When naming our film, Adelle and myself took into consideration all codes and conventions of a Crime-heist film. We tried to choose a name which would stand out and entice the audience. After a lesson with Mrs Wicks about Eric Fellner, in a video cometary about his film; Looking for Eric, stated that a name change could affect the positioning of your film on a shelf in stores, which could in turn affect revenue. So we decided to keep our ideas; short, precise and for the first two letters, use letters fairly early in the alphabet to achieve better shelf space.
Chance - This links in with gambling, because you take a chance when gambling. This also links in with the narrative; where Michael is looking to prove he is better than his father. This is an intriguing and enticing way of presenting our film.
Initiative -This attracts the audience because its quick, snappy and to the point. It does not give anything about the film away but sets an enigma in the audiences mind. This is also quite vague and doesn't really have any reference to the narrative.
Second Chance - This links in strongly with the narrative; where Michael is looking to prove he is better than his father. However the use of the word 'second' implies he has tried once before. The story begins with Michael walking away from prison which would imply he has already had one chance.
Grifters - This clearly links with the genre of Crime-Heist, 'Grifter' means 'A practitioner of confidence tricks' this gives quite a bit away about the narrative implying there will be con's.
After consideration, Adelle and myself decided on 'Chance' because of the reasons listed above and also because we decided that the other possible options were not suitable, and did not give the impression we wanted.
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