TITLE OF FILM

As a group we all thought Exitus alongside the public vote

would be the best title for our horror thriller. We
believed
this paired well with the codes and conventions as it is a
short title that is memorable like other well-known thrillers such as Insidious,
Ouji and Cape Fear. All these titles fitting
together to create a persona of danger and mystery to entice the audience to
watch them.
Therefore Exitus meaning escape in Latin as it played on the pronunciation
of the letter X to give it a sinister tone, carrying the audiences expectation. It
also reinforces the narrative of our thriller as the audience is visually
presented with our main character of the little girl appear lost and running
away from an unknown character.

TITLE FONT AND

STYLE
The title font and style are simple but effective
and easily read by the audience, the colours
chosen contrast the location of the particular
shot to make it as clear as possible for the audience. This is positioned
towards the bottom of the shots so it doesnt distract the audience and
enables them to continue viewing our opening
scene however allowing them to gain and idea
of who is involved within the making of our
thriller. This paired with the soundtrack chosen
to provide the opening scene with an eerie and
unsettling persona, giving the audience a sense
of what to expect and foreshadowing their
expectations, making sure it corresponded with the codes and conventions.

SETTING AND LOCATION

For our location we chose a wooden area as this is
present within many thrillers to give out the aimed
response of fear by the audience. The woods being a
stereotypical setting/location for a horror thriller there
coordinating with the codes and conventions nicely, the
reasoning behind this chosen location as it possess the
most effect when building tension and carries a spooky representation of
isolation and vulnerability. Our second location consisting of a train station
where the flashback will take place, and the narrative begins to build and
become clearer. We made sure to plan on a day that to our knowledge it was
going to be a dull and cloudy day to reinforce the atmosphere, filming days
only taking place within school hours to eliminate the chances of continuity that
would require extra filming days so we could focus on editing as this was time
consuming in making sure we produced the best possible product.

PROPS AND
COSTUME
The prop and costume usage was kept
simple to give the uncanny atmosphere
and allow the audience to focus on the
narrative. The connotations of the long
white gown like dress suggests purity and vulnerability to contrast the
dark tone of our thriller. The colour white of the dress become visually
pleasing to the audience as the colours associated with horrors are darks
such as black and deep reds. A prop that stands out to the audience is our
character holding a stuffed animal, this reinforces the age of the little girl
and portrays the innocence she possess.

CAMERA WORK AND EDITING

We tried to use as many as different camera shots
as possible to enhance the viewing experience by
the audience. Ranging of shots from wide shots to
extreme close ups, this enhances the experience
and adds depth. The use of particular shots pushes
the audience focus on particular shots of interest.
The use of extreme close ups were used to
extenuate the features of our main character of
the little girl to expose the physical and mental
state she is in and the demonic oddity of our
thriller. Wide shots were important within the
making of our thriller as the audience followed her
making it clear that she was escaping from
something or someone. The use of the wide shot also allowed to show the
detachment from reality and seclusiveness of her surroundings. We used
the cross cutting technique to suggest the passing of time and to avoid
lengthy shots that could possible bore the audience. Furthermore using
rapid editing when the girl is laying on the floor itching alongside
uncontrollable movements to appear in an infernal state, this paired with
an high angled shot so show her being overpowered. Retaining the typical
theme for a thriller film.
GENRE AND HOW THE
OPENING SCENE SUGGESTS IT
The main character of the little girl is an ordinary girl as we
see within the flashback featured within our opening scene,
here the audience can relate to the character. Being
kidnapped and tested within an institution she becomes
fascinated by the outside world and escapes. The
unidentified character the audience meets briefly is assigned
to retrieve the girl before she causes harm to herself or to
others. The opening scenes sets up our story as the
audience are introduced the main character quickly allowing
the audience to make assumption and judge the character
first-hand. The location being distinctly shown setting the
tone of our thriller.

STORY AND HOW THE OPENING SETS

IT UP
The opening of our thriller begins with our
distributing company shown, being universal
pictures while a yellow daffodil as this
symbolizes rebirth and new beginnings. This
effectively contrasts the dark ambiance of our
thriller. This is then followed by shots that
establish the location to the audience, with the
wind blowing could possibly foreshadow what is later to come acting as
a metaphor for danger that may later arise. This immediately tells the
audience the genre of our film as it carries the appropriate theme and
codes of conventions of a thriller. These techniques are used to excite
the audience and make it appear they are on edge. Close up of props
that would suggest to be owned by a little girl fit nicely with the theme
of a thriller as many consist of a victim. The music has an eerier feel
which reinforce these codes and conventions, used to unsettle the
audience and have doubt that something is going to go wrong. The use
of the music being in sync and on action within our thriller was
important to give it the professional feel we were aiming for.
HOW THE CHARACTERS ARE
INTRODUCED
Our girl is the main character in Exitus as she
motivates the editing and has the most shots.
Being the main focus as she has escaped from
her institution and has no knowledge of the
outside world. She is introduced swiftly as
young girls are presented in many thrillers as
victims however our character being the threat.
We decided to conform to the codes and
conventions within thrillers with limited or no
dialogue. With no dialogue it allows the
audience to engage further within our thriller
and the narrative, it also allows the music to
have more of an effect as the audience rely of
this to build suspense successfully and create enigma around our
thriller.