Titles

The titles of films can tell us a lot about the film just at a quick glance and they therefore act as a hook for the audience.

There are some very common themes in thriller titles but criminal activity features more or less features in them all.

• Death
• Supernatural
• Watching/Following
• Obsession
• Isolation
• Memories/Pasts

Titles are the most carefully chosen aspects of a film, they need to connote many things at once, yet be enigmatic to make you want to find out more/if you suspicions are correct - this is where a blurb comes in - to give the audience a little more information and often hook them in even further.

For example:

Fatal Attraction - this connotes obsession, seduction, death, betrayal/unfaithfulness

Memento - memories, the past, leaving a mark

The Silence of the Lambs - corrupted innocence, death, massacre, isolation