Give the audience a small clue
into the characters name,
however no justification seems
intriguing and mysterious.
Old fashioned name - fits in with the
mis-en-scene of the horror genre.
Full stop makes the title short and
snappy - correlating to the action in
the film.
The meaning of 'Mabel' is beautiful, loving and loveable - this is a
contrast and juxtaposition to the typical character in the Horror
genre. However I think it fits with the mis-en-scene of the innocent
protagonist character we wish to portray.
We conducted a small in-class survey to see what title our class mates and audience preferred.
It is important for our audience to
like the film title as it is the initial
thing that our production will be
judged on. Often the name of the film
is what sways the audience to watch
the film or not.
Our audience said that they didn't like the film title 'The
House at the end of the Road' because it was too long
winded, cliche and similar to another existing film title.
"Innocence" was also unpopular as our
audience said they didn't think it seemed
relevant to fit with our synopsis
We received feedback from our audience about the
title "Haunted Adoption" - they said they didn't like
this name as it gives too much away about the film
synopsis and makes the storyline seem predictable.
Initially, we thought of the name
"The Happening", however we didn't
realise there is already an existing
film with this title, therefore we
couldn't include this in our survey
due to copy right.
"The Nightmare of Mabel was second most
popular and our audience said they liked this
title as it seems intriguing and exciting.