Opening Titles and Closing Credits

It is conventional with short films to have the name of the production company in the opening titles so the audience knows who made the film.

The credits then faded into the starring actors and actresses as these are also conventional to opening titles. I put Melissa's name first because she plays Emily and her character is featured the most in the film (she is the main protagonist). She is also the first character to appear in the film.

I put Angela's name next (who plays Gen), because although she features the least in the film, she in the second character to be on screen so I put her second. 

Then the text faded to John's name - who plays Henry. He doesn't appear in the film until scene 4 so I put his name last. The text faded out after a few seconds.

At the end of the first scene the title of the film was finally revealed. I chose to not include it at the beginning because having a scene first that doesn't say much about what the film is about builds suspense for the audience. Then when the title of the film is revealed the audience can use the connotations of the word to help them develop a narrative in their head of what they think the film is about. I decided to use a serif font (Times New Roman) as these are seen as more traditional than sans serif fonts which reflects the fact the narrative is about an older person. 

I chose to end my film with statistics about dementia to for one last time get the message across that the film is about dementia and that society doesn't talk about it enough. It is quite a shocking number so this will catch the audiences attention. This graphic faded in from the end of the film and there was a sound bridge of the music soundtrack to signal to the audience that they should carry on watching because the film isn't over yet.

The text then faded into another shocking statistic. I put 'one million' in bold as I wanted it to stand out to the audience. I chose this stat off the Dementia UK website because 2025 isn't that far away, showing the audience that the problem is only going to get worse. 

I included the phrase ‘Yet we are still afraid to talk about it’ because dementia is a taboo subject in society. For example in the conservatory scene, Emily says to her mum “I told you there was something wrong”, hinting at the fact that after seeing her Grandad’s memory get worse, she tried to talk to her mum about it but perhaps she dismissed her claims or was too scared to broach the subject with her dad – showing people’s reluctance to speak about dementia.

Then my film fades to ‘Join the conversation’ and a hashtag because in Henry’s case it was left too late to try and discuss it as a family. The audience may see Henry’s situation and it may encourage them to speak to a family member they are worried about before they end up in the same situation as Henry, Emily and Gen. Furthermore I included the hashtag because the films main form of distribution will be online through social media and a hashtag will encourage a conversation about the film and dementia on social media and help spread the word. I used a fade transition between these four text graphics and edited them to fade to the beat of the music to show continuity from the end of the film into this. Then 'Join the conversation' faded out first so that the hashtag lingered on its own for a bit longer to draw the audiences attention to it even more. After this the screen faded to black.

After the screen faded to black, the credits rolled showing the names of first the cast and then the crew. I also included the music used in the film and a 'Special Thanks' section for everyone who has helped me in the process of making this film. 

Finally, the last frame of my film was the logo of the production company to infroce a brand identity for the production company. I also included a Copyright symbol and my name to show that the material in the film (apart from the music) belonged to me. The screen then faded to black for a final time.