Title Ideas

By creating lists of words which we associate with the concept of our short film, we were able to trial and error certain titles. As shown on the right we used arrows to match up words which seemed to work well with each other. An example of this 'Timeless Plea' which were originally two words which we then matched together. The word 'Timeless' came from the idea that Johnny is in a fantasy where time isn't a real concept. The word 'Plea' on the other hand originated from Johnny's guilt - the idea that he has an internal plea for redemption.


After much deliberation we short listed the best ideas. These were:

-Suffering Truth
-The Ticking Clock
-Unlocked Dreams
-Contained Visions
-Mind Etcher
-Guilty Adviser
-Lost Scrutiny
-Timeless Plea
-Lifeless Etching
-The Second Hand
-Dark Elation
-The Second Tick
-Crossover
-Terminal Crossover
-Etching Crossover
-The Inner Crossover
-Inner Crossover
-Guilty Crossover
-Backspace

The title we decided to use for the short film was THE INNER CROSSOVER. It really encapsulates the idea of Johnny's dream and his reality beginning to internally crossover by the end of the film; and furthermore imposes the unanswered question of whether Johnny will really reach the heights of insanity presented in his dream.

On the left you can see that the title 'The Inner Crossover' being edited on AfterEffects. We wanted striking lights to emerge and disappear on some on the letters to reflect how chanagable Johhny's character is.

We used the effect 'Light Rays', and key framed different layers to move the title as well as light it up.

Here you can see the title fly off the screen so that the short film may so begin.

Below is the finished title product:

Even though we had completed this title on AfterEffects, we decided to change the short film's title to 'Purgatory'.