THRILLER
OPENING
PROPOSAL Length
= 2hr
15mins
Titl
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Concept
Stu
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Murder diary
The classroom
Dead risen
Paddington
High
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My thriller will be set in a Japanese style high school and it is about a strange event that occurs every 5 years in a specific classroom (class 3-1). Every 5years something or someone in the classrooms causes the students to be killed in freak accidents or driven to insanity. This ‘thing’ can only kill up to a maximum of 12 people a year (one person a month) and can be anyone in the class or their direct family e.g. brother/mother ect. What will make this is a thriller is the fact that characters don’t know if they are going to die, waking up everyday not knowing if they’ll make it to the next one. Every time this happens a student who survives records the events in a special diary which the school then logs. Towards the end of the thriller the remaining survivors work together to figure out what or who was causing this to occur.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okapFtXWcqI
Targ
et
Audie
nce
Age range- 15-21
Gender- My thriller will be targeted at both genders. Although my film is a thriller it will have elements of love to entice the females and elements horror to entice the males but it is pre dominantly a thriller.
Socio economic-
my film is aged at people
who have a weekly
allowance from their
parents or part time job
while in education. They
will probably shop in shops
such as topshop, h&m, JD
and TK Max.
Personality/ Interest- My target audience will be into Japan
and the Japanese culture. They will have a strong interest in anime and manga. They’ll enjoy watching films and TV programmes. My target audience will have a broad mind and hopefully be able look beyond implicit
messages that I am showing in my film. They will be a deep thinker and articulate.( Well educated) because this means that they will be able to pick out implicit and explicit messages.
Mess
ages
Overt messages-The obvious messages of my film is that something
strange is going on in the classroom. The students
and teachers seem clueless to what or who is causing this. 12 people will definitely die or more if
an ‘attack’ is incepted.
Hidden messages-
The hidden messages of my film is that the thing or
person that is causing this is actually closer than
they think. The clue to solving the whole mystery is
actually right in front of them and this will be
revealed at the end of the thriller which will
shock/surprise the audience.
Repre
senta
tion
“Representation is
to depict a certain
idea or portray a
deeper meaning
using specific
themes or events
that happens.”
The complexity of
teenage life will b
e
represented in this
film.
Alludes that there is another ‘being’ or ‘entity’ that is controlling us.
OPPRESEED SOCIATY/ LACK OF FREE WILL
Inst
ituti
on
The production studio will be “RT Productions”.
Genre
MY FILM IS A THRILLER HOWEVER IT WILL HAVE ASPECTS OF HORROR AND SUBTLE ROMANCE TO APPEAL TO BOTH SEXES.
My film will be a psychological
thriller that builds suspense and
tension which will cause the
main characters to become
paranoid. Bizarre murders will
also occur in my thriller thus
using some conventions of
horror. The two main characters
will develop some sort of love
between them to enhance the
females viewing experience.
Mis
e-e
n-s
cene
Mise-en-scene
Costume, hair and make up:Since my thriller is Japanese/ anime themed the characters will have crazy or unique hairstyles and in the typical Japanese high school clothing. The females will have explicit eye make up on e.g. eyeliner, bold eyes shadow and fake eyelashes.
Facial expression and body language:Typically in Japanese films and anime’s the females tend to be shy, submissive and look to men for safety. However in this film the main female charterer will be a dark, mysterious, independent and logically female who has a non expressive facial expression so the audience cant read her.
Positioning of Characters and objects: The objects in my scene will have a random positioning to enhance the confusion that the audience will experience. I want the audience to be confused and questioning what is happening so this will help me with that.
Lighting and colour:Some parts of my film will have an over exposure of hi key colour and lighting to make people will disorientated and confuse them due to sudden burst of colour. However most of it will be low key lighting and dark/ devilish colours such as red, black and grey will symbolise danger.
Sound
My sound is attached to a video
that I will u
pload shortly.
The sound I will b
e using comes
from three animes. The
explanation will be on the video
I upload.
Iconogra
phy
and
cinem
ato
gra
phy
Iconography of my thriller film:• Shadows.• Confined spaces.• Random dripping taps.• Street lamps that flicker on and off.• Weapons such as knives, rope and hypodermic
needle. • The school fence has bared wired around it.• My characters running through alley ways and
woods.
Cinematography of my thriller film:• There will be close up on the weapons that will be
used before they are used e.g. a knife. • Establishing shots at the beginning of a new scene
so the audience can get to grips with the scene.• When my character is running there will be an over
the shoulder shot so that the audience can see the victims point of view.
• When someone dies or is getting attacked there will be a high angle shot so that the audience can see the effect of what's happening/ happened.
• Two shots will be used when two people are having an intense conversation and they will be an extreme close up on the persons face when they are saying something important.