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Final Film / The Untold

Prop list

Police officer outfits-
For the police officers to make it look real and create sense of danger in film. http://www.jackiesfancydress.co.uk/shop/1

 

Hand cuffs -

We will need hand cuffs for the police officers to carry to let the audience know who the police officers are and their intentions.

 

Knife -

To make protagonist and audience know how Lucy has been murdered. Knifes also link in with this genre.

 

Fake Blood-

We will use the blood on the knife, floor and bath as a handprint to show Lucy's struggle to try and save herself.

 

Car and Car keys-

We will use a real car to make it look more realistic and to also show in the film that he is an adult. The car keys also make the film have that little extra verisimilitude.

 

Brief case-

For Darren to look like he's been at work

 

 

 

THE UNTOLD (SCRIPT)

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Certificate for film

After exploring the BBFC website, I have concluded that our film will be rated at 15. I think this rating is appropriate for our film as our film does contain most of the above. We want our action/horror themes to be graphic but just not gory enough to need an 18 rating. Frequent strong language may be used also, but not in an extremely aggressive way.

A 15 rating on a film means that no-one under 15 is allowed to see a 15 film at the cinema or buy/rent a ‘15’ rated DVD.  15 rated works are not suitable for children under 15 years of age. A 15 rated film consists of:

strong violence

frequent strong language

portrayals of sexual activity

strong verbal references to sex

sexual nudity

brief scenes of sexual violence or verbal references to sexual violence

discriminatory language or behaviour

drug taking

In a 15, there may be racist, homophobic or other discriminatory language, and the work could explore themes relating to this. However, at 15 the work as a whole must not endorse discriminatory language or behaviour. Also, sexual activity can be portrayed, as long as there is no strong or graphic detail. Some sex scenes can be quite long at this category and may involve some nudity and movement. Though nudity may be allowed in a sexual context there should be no strong detail. Lastly, violence may be strong. It should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury, however, and the strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also unlikely to be acceptable.

Distributers

I have researched some mainstream distributers and i have found that Columbia Pictures would be a good distributer for our film. Columbia Pictures distributed the film 'The Shawshank Redemption' which film links to our film and has a very similar plot. It also has distributed many films in this genre so i think it is a very suitable mainstream distributer for our film.
If we were to distribute our film from an independent company, i would pick Lionsgate films as they specialise in horror and action films which our film is.

Title Sequence

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4thzyFFdvVc    Title sequence to 'Seven'

 

At the beginning of this title sequence for the film 'Seven' there is a very loud gun shot. The gun shot makes the audience know straight away that it is going to be a crime/action thriller. This would be good to use in our opening sequence as we would get our genre known by the audience straight away. We could maybe even use a scream or loud bang at the beginning or even at the very end to add even more suspense.

 

The non-diagetic music played created lots of suspense as it is very distorted and changes speed. It is also very mysterious and sinister which again sets the theme.

The words that are put on screen are also very distorted, this makes the opening credits look sinister and creates a sense of confusion.

 

Various cuts of different images are used fast which gives it a fast pace and again builds suspense. We could use these fast cuts in our opening sequence as it will keep the audience interested and wont seem like the opening credits are taking a long time.

 

 

Analysis of similar film

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OePtq2xIJIM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt05JcJ8Woo

The film I am choosing to analyse is The Shawshank Redemption. I have chose this as both the genre and story line are very similar to our film.
At the beginning of the opening scene, there is non-diagetic music playing. This contrasts with the first long shot of a dark, gloomy outside scene which makes the opening look sinister and like something bad is going to happen. We should use the music contrast in our film as it will make it have more tension and suspense.
First we see the protagonist in a mid shot. I think we should do this in our film as it clearly shows who we want the audience to focus on. Also, Andy is shown in a dim light to show that there's going to be something mysterious about him. Using shadows will be key in our film to create more mystery, confusion and uncertainty.

 

While he's in the car, there is a mid-shot of  a gun which Andy is holding. The gun links with the stereotypical iconography of a crime/psychological thriller which is what our film is based on. Having a gun or weapon shown in our film will make the audience know automatically what the film is about, which is what we want to get across quickly as we have a limited time.
The editing of the cut takes us to the protagonist in court. The court is the setting which is associated with this type of film, and I think it would be good to use it in our film to set the scene. Having a setting of a court in our film will fit in with the particular genre we want and will tell the audience what the film is going to be about.

The story of what happened to Andy is spoken diagetically from the judge. This tells us what Andy is being accused of and what is going to happen to him. This will be a good way to get our storyline across in our film as we only have 5 minutes to do it in. The editing of the 'flashbacks' or the past is also a good way to tell the story without the story actually being told by someone, which is boring and slow whereas if we have shot-reverse-shots and quick cuts, it will make our film more fast paced and will keep the audience interested.There is a shot-reverse-shot used with the judge and Andy which we will try and use regular in our film. The shot also shows the judge at a lower angle and Andy at a higher angle which shows the judge has more power and authority over Andy, we will try to co-operate this into our film.

Genre’s

Thriller sub genres;

Crime Thriller

Crime thrillers often focus more on the criminals and there activities in leading up to the crime or in retrospect the ending of the film leading back to how it all started.  Central topics of the films include serial killers/murders, robberies, chases, shootouts, heists and double-crosses.

Mystery Thriller

This particular sub-genre relates a lot to crime thrillers. It focuses mostly on the efforts of the detective or private investigator in order to solve the mystery. It looks at the circumstances of the mystery or crime itself in order to try figure out what the clues are

Psychological Thriller

This sub-genre plays with the audience’s minds and produces suspense in film because it reflects the main characters conflict being mental and emotional hindered.

Conspiracy Thriller

This type of genre consists of some of hero or heroine who are stereotypically journalists or armature investigators who find them-selves trapped in a very powerful organisation. Conspiracy thrillers often play with the secrecy of governments and major organisations in history.

Andy Dufresne is a young and successful banker who's life changes drastically when he is sentenced to life in prison for killing his wife and her lover. The film shows how Andy, with the help from his friend Red, turns out to be the most unconventional prisoner. 

This film is similar to our final film idea as it has the same plot; a happy successful mans life changes due to being wrongly accused of a murder. However the ending is different as in The Shawshank Redemption, Andy escapes, but in our film, the protagonist puts together the pieces and tries to find out who murdered his wife.