Fonts - Title/Credits Analysis

After reviewing our film one of the thing's we thought we should change was our title colour and font, as we felt it didn't match our film, so i've looked at other font of the gangster genre to draw inspiration, and see similarities. First off they mostly all have black backgrounds, with bright or writing that stands out, like white, red or yellow, they then each have their own personal touch:

The 'American' has a city silhouette and Gangster in
red, which could represent blood that has been spilt

The writing is made to look like its made out of metal,

it too also had a city in the background

                                                                       It has elegant looking old style writing it also has hands playing with puppet strings - implying manipulation

Has an explosion of a lighter background on top of the dark main

backgroud and has a kind of cartoony style, also

the only other one that has a person properly in the background.

Has a city on the gun - could show they control the city
the 'The' is is white, which matches the background and
'Departed' in blue, contrasting with the black of the gun

                                       

    Shows jagged typewriter font with white writing, 

contrasting with the black background, so making it stand out.

                                          Has animated writing which stands out against

 the black background 

It had blood spatters in the background, with silhouettes

of the gangster 

It has made it the logo look like a signpost, it then has 

a picture of a diamond being stolen, roughly telling us 

what the film is about.

It had shadows of the letters extending out, it has

 a gloomy background, the dark at the top and the bottom

of the screen make it look mysterious.