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 toExitus
Therefore enticemeaning
the audience to watch
escape them.
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

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

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
Theflashback
location consisting of a train station where the prop and costume usage was kept simple to
give and
will take place, and the narrative begins to build the uncanny atmosphere and allow the
become clearer. We made sure to plan on a day audience
that toto focus on the narrative. The
our knowledge it was going to be a dull and connotations
cloudy day to of the long white gown like dress

PROPS AND
suggests
reinforce the atmosphere, filming days only taking place
within school hours to eliminate the chancesdark
purity and vulnerability to contrast the
tone of our thriller. The colour white of the
of continuity
dress focus
that would require extra filming days so we could become visually pleasing to the audience as
on editing as this was time consuming in makingthe colours
sure weassociated 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
 CAMERA WORK AND
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
GENRE AND HOW THE
the experience and adds depth. The use of particular shots
pushes the audience focus on particular shots of interest. The
OPENING SCENE
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 theThedemonic oddity of of
main character ourthe little girl does not possess a name
as she is not an ordinary
thriller. Wide shots were important within the making of our girl. She was raised in an institution
as making
thriller as the audience followed her she was itdifferent
clear that andshepossessed abilities that she couldnt
was escaping from something or someone. The use of the becomes fascinated by the outside
control nor aware of. She
wide shot also allowed to show theworld and escapes.
detachment from The unidentified character the audience
reality
meetsWe
and seclusiveness of her surroundings. briefly
usedistheassigned
cross to retrieve the girl before she causes
harm to herself
cutting technique to suggest the passing of time and to or to others.
avoid The opening scenes sets up our
STORY AND HOW THE OPENING SETS
storythe
lengthy shots that could possible bore
quickly
as the audience are introduced the main character
audience.
allowing
Furthermore using rapid editing when the girl is laying the audience
on the to make assumption and judge
IT UP
the character
opening first-hand.
Themovements of toour The begins
thriller locationwith
being distinctly
our shown
distributing
floor itching alongside uncontrollable appear in
setting
company the shown,
tone of our thriller.
an infernal state, this paired with an high angled shotbeing
so showuniversal 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
HOW THE CHARACTERS ARE
audience the genre of our film as it carries the appropriate
theme
Our girland codes
is the main of character
conventions of a thriller.
in Exitus as sheThese
motivates
techniques are used to excite the audience
the editing and has the most shots. Being the main and make it
focus
appear
as she hastheyescaped
are on edge.from herClose up of props
institution andthat
has would
no
suggest
knowledge to beof owned
the outsideby a world.
little girl
Shefit is
nicely with the
introduced swiftly
theme of a thriller as many consist of a
as young girls are presented in many thrillers as victims victim. The music
has an eerier
however feel whichbeing
our character reinforce these codes
the threat. and to
We decided
conventions,
conform to the usedcodesto unsettle the audience
and conventions and
within have
thrillers
doubt that something
with limited or no dialogue.is going Withto go
no wrong.
dialogue The use of the
it allows
music being intosync
the audience engageand on action
further within
within ourour thriller
thriller was
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.