'Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels' uses a simple typewriter style font on black background, the letters are not in line and suggest a fumbled together style which applies to the characters in the film itself. The title of the film has a type writer effect applied to it and is seen as if is being typed in as we watch.
'Pulp Fiction' displays its titles in a unique way, it presents the names of actors, producers and directors over an animated background which uses cut-out stills from the film. The font used is a 1950's American style font which emphasises the setting of the film, the effects added to the titles make it eye catching; there are some rotating names used and some poop up which give a bit of a jump to it.
What I have learned from this is that the titles that are used in a film are very important and have to be selected carefully so they match the type of film they are in. The titles from 'Lock, Stock' for example are simple and the uneven text relates to the not-so-smooth operations taken out by the characters in the film. In 'Pulp Fiction' the use of 50's dinner style font relates to the true American crime film that it is. The titles for actors names appear usually straight after a picture or video of them has been on, see the 'Pulp Fiction' still for an example. To get attention I have learnt that I should use some sort of effect on the text like the rotation effect in 'Pulp Fiction'.
You could add some stills of the title scenes here - ask if you need some advice on how to do this. Why not also think about what things are given titles in both, when they occur in the sequence and how they are positioned, especially if there are other images on your screen at the same time.
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