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Adele Poulton
Initial ThoughtsIn are group we decided we would make something from the thriller genre, I wanted to do this particular genre because the intention is to surprise the audience and create suspense. It wants to catch them off guard rather than makes them laugh.
The narrative structure hadn't quite been decided on but we
had some initial ideas. Originally we decided to make an opening
sequence but we didn't know how we should portray that it
was a thriller with a female villain without giving it away., so
instead we have decided to make a trailer and have worked
on our narrative.
Are first initial location idea is the local Saltford cycle track. It is convenient as its local but more importantly we feel that it is a great setting as its just a long cycle path surrounded by greenery and carries on for miles.
Textual analysisLucky Number Slevin is a crime thriller hybrid with a twisting unsuspecting plotline.Director: Paul McGuiganProduction Companies: The Weinstein Company
Ascendant companyFilmEngineCapitol Films
Staring: Josh Hartnett, Morgan Freeman, Sir Ben Kingsley, Lucy Liu, Stanley Tucci and Bruce Willis.IMDb users have given the film it 7.8/10Play.com users have given it 4.5/5Box office takings: on opening the weekend.
$7,031,921 (USA) £1,074,550 (UK)
Textual analysisWanted is a action packed action, thriller, crime hybrid where a regular person learns to become a trailed assasin.Director: Timur Bekmambetov Production Companies: Universal Pictures
Spyglass EntertainmentStaring: Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy and Morgan FreemanIMDb users have given the film it 6.8/10Play.com users have given it 4/5Box office takings: on opening the weekend.
$50,927,085 (USA) £3,814,055 (UK)
The Dark Knight
http://www.youtube.com/v/5y2szViJlaY&feature=related
Textual analysisSequel to Batman Begins, the action, crime thriller hybrid is full of conventions.Director: Christopher Nolan Production Companies: Warner Bros. Pictures
Legendary Pictures
DC ComicsSyncopy
Staring: Christian Bale, Sir, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Morgan FreemanIMDb users have given the film it 8.9/10Play.com users have given it 4.5/5Box office takings: on opening the weekend.
$158,411,483 (USA) £11,191,824 (UK)
Film IndustriesLucky Number Slevin was distributed by New Line Cinema. Most known for films such as Sex in the City 2 and A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Wanted was distributed by Universal Pictures. Most known
for films such as Meet the Fockers and the new Little
Fockers.
The Dark Knight was distributed by Warner Bros. Most well known for the Harry Potter films.
QuestionnaireI have created a questionnaire in
order to help with my research, so I know what the audience find most effective in a thriller film.
The results all indicated that a thriller needs to have suspense and mystery. It needs to keep
the audience guessing and this is what we intend to do with
our trailer.
Audience Theories
The audience theories I would like to apply to are project are: Propp's character theory by not having the typical character structure. By challenging the theory it will be more exciting for the viewers because it is unconventional. I also want to explore Levi-Strauss' Binary Oppositions theory. I feel challenging these common theories would make the film stand from others and make it exciting to watch.
Censorship & Target Audience
For censorship the film would be a 15 because of probable strong swearing, violence references and adult themes. The trailers for films are quite vague in storyline, and have a fast pace to create the tense mood. This is very effective as music has a hug effect on the audiences open of a successful film. We want to do something with the same effect.We are aiming for the teenage audience, more likely to be girls because of the female villain and vengeful narrative.
NarrativeThe narrative is about a girl who goes slightly crazy and takes revenge on 3 of her ex-boyfriends for the way they miss treated her. She then gets a taste for it and kills another of her ex-boyfriends before aiming to kill another. She stalks all of them. The last guy she is aiming to kill is a detective that is investigating the murders that she has committed. They are in a race for who wins, will she kill him before he discovers the murderer. In the end, she hangs herself because she is ridden with guilt.
Production company: JSA Productions<< logo
Film Title:
Production company 2: Tiger Eye Pictures
Music needed• Music box effect• Screams
• Narrator•Tense Music
Characters
• Villain – Female - Suzie (Hannah)• Main Victim – Male – John (Mike?)• Attacked Victim – Male – Archie• 3 extra victims – all males
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Costumes
• 2 Day costumes for Suzie and a recurring night costume.• 1 relaxed uniform, 1 office wear (White shirt and black trousers)• Archie – 2 day clothes• extra victims with one day clothes
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Location• Saltford village high street• Grace’s living room• Adele’s house• Cycle track• Outside Adele’s house
Props• Phone• Car• Pills• Pills (tick tacks)• Fake blood• Glass (fake glass)• Washing up materials• Computer• Camera• Make-up
• TV• Hanging rope• Lamp