I have decided to change the name of our film as I received some spoke feedback saying that the name sounded a little sexual and did not accurately fit the genre of the film. I thought it would be good idea to think of a couple of different title names, and have people vote for which one they like best. I decided to ask the members of my class to vote for the names they like best, and which ones they think fit the best for the genre and narrative of my film.
Above are the four new titles I have chosen and peoples' votes on which one they like best and think fit the genre and narrative the best. The four new titles are all related to the narrative of the film one way or another. For example, Sterling Heist is related as the girls are stealing money, in pound, from banks; and another word for pound is sterling, which makes the title sound more sophisticated; Heist and Hunt shows the duel narrative about the girls pulling the heist and stealing money, whilst the detective is hunting the down and trying to catch them; and lastly Hoax, because hoax means to trick or deceive someone, this is related as it they deceive people and use trickery to make their way through the bank, to steal the money. In addition, I also wanted to include Obsession to the list of titles as it was the original name and gave people more of a choice to chose from.
The most votes were for 'Sterling Heist', which I also like, but wanted to get some feedback before I used it. My film is now call 'Sterling Heist'. I think that this name really suits the genre and narrative of my film and really goes well with all the features of the film. The title brings an edge to the title whilst sounding sophisticated. I am happy with the new title 'Sterling Heist', because I think it will make the film and title sequence look really good.
Tomorrow, I will start looking for different fonts that will suit the title and the genre/narrative of the film. The typography for the title sequence is important as pulls all the footage together and makes the title sequence look professional, and unifies it.
These are the props I will be using for my title sequence. There are three machine gun, which are for the three girls that are robbing the bank; the handgun is for the detective as it would be department issued; and there are three masks, which are also for the girls, who want their identities to be hidden when they are robbing the banks.
Weapons and hidden identities are conventions of the Action-Thriller genre because it shows violence and mystery. Violence and Mystery in a film builds tension and creates a mood and atmosphere, which could engage the audience and make them more interested in the film because they like the suspense.
