The Name

Whilst coming up with the name for our film, we discussed what was typical of a film of the drama/thriller genre, finding that many of them had short titles, such as Se7en or Black Swan. We wanted the genre of our opening to be clear to the audience, so that they knew what to expect, and so we decided we should have a one-word title. We also thought that this was very bold and uncomplicated, making the film more intriguing.

Initially, we thought to name it after the events of the film, coming up with ideas such as 'Abuse' and 'Agression'. Despite fitting with the one-word theme, we decided that these sounded a little immature and too literal. Instead, as the opening metaphorically and literally revolves around our protaganist, we thought that it would make sense to name the film after her. However, we had not yet given her a name, and so began brainstorming ideas like 'Lucy' and 'Daisy'.

From the theme of flowers, we came up with 'Rose', liking it because it had connotations of beauty and romance, yet the physically appearance of a rose, as it has thorns, also gives it an association with danger and pain. As our main character is female, she also has connotations of beauty and fragility, however her condition and circumstances are very dangerous and damaging and so this was a perfect metaphor for her.