Friday, November 30, 2007

Potential Name Ideas

Angela:

  • I thought maybe we could use a well known idiom that has potential thriller connotations and/or is relevant to the rest of the hypothetical film.

    Examples of films that do this:
    -Murphy's Law (not technically a film, more of a series but it is a bit of a crime/thriller thing).
  • Something biblical?
  • A man's name, like Paul, for example.


Nick:

Maybe something using a one word title to create enigma and relating to the plot, eg. Taken, Snatch, Watcher, Seized or Abduction. Abduction suggests that the victim is being taken for a period of time and not actually killed, so it may be more appropriate than the other names.

Another type of title could involve a phrase or part of a phrase such as the film 'Without a Trace'. eg, 'Falling for Shadows', 'Darkness Saves', 'Running from Fate'

Could also be two seemingly random words that go together to give hints about the film, such as 'Blood Escape', 'Four Walls', 'Absolute Innocence', 'Shadows Beckon', 'Perfectly Flawed'

Steph:

Noir - in french it means black (connotations of darkness etc) but also connotations of film noir?, a male's name -such as those proposed by Angela - don't give too much away and set up interest in what the film would be about - it's more subtle than something connoting other things, Snare - to catch, Control - idea of dominance and force and compulsion

Zen:

Some enigmatic titles can be names with an adjective such as Creeping Daniel this helps with thoughts of suspense and does not give too much away. We could use names which are just a single image of something that is dangerous much like the title "Saw."


-Angela

2 comments:

LATYMERMEDIA said...

ooo the noir idea sounds good also, cos we could do some sick covershot and general font stuff for that.

also i was thinking the male name idea maybe a picture of a man but taken and lit in a way that is quite spooky, enigmatic and identity-concealing?

-your angela

LATYMERMEDIA said...

yeah i like the idea of a man's name. it just doesn't give much away (like noir), it has no real relevance to the opening (except man could be the kidnapper) but like then the rest of the film would be a quest to find out who he is? It would just be good for general cover / blurb area. We don't then have to give too much away?

- stephie