The headings for each section of the film have always been temporary place-holders, enough to summarise the chapter for an observer looking at the Storyboard (live document), but not what I would want them to be labelled as during the film. I still want the film to be split into the chapters though, it separates points in my life clearly, rather than it feeling like there's lots of time-jumps without explanation, that some chapters (the growing up parts) will contain minor time-jumps throughout as the two chapters cover about twelve/thirteen years altogether.
I started off by trying to build on the heading names I already had: Coming Out fit and Growing Up Tom-boy wasn't so bad, Family became Meet the Family, TransTape changed to Compression and NHS was renamed Lost and Forgotten.
I then started to consider how the songs I had chosen to soundtrack the chapters could work as titles: some worked well like No Matter What, Reflection, She's So Gone, Ready To Go and Brave Man. However, some didn't fit as well - like iT for the transtape chapter - doesn't really say much! Rebel Rebel as a name didn't fit for the chapter about high school/college, or Still Breathing as a chapter that's solely an interview between me and my parents about how things have changed for the better (aka a lot better than still breathing).
Finally, I started to consider why I chose those songs as an option: the lyrics. The songs were chosen because the lyrics fit the chapter perfectly, so surely they'd make sense as the chapter titles?
The (as it stands) finalised chapter headings:
Presenting... An Ashton Blyth Animation... Definitive Times
A family man (from Family Man - Fleetwood Mac)
I gathered all the courage in the world (from No Matter What - Calum Scott)
Can it be, I'm not meant to play this part? (from Reflection - Lea Salonga, Mulan Soundtrack)
Not sure if you're a boy or a girl (from Rebel Rebel - David Bowie)
Here I am, this is me (from She's So Gone - Naomi Scott, Lemonade Mouth Soundtrack)
Hold on tight, this ride is a wild one (from Missing You - All Time Low)
I'm ready to leap, I'm ready to live, I'm ready to go (from Ready to Go - Panic at the Disco)
Not scared to feel the pain (from Brave Man - Will Young)
Is there room for one more son? (from All These Things That I've Done - The Killers)
I bought it for myself, I'm a man now (from iT - Christine and the Queens)
Feeling like a drop in the ocean (from OK Not To Be OK - Marshmello & Demi Lovato)
And we will never look back, at the faded silhouette (from Silhouettes - Avicci)
The brain storm part:
Introduction
Family
Family Man
Meet the Family
I am what I am, a family man
A family man
Coming Out
No Matter What
They love me no matter what
I gathered all the courage in the world
Growing up tom-boy
Reflection
When will my reflection show who I am inside?
It's as if I play a part
Can it be, I'm not meant to play this part?
SPLIT: New chapter for high school/college
Rebel rebel
Not sure if you're a boy or a girl
Socially Transitioning
She's so gone
Here I am, this is me
I want to go forward, don't want to go back
What changed
Still Breathing
Hold on tight, this ride is a wild one
It only takes a little push to pull on through
I'm ready to give this all I have
Gendercare/Egg Freezing
Ready To Go
I'm ready to leap, I'm ready to live, I'm ready to go
SPLIT: New chapter for egg-freezing
Brave Man
I'm a brave man
Not scared to feel the pain
Testosterone
The Way I Am
Is there room for one more son?
I wanna stand up, I wanna let go
TransTape
Compression
I bought it for myself, I'm a man now
NHS Gender Identity Clinic
Lost and Forgotten
Let Me Be Myself
Lately I'm so tired of waiting for you
Feeling like a drop in the ocean
Top-surgery
Brave
And we will never look back, at the faded silhouette
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