Daylight Macabre - Final Piece

Presenting, our finished thriller opening, 'Daylight Macabre' ready for submission. I believe we were all incredibly pleased with how our efforts turned out after the editing process. I believe our editor, Jake did a wonderful job at capturing the forms and conventions of a thriller, and put it together with clarity, as well as also producing tension and suspense.

Naming Our Film
The process of naming our piece took much deliberation over many days, any ideas that were put forward, at least one person would have a problem with it. However, the whole group did agree on one crucial criteria that each name must abide by, which was, avoiding cliche one word titles such as; 'Scream', 'Terror', 'Solitude' for fear of our film becoming just like all other submissions. For example, I wanted to name the piece something obscure, that may have had no direct link to the piece, but could have implications later on, if for example, the film were to progress. Some ideas that i personally put forward were examples such as;

•  Feather Moon - This reminds me of the title 'Mystic River'. It gives mysterious connotations and is a relatively nice title, in my own opinion (apparently not shared by my group)
• The Beautiful Slaughter - This has extreme juxtaposition, we have the adjective 'Beautiful' heavily contrasting with the word 'Slaughter' this title would no doubt shock anyone that sees it, and would indeed add to the twisted nature of the killer. 

In the end, it was agreed up on the title; Daylight Macabre, which admittedly was not my favourite choice, but compromises had to be made and I reluctantly acquiesced and we had all settled on this. To some extent, I believe the title is appropriate, due to the fact that our film broke convention and had the murder occur in broad daylight, voiding the connection that daylight is associated with safety. Contemplating on the title now, I am still not entirely happy however i have grown to like it seeing as 'Macabre' is an unusual but effective word to use, especially as it is not heard often. 

Macabre – adjective

1.

gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible.

2.

of, pertaining to, dealing with, or representing death,especially its grimmer or uglier aspect.

3.

of or suggestive of the allegorical dance of death.

Each one of these definitions has connotations of death and mystery, making it perfect for the thriller genre.