The Abandoned - Choosing a Title

Me and the rest of my group have come up with the idea to name our film "The Abandoned". We have chosen this name because it relates to the narrative of the movie therefore giving audiences a sense of what the film will be about which can essentially intrigue the target audience to our film production, this is much like "The grudge" which also gives a sense of the narrative away. We used the name "The Abandoned" because it was short and simple and it has something to do with the film ad the plot.

The abandoned as a title is good as it gives a sense of isolation to the audience which can essentially be seen as a concept of genre most characters within the horror films are isolated as seen in "The Ring" where the little girl is isolated within the video or even in other types of horrors such as slasher horrors where characters such as "Freddy Krueger" in "Nightmare on Elm Street".

This image from the "Nightmare on Elm Street" shows the isolation of the main character "Freddy Krueger"

The abandoned adds a fearful factor to the film because no human would like to be left abandoned therefore it gives a sense of fear for the audience and the fact that horror films can show barley anything within a scene and still can be scary and add a fear to the film as shown in "Paranormal activity" where very little is shown but still adds fear to the scene.

This screen grab from the trailer of "Paranormal Activity" shows very little happening in the scene but adds a weary effect to the trailer which fundamentally can entice the audience and create fear.