THRILLER

OPENING

PROPOSAL Length

= 2hr

15mins

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Concept

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Murder diary

The classroom

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Paddington

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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

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Audie

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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

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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

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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

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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.