05.02.2014 - CONSTRUCTION: DEVISING OUR FILM TITLE

Today we worked on the precise wording for our film title. We wanted the title to:

·         Establish the film’s genre (spy-mystery thriller)

·         Convey the key ideas (woman with  defective character and unanswered secret)

·         Intrigue the audience through enigma (by suggesting an unsettled and vague problem – carrying a mysterious package)

·         Tap into intertextuality through shared knowledge or cultural codes (using terms or images that the audience is already acquainted with)

Our Short List: Beyond Belief, Cold , Behind the Wall, Behind the Barrel, The Berlin Brief, Operation Meisterhaus

After much deliberation, we finally settled on the name In Cold Blood because it has so many connotations that work with our plot, in particular, the reference to the Cold War and to ruthless violence. The Cold War was a war between the Americans and the Russians against communism. There was hardly any physical fighting but threats of nuclear disaster were a constant source of fear for the public. In our film, we have many clear connotations of the title such as threat on the girl when she is shot and the era that it is set.