Title
Our genre is Comedy/Crime.
I have been looking on google at
films that share the same genre as ours to get a clear, relevant Idea on what
my group should call our film. As the crime genre is very closely linked or
pared with the action genre, they have a violent side to the title or something
else action related, such as Kick Ass and Hot fuzz. What I have discovered is
that there are two main types of crime films. You have the physical robbery
ones which are closely linked with action. These films include stuff such as
bank robberies or gang crime. Now the other is non-violent crimes such as fraud
or stealing without harm, such as hacking or identity theft. Less violent
crimes. Here I will present some examples to back up my point which will
directly show me what area I should be looking for, for my film title.
These films have many things in
common with each other. That they are not as gritty as the other type. Sometimes
they will include the odd action scene, but do not primarily rely on them as a main
part of the story. Another thing they have in common is that the titles sound
as if they are all predators. “The Wolf of Wall Street” and “Catch me if you
can” they both sound very intimidating as well as “How to Steal a Million”. One
major difference I have seen which is different to the other type is that they
are all primarily about White collar men and women. The men are wearing a suit
while the women are wearing fancy dresses. This automatically gives you an idea
that protagonists of these films are getting a lot of money from what they are
stealing just by looking at the cover.
These films titles tell the
audience instantly that they are jam packed with action and violence. “Kick Ass”,
“Hot Fuzz”, “30 minutes or less” “22 Jump Street”. These types of titles are
only reserved for films with a lot of action. These titles are supposed to entice
the audience to watch them. Such as “30 minutes or less”. That could mean
anything but because they know that it is an action it teases the audience what
could it be about as it could mean many things. A common theme between both
types in many of their titles is that they include numbers. In some cases it’s supposed
to show off how dangerous there operation be e.g. “How to steal a million”. In mainstream
films through the progression of films people want bigger and better than
before. So by them including large numbers in the titles it makes the film
sounds like a must see. As a whole instead of names of the films, they are
usually short and snappy catch phrases and sentences. This is to make the films
sound a lot more interesting at first glance.
In conclusion out of the two
types I believe that the first one is best, (Less violent ones). This is,
because our film is about identity theft not gang crime. Also our main
character is white collar so it makes sense to go with a title from that category.
Instead of being a name it should be a catch phrase or sentence. This fits in
well with our type as well as a good way to incise the audience to watch our
film. It will include a big number. This tells the audience that the
protagonist or villain is taking a huge risk, something the audience like to
see as it makes the film sound bigger and better at first glance. The title we
have come up with “1 million less”. The “1 million less” tells the audience
that someone has lost 1 million. Which by its self is a lot of money. But to lose
that is demoralising.
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