Working titles

The title of the film is very important, as it not only gives a hint as to what the film is about, but it can single-handedly establish the genre without even a movie poster, and also pique the interest of the audience before they have even watched the film.

Because my film is supernatural and thriller-esque, I wanted potential titles to reflect this, but I also want them to be short, snappy, one-word titles. I went to www.thesaurus.com and typed in the word 'paranormal' to see if I could potentially use any synonyms as a film title.

From this, I found a few words that I could use for the film title:

• Transcendental
• Spectral
• Unearthly

I also thought of a few words that relate to the genre and context of my film, such as:

• Lurid (shocking, gruesome)
• Funereal (bleak, depressing)
• Sepulchral (gloomy, horrifying)
• Captive
• Entity

I have decided from this that the most likely titles I will use for my film are either 'Captive' or 'Entity' because they both convey a sense of fear and mystery without being overly-complicated words that the audience may not understand.