Final film title idea, working off of feedback

We had decided to call our film opening "Non compos mentis", which means 'not of sound mind'. We thought that this would be a good title as it would show off the idea that our main character was troubled and that the storyline would closely follow the title. However after feedback we found that many people either thought it wasn't the most fitting title and some did not know what 'non compos mentis' meant off of the top of their heads.

Miriam claimed, "Not everyone will know what the title means, thus leading to some confusion."

Rachel said that by having this as our title, we 'risk having the effectiveness of the opening compromised'.

Along with several other comments from fellow students that we showed the idea to, we decided that 'non compos mentis' was not the most effective title to use.

When we presented a group of our peers with the storyline of the film opening and a list of possible title names (mentioned in previous blogs), the vast majority decided that 'Psychosis' was both an effective and almost chilling film title.
To fit the title into our opening, we have placed it at the end, when the climax is imminent and the music has built up. We found this to be effective as the screen blacks out leaving a blank space for the title, we overlaid this title screen on top of a montage of clips that we had to carry on showing footage rather than having a still frame of the title. Psychosis is also a fitting title as the word means 'a severe mental disorder in which thought and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality'. This is an accurate title name as it is able to describe the mental state of our main character. It is also more likely to be understood as it has 'psych-' in it. When presented with this film title, people who gave feedback were able to more easily associate the storyline of our opening with someone who has a questionable mental state.