Monday, 7 December 2009

Ideas For The Title Of The Thriller

As a group we have thought of many ideas of what the title of our film could be. Here are some ideas;

Annie, Ruby (after the characters names), The near encounter, Encounter, Near Miss, Too Close and Blind corner.

After thinking up of these names, we did an audience survey of what title they most liked and asked them for any feedback, these are our findings.


Annie 3
Ruby 0
The near Encounter 5
Encounter 0
Near miss 6
Too Close 0
Blind Corner 8

The numbers represent how many people liked the idea of the thriller title.

The people that we surveyed were of all different ages in our 15-25 target audience. This gave us a good idea of what they would like to see. We also told the people the plot, so that they could give us again an idea of what title would work best.

We quickly realised after doing the audience survey that by calling it after the characters name, we probably would not create as much interest. This is because it does not sound like a thriller film, it sounds like a sweet and Innocent film. Which it is not.
We liked the idea of The near encounter but then also realised that it by watching the opening credits and then knowing the film title, it would make our audience think that Annie got away and was away from harm.
We were left with Near Miss and Blind Corner as these were the titles that people liked the most.
We have chosen to use Blind Corner as the title for our film. This is because we felt that it would make the audience think about the film in more depth, also we think that it would get them more involved. The title gives us a sense of mystery as the opening scene does show that she has made the wrong turn, as there is a man following her. It makes the audience wonder what other wrong turns/decisions is she going to make during the film. Although we have found that this is a title of a film already, we have given our film a twist as the original film is a horror. Our film is going to be a thriller film and therefore is different to the horror version.

We decided not to use Near Miss as our title as when the audience saw the opening sequence and then the title, they would think that the girl was fine and that she was away from harm. it would make them think, 'is this a thriller'?

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