How Illuminating

Here is a rough mock up of my film's title, taking inspiration from 15th century Medieval illuminated manuscripts, in which the first letter is elaborately illustrated with subjects from the passage of text, and is embellished with gold leaf.


And here are two variatons on the above - I've yet to choose my favourite:



There are clues in the illumination as to affairs that'll occur in the plot, chiefly the depiction of an owl. Further, the apparent leaves that adorn the F are in fact feathers (which will be more obvious on the final version), while the structured base of the F illustrates the castle setting.
The design above was largely based on the following:

and is typical of illuminationsdating from around that period. So too is the owl illustration based on real Medieval illustrations of the time, most specifically these: