It's Showtime!

This project will no longer be known as “the film opening”, but instead with its own true title.
This took a while to come up with since my group and I wanted something appropriate and simple to match with the film and its themes. Personally, I thought that approaching it almost sarcastically and using irony in the title could be interesting as it could tie into the whole concept of celebrities struggling with their own demons being treated as entertainment by ordinary people, and the idea of glamour being tarnished. The first thing that came up in mind was a sudden epiphany that captured the excess I wanted to accomplish and the instability of the character Keith Floyd. This name was called “Glamorous Madness”. After some thought and strong criticism from the rest of my group, it was clear to see that the name was way too obvious and silly for the serious tone we were going for. From here we had to go subtler.

The process in creating the title of our project had then become Manuel and myself spamming brief names and buzzwords into our group chat that would hopefully light a spark of inspiration. While none of them were notable, there were recurring topics seen in many of these shoddy titles. These topics were the emotion of longing for a better life, going down under, being stuck, helpless, and having to entertain everyone while having to be struggling internally. This method of spitballing at least helped me get a better grasp on what the title was supposed to invoke and relate to when it came to representing the film as a whole.

After even more thought and time passing by, I decided to focus more on the entertainment aspect of our title once again instead of blatantly including the personal issues Keith Floyd goes through. I became insistent on this because I believed that it would be directly correlated with the setting and central plot of the film while also acting as a sense of irony once the audience understands that the film about the figurative show Keith has to put on for everyone else while suffering on the inside, which eventually results in his downfall. Taking this approach would result in a name that is less generic and one that is overall more impactful. This affirmation had led to my next epiphany: if Keith is putting on a show, then shouldn’t the name simply be related specifically to putting on a show? Therefore, the title of the film I finally came up with was “Showtime”. My group enjoyed the title as well and liked the straightforward yet deep meaning behind it. Goodbye to just “the film opening” and hello Showtime!