Having spent long and hard thinking about possible names for our film, me and Xiangyu came to the conclusion that the name should do the following things:
- Relate to the subject and the moral meaning behind the film.
- Be understandable for the audience and to help give a further insight into the plot
- Follow the themes of the genre (horror/thriller) that we want to be remain prominent within the film.
Here is a screen-shot of one of the websites we used to look up names of popular horror films:
We had already previously come to the conclusion that having the name of the film begin with 'the' would be a good idea as it is something that from looking at the image, is common within the names of horror films (The Thing and The Shining for example). However now that we have recently discussed the name again, we have decided that maybe this may not suit our film as our film is not intended to be about blood gore (like films such as The Shining) and is meant to be thought provoking. Therefore, we thought it best to have a name which was a moral or statement in regarding the characters of the film. This is how we came up with the name 'Don't look into the light', as in the plot of the story, one of the characters (Greg) follows the light which is what ultimately leads to danger.
In this way, through the title, it is suggested that the characters had a choice, which goes against the traditional beliefs of horror films that characters don't have a choice. Therefore, we think that this title is convenient as it implies the idea that it is only Greg's greed to find out more that makes him see what he sees.
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