! DaVinci has a wide variety of fonts and the same tools to make changes as other apps. So I figured I would stay in the editing app, since there were several fonts I liked. 

I started by looking fonts for the credits. From the beginning I wanted the color of these credits to be royal blue, since it matched with the gradation cap and gown, I wanted them to match. So, that is what I did. I knew in what order they were going to be, that was already planned. Therefore, the remaining thing to figure out was finding the right font. I wanted the opening credits to be in cursive, I have always loved how cursive looks and I also find it elegant. So I was looking for cursive fonts here, but of course lloking at other normal options. Here are the ones I like the most:

Apple Chancery

Savoye LET

SignPainter

Pine Words

I ended up choosing Savoye LET, I find it so delicate and looks very good in my opinion. I initally planned on using SignPainter, but in some other credits, it looking too much. I also liked Apple Chancery, but I found that Savoye LET looked better. The credits appear in the first part of the opening, when Paula is with her mother with the cap and gown.

Subtitles 

Next I will talk about the fonts and colors of the subtitles. I was decided from the beginning of the font. The name of the font is Symbola:

The subtitles are pretty straightforward, however, I wanted to like the font and make it pretty. I choose this font, I liked it and fits into the visuals. I added a slight black background so it can be seen better. I chose the color white, but initially I had put them as yellow. I did this because yellow transmits happiness, and would add to the mood of the narration part. However, in some parts, it was difficult to read like seen in the photo below. It was better to change it to white.

Title

Now time for the title! From the beginning, I wanted the title yellow, for the same reason as I had said. To transmit positiveness. The message of the film is to have a positive message during tough situations in life. For example, Paula, that moves from Colombia to the US, she initially was close-minded about the idea, however, she then realized that he was the only one who could make things better. She could not change the fact that she had moved, but she could make her life better and be more open minded. There is where things got better for her. The tone is sad and nostalgic in some parts of the film, but the overall message is positive. That is why I wanted to put it yellow. Initially, I thought of putting the font in cursive but I ended up doing another one. These were my options of fonts: 

These were ALL the options I liked. However, I ended up doing the last one. I figured that making the font all in capital letters would add emphasis and I just loved how it looked, it looks kind of cinematic, COOLLLL. I like it so much that ended uo doing that one. The font name is Oriya MN.

GUYSSS, I just remembered that I forgot to talk to you about the name of the title of the opening. The title of my opening film is "Nueva Vida" which means "New Life". I had a hard time in deciding the title, nothing came up. But I think that it tells a lot about the movie, Paula is starting a new life in another country. It might be kind of simple but I love how it sounds and how it represents the movie.

This is how it looks!