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The Diary of a Cap.ve Genre: Teen Drama / Suspense / Mystery / Thriller

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The  Diary  of  a  Cap.ve  Genre:  Teen  Drama  /  Suspense  /  Mystery  /  Thriller  

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•  Summary:  A  girl  is  kidnapped  and  is  held  hostage  and  the  audience  listens  to  the  story  of  her  life  which  is  told  from  her  diary  /  perspec:ve.  

•  The  diary  reveals  that  the  antagonist  of  the  story  is  the  girl’s  teacher  and  the  audience  is  shown  flashbacks  of  the  teacher  watching  the  student  during  school  

What  is  the  film  about  

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Produc.on  Company  

We  decided  to  use  Film  4  as  our  produc:on  company  because  of  the  influence  of  our  film  being  a  teen  drama  /  suspense  /  thriller  genre.  Our  film  could  be  compared  to  “The  Lovely  Bones”  which  was  produced  by  Film4.  Film4  are  also  known  to  do  teen  dramas  as  well  such  as  “Inbetweeners  Movie”.  

Lionsgate  is  another  choice  of  an  produc:on  company  to  work  alongside  with  ‘Film  4’.  This  is  because  of  the  genres  of  films  also  they  have  produced  and  the  high  budget  they  can  offer  to  make  the  film.  Also  the  cast  of  these  are  a  mixture  with  some  nominated  award  winning  actors  and  actresses.  Films  they  have  made  are:  •  The  Hunger  Games  Series  •  Saw  Series  •  The  Possession  •  The  Cabin  in  the  Woods    

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Box  office  of  our  suppor.ng  films  

Budget  £3,500,000  (es:mated)  Opening  Weekend  $35,955  (USA)  (9  September  2012)  (10  Screens)  £13,200,000  (UK)  (23  August  2011)  (475  Screens)  Gross  $35,955  (USA)  (9  September  2012)  £41,800,000  (UK)  (20  September  2011)  Weekend  Gross  $35,955  (USA)  (9  September  2012)  (10  Screens)  

     Gross  £6,193,167  (UK)  (21  March  2010)  £5,885,305  (UK)  (14  March  2010)  £5,183,763  (UK)  (7  March  2010)  £3,848,574  (UK)  (28  February  2010)  £1,637,579  (UK)  (21  February  2010)  $93,621,340  (Worldwide)  (5  January  2013)  

Budget  $65,000,000  (es:mated)  Opening  Weekend  $116,616  (USA)  (13  December  2009)  (3  Screens)  £1,637,579  (UK)  (21  February  2010)  (420  Screens)  

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Box  office  for  Lionsgate  films  

Budget    $14,000,000  Gross  $69,899,892  -­‐  Worldwide  

Budget  $130,000,000  Gross  $371,700,000  –USA  (22nd  December  2013)  

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Actors  and  Actresses  in  Lionsgate  films  These  are  some  of  the  actors  and  actresses  who  have  been  included  in  Lionsgate  films  and  others…  

Woody  Harrelson  He  has  featured  in  a  lot  of  high  budget  Hollywood  films  such  as:  •  The  Hunger  Games  

Series  •  Zombieland  •  2012  

Jennifer  Lawrence  She  has  been  the  leading  role  in  many  big  blockbuster  films,  these  include:  •  The  Hunger  Games  Series  •  Silver  Linings    •  House  at  the  end  of  the  

street  

Chris  Hemsworth  He  has  been  casted  for  a  variety  of  films  and  he  films  have  always  done  well  in  the  Box  Office.  These  are  some  of  the  films:    •  Thor  •  Rush  •  The  Avengers  

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Distributor  

We  decided  Universal  Studios  aker  another  film  which  has  influenced  us  which  is  called  “A  Beau:ful  Mind”.  Despite  Universal  Studios  releasing  this  film  which  is  a  big  influence  to  us,  it  has  also  released  other  films  with  the  same  genre.  These  include  films  such  as:  •  The  Bourne  Ul:matum  •  Safe  House  •  Mama  

   

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Budget  &  Release  Date  

Budget  The  budget  for  the  film  would  be  an  extremely  high  budget  because  the  one  out  of  the  two  produc:on  companies  we  are  using  for  the  film  is  ‘Lionsgate’.  This  produc:on  company  can  pay  out  millions  of  pounds  to  fund  this  film,  for  example  ‘The  Possession’,  had  a  budget  of  $14,000,000  and  it  can  go  higher  than  that  because  ‘The  Hunger  Games-­‐  Catching  Fire’,  had  a  budget  of  $130,000,000.    The  budget  for  out  film  will  be  :  

£5,000,000  

Release  Date  The  release  dates  for  ‘Lovely  Bones’  was  24th  November  2009  and  ‘The  Hunger  Games-­‐Catching  Fire’  was  11th  November  2013.  These  two  films  are  from  two  different  produc:on  and  distributor  companies  but  are  working  together  to  produce  our  film.  From  this  informa:on  we  have  decided  to  release  ‘The  Diary  of  a  Cap:ve’  on…    

18th  November  2014  

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Possible  Actors  (Female)  

Emma  Watson    •  Perks  of  being  a  

Wallflower.  •  Harry  Poner  series.  

Chloe  Moretz  •  Kickass  •  Carrie  •  500  Days  of  Summer  

Jennifer  Lawrence  •  Hunger  Games  •  House  end  of  the  

street    

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Possible  Actors  (Male)  

Ethan  Hawk  •  Sinister  •  The  Purge  •  Total  Recall  

Robert  Jenkins  •  Cabin  in  the  woods  •  Dear  John  

Gary  Oldman  •  Harry  Poner  series  •  The  unborn  •  Dark  Knight  trilogy  

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What  the  film  is  REALLY  about  The  girl(main  character)  is  diagnosed  with  schizophrenia  in  the  mental  asylum  and  the  teacher  is  not  what  he  has  been  deceived  as.  She  has  been  kept  in  a  mental  asylum  and  has  not  actually  been  abducted  y  the  teacher,  the  teacher  is  a  doctor  trying  to  help  her  with  her  delusions  and  mental  health  problem.  However  she  sees  him  as  a  kidnapper  and  the  audience  will  not  find  this  out  to  the  very  ending  on  the  last  few  pages  of  her  diary  are  read  aloud.