Well FB's 'go for it or burn out' motto seems to have worked for me - and I haven't burned out yet. Just as well, I can't afford to. But I now have a script, a cast, a shooting date and a good source for obtaining a camera, mic and also possibly music. And a title! Ah dear, that's been far more problematic than I expected for such a simple thing. After much brain cudgeling I came up with the incredibly banal, mediocre and generally 'bleh' name "Blood Money". A few hours and a quick Google search later I discovered that at least ten other productions had also gone under this name. So that one went out the window. Fortunately yesterday while walking to the bus I came up with a rather more original (and appropriate) title. A tiny thing, but it makes a big difference to the way people perceive your film from the opening second.
Names play a huge part in the way we view one another too. Especially in an age where you may get to know a person (remotely) fairly well without ever physically meeting them. Screennames (whether the owner thinks about it or not) say a huge amount about the people behind them. Take for example fantasia_kitty, Cymru, EasternMarshes, whereartthoudog, and #JON B 'ERE! (All of which I personally have come across) They all have chosen a different flavour (some we may find more tasteful than others) that influences the way we see them and even (dare I say it) treat them. Don't think that this is restricted to the online world of avatars and pseudonyms either. How many peoples lives have been irrevocably changed merely because they held names like Bertha, Zippa, Clyde or Amindi-Loola? If they ever intended to run for high level political posts (or become otherwise exposed to the limelight) would they alter their name? I think they would. If they didn't, they would, all too likely, feel the pang of rejection as the shallow horde of society cast them out as 'frumpy' or 'weird'. So think twice before you choose a new screenname, and please for goodness sake think three times before you name your kids - you may love "Matilda Gertrude", but you're not the sorry begger who has to live with it.
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I've often found that the name 'EasternMarshes' draws a bit more of respect then whenever I'm using the name of 'fetusboy'.
Fetusboy is, on the whole, a pretty silly nickname (with an even sillier story behind it), but it says something about my irreverent sense of humor. It also encompasses me as 'the outsider'. EasternMarshes is my artistic sense, my loneliness, and also me as a solitary individual.
A name can have a huge effect on how a person is perceived. For some reason, someone with the name of Steve (my name) is seen as having a sense of humor, or youthfulness. I've found that people often live up to their names.
It makes sense - considering that your parents pick a name together, and part of you comes from each of them - that the name you are given will be close to the sort of person you will be.
I guess that's why all those boring yuppies have boring yuppie names from boring yuppie parents, and the people who live in the slums never have their names up in lights. Not only do you often live up to your name - you may be fated to do so.
...you may be fated to do so
An interesting thought... and one that has substantial statistical backing. Fated perhaps is just slightly too strong a word I think, but yeah it could be almost impossible to avoid living up to your name. A scary idea.
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