Choosing a name for our film

Red Herring

Me and Olivia decided to name our film 'Red Herring', after the saying commonly used in a lot of stories and crime thrillers. The term 'red herring' means a literary device used to distract someone from what is actually going on in the story, or who is behind everything. We actually used this device in our film by distracting the viewer with the cooking scenes and romantic imagery, and leaving the big reveal of the dead body up to them to be suspicious of until it is shown visually in the penultimate shot. 

The term also refers to a clue or piece of information that is misleading, which, in our film, is the red imagery of the food. On a first viewing, the audience would be aware that our film is a thriller, so would understand that the film is intended to be scary, or that some sort of a threat will be present, but before they are aware of that threat, they may pick up on the violent, bloody themes from the food.

Me and Olivia also wanted our film to have a relatively simple title, nothing too long but then not just a single word, as to give away just enough about it. We thought that this title fit, especially fitting the central colour of the film opening and general tone implied in it.