Title exploration

Through research for titles of horror movies, the same style came up for the majority, even within the different sub genres. The titles used were directly linked to the root of the narrative for the film.

For this film, the title 'Orphan', initially indicates that the narrative focuses on a girl orphan. However, it indicates the genre and even sub-genre of the film as within the horror sub genres  we know that demonic or possessed children feature as the antagonist in these films. This simple title shows how important it is for a movie to have a powerful title. It could almost be argued that the more ambiguous and subtle titles allow room for the audience to assume what will happen in the film, thus creating interest and intrigue making them want to watch it. We can also see the impact of slogans that are used when promoting the horror film, by such things as bus posters; where the slogan is the only thing used to captivate the audience’s attention. This is a simple yet effective way of making the link from the slogan to the title of the film.

'The Blair Witch Project', suggests that the sub genre the film is within is supernatural/cult genre. It suggests that the folk tale of the bair witch will feature heavily and may be the tourment and down fall of the victims.

For my film I have decided to call it after my main antagonist 'Patrick'. This technique I have adopted through other film titles such as 'Hannibal Rising', where the main serial killer/antagonist has the nickname 'Hannibal Lecter'. This implies that the narrative will surround the killer and his victims given an insight to the narrative. I hope to achieve this with my film title, 'Patrick'.