I'm having some trouble coming up with a cool title. I've been going over every possible permutation that reflects the script perfectly, so right now I'm on the verge of calling it "Action Thief Moon Thing," which is accurate but terrible. Right now I'm calling it "With a Rebel Yell" but nobody except the Beefcake seems to know what the fuck that means, which tells me something about why we are together but doesn't do so much for this script's publicity options.
I have a great title for my last thing and a great title for my next thing, but this thing is giving me fits.
So I'll see if you guys want to chime in with some possible titles based only on a few key words. Think of this as a brain exercise that benefits me.
Okay so here are the words:
Thief
Wedding
Moon
Old enemies
Betrayal
Run
Time limit
Countdown
Kidnapping
Love
Fear of commitment
Okay make up some titles. I'll wait.
Is it also romantic? (because of the wedding keyword) Or is it mainly action?
ReplyDelete'Stealing the moon'
'I'm so over the moon'
Hmmm:
ReplyDeleteMoon Thief
An Enemies Betrayal
Down on Moonapping
A Betrayers Wedding
Moonlovers
Old Time Betrayal
Thieves of Love
My lunar wedding
ReplyDeletemy big fat lunar wedding
crater number 6
fly me to the moon
moon dust
I don't know why, but I kept thinking of Hourglass, but I'm not sure how you'd work that in, and then:
ReplyDeleteKEEP YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER
No idea why. Anything too literal wasn't doing it for me.
Moonrat
ReplyDeleteMoon About
Mooners
Moonlighters
Moon Bandits
Moonjacked
Umm ... I'm mooned-out.
Red Wedding
ReplyDeleteIt Cuts Deep
Fractured
Countdown
Finish Line
The Moon Thief (totally different from RKBentley's "Moon Thief")
Action Thief Moon Thing, I'd see that.
ReplyDeleteCrescent Kick
Flip Side of the Moon
Stellar Loon (alright, that might be better for a dr seuss riff)
June wedding? Strawberry Moon
December wedding? Long Night Moon
Seize the Moon
Moon Swipe
Judas Moon
SpaceTime
ReplyDeleteWhere The Sun Don't Shine
Sander, It's a romantic action comedy.
ReplyDeleteThis is neat, guys. Thanks. I like seeing the different directions everybody took. Some of these could lead to something.
Double kiss
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Running back
Fool intentions
Cupid shoots the moon
ReplyDeleteJust call it "Rebel Yell." It's a cool title and it's really kind of irrelevant whether or not a title relates to the story being told, anyway. Just look at "Reservoir Dogs."
ReplyDeleteIt's a little hard when you don't know the whole story, but here goes:
ReplyDeleteLunaTicking
LunaTicked
Lunaticks
Utter Lunacy
Grand Lunacy
Petty Love & Grand Larceny (or vice versa)
My Way Is The Highway
The Highway Is My Way
Just A Phase
UnPhased
Take The Honey And Run
Do You Take This Woman? (or Man)
Weddemies
Old, New, Borrowed, and Blue
Old, New, Stolen, and Blew
Pulling an all-nighter
ReplyDeleteTime wounds heal
Tick. Tock. Night. Night.
Lunar-cy
;)
What's wrong with "With a Rebel Yell"?
ReplyDeleteIt's the best one I see. Edgiest too.
@cshel -- Lunar Ticked. Too funny. About a hidden faction of werewolves fighting off a flea infestation that makes them go crazy.
The Dark Side Of The Moon
ReplyDeleteHey Emily,
ReplyDeleteSome suggestions:
Moon Shot(s)
The Wedding Hold Up
Tying Knots
Hitched to the Moon
-Jim
Sorry guys, all these titles suck big time. Not trying to be bitter or silly or a pain in the ass here. But hoping you come out winning. Picking a title is done by non-writers. More like marketing film executives hired by studios.
ReplyDeleteThat is the problem with writers, they fail to take their head out of their ***es and get their head washed into the world of marketing.
Hope this helps.
Emily, just talk to a guy in an MBA in marketing who is making 1/2 million a year. Someone slick and with a good looking shine and very handsome.
Most guys in maketing are good looking. They got the gold touch. And you will impressed not only with the suit he wears but his education to you guys on marketing and picking a title for a film etc.
Billy
There are some good suggestions here, stuff I can work with. I may end up taking a line of dialogue and turning it into the title, but these suggestions are making my brain think a little differently. Sometimes you just need a jolt to get over that hump.
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize being good looking had so much to do with picking titles, but apparently it does.
Anything containing the word "Honeymoon"
ReplyDeleteI like Rebel Yell... so at the end reader/audience can "cry for more, more, more... more, more, MORE!"
ReplyDeletehehe
The Wedding Thief, or How I Learned to Overcome Fear of Commitment and Find Love Through Kidnapping.
ReplyDeleteShawn, I love that. I was actually thinking about The Wedding Thief, but I hadn't considered a subtitle. That may be exactly what I need.
ReplyDeleteWith This Knife, I Thee Wed
ReplyDeleteHalf Moon Dead
Moon 2 (my personal favorite)
"Mazel-Tov Cocktail"
ReplyDeleteAs Hedley Lamarr said in Blazing Saddles... "too Jewish?"
j/k
But seriously folks...
Hollywood loves to take an old classic hit song and turn it into a film as we've seen time and time again. Thus, "With a Rebel Yell," for my money, works.
Of course there's always the Laura Nyro/5th Dimension standby, "Wedding Bell Blues."
Fun posts all around!
From the screenwriter
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NICE GIRLS DON'T KILL
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THE DARKEST OF NIGHTS
Yes, Jeff, you get it.
ReplyDeleteActually, that title is not only lost on most people, but it also doesn't apply as much anymore, since my antagonists are no longer dumb rednecks.
Wow, Daniel, you know me so well.
But I think I have my title.
A rebel yell and wedding bells.
ReplyDeleteI've got it! "Marry me before my tits fall off." Or is that being an asshole?
ReplyDeleteI'm a couple years late..
ReplyDeleteWith my highly respected position of some guy on the internet,
I'd have gone for Running time limit
Yeah
Mercury/Andrew Down