tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post7514540067988854378..comments2024-03-07T20:15:45.996-08:00Comments on The Bitter Script Reader: Quick tips #3 - Generic titlesThe Bitter Script Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16575166527272639709noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-35323016482741892972009-07-30T09:17:48.884-07:002009-07-30T09:17:48.884-07:00I take the point that an arresting title might pul...I take the point that an arresting title might pull a script from the slush pile. I'd be interested to know how many slush-pile scripts actually go anywhere, good title or no.<br /><br />Also, how often do you find an interesting title attached to a piece-of-crap script? How about a great title, great first act, and crap the rest of the way through? Since titles can't be trademarked, do they get cherry-picked and used by studios, with the original script in the recycle bin?<br /><br />I know a great movie with a lousy title. No hint of genre or premise, and hardly memorable. But it's one of the best scripts I ever read. More interesting titles might have come from its content ("God of Death" or "Untrue North" or "The Fixer" or "The Bagman" or "The Gamble" or "Realm & Conquest"). Would you be more likely to read one of those than a script called "Michael Clayton"?<br /><br />I guess you probably would.Jasphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12689449554756071995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-90287691432427645312009-07-30T08:35:08.165-07:002009-07-30T08:35:08.165-07:00Got here via a link made by Scott Myers on his Goi...Got here via a link made by Scott Myers on his Going Into the Story" blogspot, on a July 30th post.<br /><br /><br />Bitter Script Reader,<br /><br />Isn't "She's Out of My League" ALREADY the title of some teenie bopper's romantic comedy vehicle of a few years past? Why would you want to read a title that SUGGESTS a rehash of that? <br /><br />Also the title, "You Again" sounds awefull vague to me. This sounds like something saying someone might utter in a return from the grave sinario. But to me this phrase needs more to suggest what tone of movie follows this title: comedy or horror. <br />Anyways currious to know what about that title pricks your interest, and leads you to want to read it. Perhahps a "buzz" factor that neither I nor your readers are aware of. <br /><br />All other good/bad titles I had no problem with you raiing issues with or giving a thumbs up to.<br /><br />- E.C. Henry from Bonney Lake, WAE.C. Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10748007729066148300noreply@blogger.com