Considerations For Film Title

As a group we decided to come up with the name name of our film once we had come up with the complete design of our film, we have discussed the possibilities and how they keep to the typical conventions of a psychological thriller and our film in particular and have come up with three initial ideas for our film title which we need to compare and decide between:

"Who Knew?" 
"Who Knew?" is our first idea for our film, if we were to have it it would spur the audience into making their own ideas for the film and would decrease the likelihood of our film following the Hypodermic needle theory.
It is relevant to our film as it contains many twists and turns and it would be a question asked when the film progresses and the stalker is shown in a different light completely, and the mystery and the fact that it is a very short title follows the generic conventions associated with a psychological thriller.

"Desolate" 
Desolate is a word to signify that a place is Deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness. 
It is a very negative adjective and having a one word title sticks to the generic conventions as nothing is given away, ideas are generated from the audience and they are prone to think about what this film entails, they will ask themselves 'What is desolate?' and this will attract them to the film even more as it is the only way they can truly get the question answered, it also fits in to the film as the man feels that as his daughter is not there his world is truly desolate ans he is secluded from everything else. 


"Alone"
Alone is a very similar idea to desolate as it is another lone adjective challenging the audience to wonder what the word is actually describe, it gives no details as to "Who is alone and why?" and draws in the audience to engage with the film, it also is a very negative and emotional description of someone and this fits with the generic conventions of a psychological thriller.
It is a simple and effective title for our film and connects to the story as he is seen to become more and more alone after he loses his daughter. 

"Penny"
This could be a possible film title. Its only one word so its quite snappy and its two syllables which gives the word a rhythmic feel, it is proven that words or phrases that have that rhythmic feel are more likely to be remembered so I think it's a good idea to have a title that fits this. Having a girls name will be intriguing because the audience will want to know what the significance of this girl will be. As the film progresses it will become apparent who Penny is but as its a psychological thriller not everything will be given away so the audience will be asking questions all the way through about her and as its the film title it will be at the fore front of the audiences mind.


Robert Thurgood Phillips and Olivia Saltmarsh