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
the experience and adds depth. The use of particular shots
GENRE AND HOW THE
pushes the audience focus on particular shots of interest. The
use of extreme close ups were used to extenuate the features
OPENING SCENE
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 importantThe main
within character
the making of of the
ourlittle girl is an ordinary girl as we
see within the flashback
thriller as the audience followed her making it clear that she featured within our opening scene,
here the audience
was escaping from something or someone. The use can relate to the character. Being
of the
wide shot also allowed to show the detachment from reality an institution she becomes
kidnapped and tested within
fascinated
and seclusiveness of her surroundings. We usedby the
theoutside
cross world and escapes. The unidentified
character
cutting technique to suggest the passing of the
timeaudience meets briefly is assigned to retrieve
and to avoid
the girl before she causes harm to herself or to others. The
lengthy shots that could possible bore the audience.
opening scenes sets up our story as the audience are
Furthermore using rapid editing when the girl is laying on the
introduced the main character quickly allowing the audience
floor itching alongside uncontrollable movements to appear in
to make assumption and judge the character first-hand. The
an infernal state, this paired with an high angled shot so show
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
HOW THE CHARACTERS ARE
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
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.