Evaluating titles from existing successful horror films, we could decide what we were looking for in the title for our own film- 'Cannibal'. We looked at the titles used for Insidious Chapter 2, The Void, Scream and The Last Exorcism. We delved into the meaning behind the fonts and colours used and cherry picked which features would be the most useful to incorporate into our title, expressing the horrific meaning behind the title. Here are the horror film titles we used as research:
The font is large, bold and in your face when viewing the scene that it appears in, this gives the connotation of whatever goes wrong within the film the or the protagonist in the film will be large and dangerous. The colour red and black give the connotations of death, blood and danger which could foreshadow what happens within the film.
The background colour gives a conation of death, unknown and danger which all link with the movie genre. The word 'void' means emptiness or people being isolated which could mean the movie includes people being isolated and venerable which would put the audience on edge. The font is simple and the word itself is small which gets the point across and it cant be misinterpreted by the audience.
The title itself gives negative connotations to the audience since the word scream does not have positive connotations, and the action of screaming can link to the reaction to a horror. The dark background gives the audience the connotation that the killer is hiding part of himself/identity this makes the audience more curious about him and what he will do in the film. The connotation people have with the colour black links with the idea of death, mystery and evil which all feature as part of the killers identity and persona.
The font is an important part of the poster due to the fact its black on white which makes it stand out. On top of this the M is shaped as a knife which is the killers preferred weapon of choice throughout the entire film
The font is an important part of the poster due to the fact its black on white which makes it stand out. On top of this the M is shaped as a knife which is the killers preferred weapon of choice throughout the entire film
The word 'exorcism' has connotations to evil, spirits, religion and death which makes it a good name for a horror movie. The title is red which has connotation to blood and death. Due to this fact we have chosen to make our title red because it suggests to the audience that there is going to be death and blood.
The word exorcism is the longest out of the three in the title which attracts the audience to that word. Negative words can be linked to the the word 'last' because it could mean the end which could link to death. Also 'exorcism' makes it more intriguing for the audience because they want to be scared because it is a horror.
The word exorcism is the longest out of the three in the title which attracts the audience to that word. Negative words can be linked to the the word 'last' because it could mean the end which could link to death. Also 'exorcism' makes it more intriguing for the audience because they want to be scared because it is a horror.