Title Research

Title Research

Fish tank

A feeling of isolation from society, feeling as though you are in a fish tank suggests that you are seeing the world through glass and not fully connecting to your surroundings, that you are alone. This title relates to how the protagonist feels throughout the film. As a representation of a teenager, Mia is conforming to the ‘misunderstood’ and ‘rebellious’ characteristics that are commonly shown. The tile is shown as separate words in white on an all-black background. The font is shown in all capitals and is narrow in appearance, this is common for this genre as it is also featured in Trainspotting and The Selfish Giant.

The Selfish Giant

Named after the Oscar Wilde story of the same name, ‘The Selfish Giant’ shares little similarities with the original story although the moral presented is the same; the idea that selfishness is the main obstacle between humans and happiness. This idea of selfishness is portrayed in the film as it s commonly associated with young teenagers, like the two boys in the film. This parallels with he title and it relates throughout. Like ‘Fish Tank’ the title for this film is all white capitals on a prominently black background. The text in the title screen is spread out over the width of the screen, the typography similar to the one used in ‘The Imitation Game’. This is possibly due to the fact that the film can be found under the drama genre.

Submarine

Much like ‘Fish Tank’, ‘Submarine’ is about a teenager in a coming of age plot. The use of the word submarine for the title indicated that the protagonist feels under water at some point in the film, this is basically a metaphor for the emotional placement of the character. By feeling underwater, the protagonist is feeling cut off from the outside world much like everything around him is not connecting to him. This is relative to the film as it features a teenager and in film teens are often presented as cut off from other with their emotions, often feeling isolated and alone. By calling the film submarine it effectively symbolises his isolation as well as fitting in with the theme of water, which is presented throughout the film. The title is bold white text separated into three letters at a time so that the word takes up the whole screen. The previous scene is visible behind the typography. The text can be mistaken for being handwritten, this is commonly found in teen dramas, this film can sit comfortably in that genre.

Shifty

Shifty is a word often used for characters that are untrustworthy and deceitful, often evasive. By just looking at the title you can get a slight understanding about the film. As an urban drama, the film has the common conventions of drug use and a run-down location. The title is also the name of one of the characters in the film, although it doesn’t belong to the main protagonist it does belong to secondary character seen who is also the character that drives the plotline. The text, much like ‘The Selfish Giants’ is spaced out but not in capitals, instead it features an all lowercase title, white typography against the image of one of the characters who is, at that point, unnamed.

Evaluation
In my previous inspiration post on the small area in London called 'Cardboard City' I have decided that this title will be beneficial to our film opening, by giving enough context through the title of the project it also relates to the content that we will be portraying. By then having the all capitals white text over a black background it will be conventional to our chosen genre of social realism.