Titles are hard to come up with. I have been researching titling for my newest film and I am wondering if anyone has any ideas on what makes a good title or what about a title draws someone to pick up the DVD off of the rental house or look at it for a film festival.Any ideas or advice?
Movie titles i think are intriguing and do a good job... (subject aside)
The Wild Blue Yonder
Rescue Dawn
Augire, Wrath of God
Pretty Woman
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Vertigo
Inside Man
The Terror of Tiny Town [note:1st all dwarf cast]
Dirty Dancing
Finding Forestor
Good Will Hunting
Do the Right Thing
Midnight Cowboy
A Clockwork Orange
Baby Geniuses
Run Lola Run
City of Lost Children
All that Jazz
Erin Brochovich
Walk the Line
Jaws
Puns in a title--not a good idea. Your audience rolls it's eyes and feels like the movie is going to not take itself seriously.
A title should be active and be in present-tense language.
Should give a hint of the subject matter but create a sense of mystery or a paradox. The title should beg a question, meaning, after reading it and hearing something about the film the audience should be wondering something and should be left asking themselves something (like how does that work?), thus encouraging them to watch it. The title should hint or enhance the premise.
Does anyone have any more suggestions for what makes a good title or how to come up with one?
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I wish I had some advice, Nicole.
In general, I just end up refering to my screenplays as whatever their subject matter is ie, "the chechen rebels script" or "the teacher/prostitute script"...which actually makes it 10 times harder to name them once you've attached a non-name in your head.
so um, my advice to you...don't do that!!
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