Stock Characters: Husband Wife Victim Police
Stock setting: House (bedroom and kitchen)
Narrative: Everyday life Loving relationship Murder Kidnap Mystery to who it is Unusual suspects
Iconography: Phone Log book Wedding rings The couples house and room
In time
Mission impossible
The thing
The debt
Cowboys and Aliens
Tinker Tailor Soldier spy
Husband: Simon Matthews-32 and played by tom cruise
Wife: Lisa Matthews-28 and played by Jennifer Aniston
Previous victims names:
Ria Mcloughlin, Jordan Pereira, Emma Adams, Danielle Cella, Michael Smith, David Thomas, Chris Allison
What kind of film goers will see our film in the cinema?
o Ages: 15 to 35
o Mostly women who enjoy watching thrillers and action
o Couples
Romantic – Titanic, Killers, Date night
Action - Killers, Date night, Mr. and
Mrs. Smith, Super 8 and Out of Sight
Big budget as its staring: Tom Cruise and Sandra Bullock
o Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
o Universal Studios
- Man and Woman are happily married
- But the husband Simon is hiding a dark secret from his wife Lisa
- He is a serial killer and has the details of every victim in his log book.
- He is planning his next victims death but his wife nearly catches him when she sees a message come up on his phone about it
- He catches her just in time but pushes his wife away showing his first signs of violence towards her.
- From this moment on things start to change.
- Will she be another one of his victims? Or will she discover his secret before its too late
- Over shoulder shot of hand writing in log book, dark room with only a lamp
- The door opens so light comes on
-Women’s voice saying breakfast is ready
- Book slams shut, as the noise of the book slams it goes back to the flashback of the two hands(wedding rings)
- Fade to white, rose petals on the bed, man carrying the wife in a drops her on the bed, the petals then go up in the air and dissolves into present day.
- Camera is on book, pan to the phone, clear message comes up with name and how