With filming and editing out of the way, our thriller opening sequence just needed one more thing: the perfect name. Our working title thus far had been quite simply ‘The Hunt’, and whilst we felt it would be a fine title for our piece, we simply felt that there were plenty of better options out there. Consequently, we began hunt-ing for the perfect film title.
To start with, we looked up actual thriller film titles.
Stereotypically, they are titled with one word, striking and powerful in nature, and as such it could in fact be implied that part of the traditional iconography for a thriller is to have such a title. Henceforth, we decided to look for a single world that would perfectly summarise our film.
Initial favourites included ‘Pursuit’, ‘Trackers’, ‘Hounded’ and ‘Chase’, although we couldn’t help but feel that they all felt a little over-used, unnatural or cliche. Consequently, we took a different approach and tried testing the names of weapons: ‘Shank’, ‘Spearhead’, ‘Axe’, ‘Hatchet’, and ‘Mace’ were once again all greatly considered at length, although the group couldn’t decide on which to use. As such, we decided to enlist in help - surveying others as to which title they preferred.
Whilst 'Pursuit' was the most popular title, the group all liked a couple of the suggestions that had been given. Namely, 'Torchlight' and 'Venatic' - especially the latter due to its ability to be about the entirety of the film, rather than just the opening sequence as 'Torchlight' would suggest.
After double-checking its meaning, and with the whole group's approval, we decided to go ahead with 'Venatic' - suggested by the brilliant Sophie Jackson. As such, our thriller opening sequence was complete.
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