Film Titles

We had a long think to what our film should be called. It was important that we picked an effective title so it reflected our Melodrama genre. We did not want a title which completely gave the story line of the film away, as then it wouldn't be worth watching. We needed a title which would make people interested in the film and want to watch it.

Torn 
The film title torn was one of our possibilities, as the main character Beth is torn what to do next. 
The scenario is a form of guilt so we thought torn is an effective title as it doesn't give a great deal away. However, when I think of the word torn I instantly think of a sad film, as its as if someones heart or feelings have been torn (damaged)

The self reserve 
We got this idea as it again relates to the rest our film; Beth with draws herself from future happenings.   

She is very self reserved in her manner and doesn't participate in other things, this is because of the death of her best-friend. She finds it hard to let in anyone to help her, meaning she pushes any future love relationships away. Again the title isn't obvious and doesn't give away anything that happens in our opening but still refers to it from a visible view for the target audience.

Morals

We come up with the name different morals because it doesn't give a great deal of information away about the story line. 

There are two different ways in which Morals can be defined:

1 - A lesson, esp. one concerning what is right or prudent, that can be derived from a story, a piece of information, or an experience.

2 - A person's standards of behaviour or beliefs concerning what is and is not acceptable for them to do.

The first definition relates to our story line, so we could use it for our film title.

Elapsed in Time
We liked the name elapsed in time as it means the measured duration of an event. It gives off the idea that the main character is stuck in time, like she can't get the event out of her head.

Originally we chose the title Morals, but we soon changed this after getting feedback that it doesn't link very well to the film. A couple of people said they thought it was irrelevant and should be more specific to the story line, so we then chose to use Elapsed in time as we think this related to the story line the most, but doesn't give lots of information away. It relates to the film as the main character Beth, is left stuck with the tragedy in her head and she cant remove it as if she is stuck in time.