Naming a short film

USNFilms

USNFilms

Hi, I have an 8 minute long, vfx intensive zombie short film that will be the first of many episodes of a series that I will be uploading to YouTube. I need to come up with a name that is original (a.k.a there are not a million other videos with the same name) and short.

Here are some ideas:

The Living Dead
The Undead
The Infection
Living Infected
The Undead Plague

Right now I'm going with The Living Dead, but I'd like to hear what you guys think of the names and if you have any suggestions

thanks
 
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LEAVING HOPE or FORGETTING HOPE("Hope" would be the name of the fictional town).
ROTTEN DAYS
SURVIVING THE DAY
COMPANY Z
SOUTHBOUND
UNCONTAINED
 
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USNFilms said:
Hi, I have an 8 minute long, vfx intensive zombie short film that will be the first of many episodes of a series that I will be uploading to YouTube. I need to come up with a name that is original (a.k.a there are not a million other videos with the same name) and short.

Here are some ideas:

The Living Dead
The Undead
The Infection
Living Infected
The Undead Plague

Right now I'm going with The Living Dead, but I'd like to hear what you guys think of the names and if you have any suggestions
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I have been working on this issue for a long time as part of a design business.

The problem I see, is that most of the suggestions above are noun-based labels. They communicate a static, unmoving situation. The undead are moving and seeking something. The Living Dead Seek Live Brains. They Eat Your Brains. They Are Coming Closer. The Undead Hunger for You.

I would suggest taking your nouns and converting them into subjects of verbal phrases: The (noun) + verb: The Zombies Rise.

You could make a title out of a descriptive dependent clause, e.g., The Dead Who Came Back. The Dead Who Stalk the Living...
 
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Do you have a link to the pilot episode, to watch? Maybe get a feel for it.

Honestly, USN, there is nothing original in any of the titles you originally suggested. I'm not sayin' I have a better one; just that I've seen those titles (or close variations) used over & over.
 
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The Ichor Chronicle

Plasmic Pogrom

Think of a name like "Bioshock". Combine two words into a great combination like they did with that videogame.

Or lose the cliche "Zombies on" and leave it just:

"Route 113"
 
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