importance of names

During class we were trying to come up with the names for our main boxer and his rival. Rafa and Tomas kept arguing about it and I didn't really understand why we were concentrating so much on the names because I didn't think it was that important. But after talking about it more I realized the names we choose for our characters are actually really important. They can represent some kind of meaning and be memorable to the audience. I read an article about the importance of names. It talked about how we should take time and effort to give our characters memorable names. A way to make the name memorable is to give uncommon names to important characters. According to the article Column D: The Name Game - Why Are Character Names Important? Part 1. "If you describe one of your characters as fat and you call him Sticks, the reader is likely to recall that.  The contrast between the name and the character makes it memorable."

So for our film opening we decided to name our main character Vincent Montoya. Vincent means to conquer. That represents him since he is trying to win his boxing match. And Montoya means hills and valleys, which can also represent him since he'll be having his ups and downs when he finds out he has to recover from his fight. Our rival's name is going to be Booker Cannon. The name Booker represents freedom fighter and that can be applied to him since he's fighting for himself.  



“Column D: The Name Game - Why Are Character Names Important? Part 1.” Script Magazine, 20 May 2014, www.scriptmag.com/features/column-d-the-name-game-character-names.