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ConventionDrama
Use/Develop/Challenge
Purpose and Description
Examples from films
Tension Use – audience follow a character not knowing what is going to happenDevelop – audience is given the impression that somebody is watching them
Purpose – to make the audience fear for the characters and to create enigmaDescription – all the characters are shown in the school playground. The camera isn’t controlled and is filmed at Dutch angle which conveys the impression that they are being watched creating tension.
Boy in the playground texting on his phone.
Kidulthood
Conflict Use – argument between mother and daughterChallenge – escalates into an argument that has quite graphic and extreme violence
Teenage daughter comes home after giving birth to her daughter. The mother is jealous and angry as she has given birth to her husband’s baby. She becomes so angry that she throws a TV at her.
Precious
Mother throws a TV down the stairs at Precious
ConventionDrama
Use/Develop/Challenge
Purpose and Description
Examples from films
Relationships Use – friendly loving relationshipsDevelop – unfaithful relationshipsChallenge - domestic abuse in the relationship
Purpose – to give the audience insight into obstacles in different relationships and how they are handledDescription – After attempting to seek revenge on the person she thought was her boyfriend, Cassandra gets attacked by him.
4321
Cassandra getting attacked by the boy
Realistic settings Use – familiar settings that are relatable
Purpose – to make the film seem more real to the audience and make them to relate itDescription – The teacher is telling the student that he can make it and be successful which is something the target audience is familiar to. Confrontation between
the teacher and pupil
Freedom Writers
Inspirational Films4321
• The addition of the date and time makes the film more real and clear as the audience already knows the background information of the scene. We are going to include the day and time in our opening sequence too.
• The point of view shot allows the audience to share the view of the character. We are going to include point of view shots in our opening sequence.
• It clearly conveys a lot of the characters’ emotion to the audience. We are going to include close up shots in our opening sequence.
• We were inspired by the day and time shown in the film
• We were inspired by the point of view shot shown in the film.
• We were inspired by these close up shots of Shannon and Joanne shown in the film.
Inspirational FilmsPrecious
• We were inspired by the town and year shown at the start of the film.
• The film is given a personal touch like somebody’s story is going to unfold in the film, creating enigma. This is what how we want our opening sequence to come across to the audience. We will be using this technique in our opening sequence.
•We were inspired by these establishing shots shown in the film.
•These establishing shots show the lack of privileges Precious has in her life through these images of her deprived community.
Distributor Film Budget
Revolver Entertainment
Anuvahood $1,000,000 (estimated)
Revolver Entertainment
Kidulthood £600,000 (estimated)
Revolver Entertainment
Sket $1,000,000 (estimated)
Revolver Entertainment
Shank £385,000 (estimated)
Why we chose Revolver Entertainment
• They are able to work with flexible budgets• They have operations in both London and Los Angeles, so a variety
of influence will be obtained• Most films they distribute were filmed in London• The films they distribute are mainly targeted at a young audience • The central characters in the films they distribute are young and
troubled• The films they distribute are very similar to our opening sequence
which features drugs
For these reasons we believe that Revolver Entertainment will be able to distribute our film effectively.
Distributor Film Budget
Universal Studios 4321 $4,600,000 (estimated)
Universal Studios Alpha Dog $30,000,000 (estimated)
Universal..• Distribute movies similar to ours such as 4321 and
Alpha Dog• Distribute some films centred around young
characters like our opening sequence.• Are experienced in releasing drama films • Is based in America, however they have filmed in
British locations and have had British actors feature in the film
Warner Bros
Distributor Film Budget
Warner Bros Altered States $15, 000, 000
Warner Independent Pictures
A Home at the World
$6.5, 000, 000
Warner Bros Conspiracy Theory $80, 000, 000
Warner Bros..
• Have distributed a lot of drug related films• Is a long established film distribution company• Have distributed a variety of drama films
Social withdrawal
Unfriendliness
suspiciousness
Deterioration of
personal hygiene
Failure to cry or express joy
Expressionless gaze
Depression
Oversleeping or insomnia Strange or
irrational statements
ForgetfulnessUnable to concentrate
Extreme reaction to criticism
Signs
Effects of Schizophrenia• Relationship problems – Due to isolation and
paranoia• Disruption to normal daily activities - due to the
sufferer’s delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized thoughts
• Alcohol and drug abuse - used to try to self-medicate or reduce symptoms.
• Increased suicide risk – sufferers are highly likely to commit suicide during psychotic episodes, during periods of depression, and in the first six months after they’ve started treatment.
ConventionThriller
Use / Develop /Challenge
Purpose andDescription
Examples fromFilms
False EndingUse – Someone lies, won’t keep their promise. A man.Develop – A woman.Challenge – Something demonic and scary giving false hope. Keeping audience scared not just annoyed.
Purpose – To keep the audience thinking; Cliff hanger. Change the way you view curtain situations.Description – We through there would be a new equilibrium, but it ended with a cliff hanger and the demon is still inside her.
Paranormal Activity
Ending – Demon still in her.
Innocent Victims
Use – Young girl.Develop – An older age, possibly a manChallenge – Almost being the villain, the victim ends up killing the villain.
Purpose – To make the audience feel sympathy for the character and to shock from her killing the villainDescription – At the end of the film the woman taken hostage ends up killing the men that took her showing no remorse over it.
Disappearance of Alice Creed
The Victim kills the villain.
Convention’s based on our film
ConventionThriller
Use / Develop /Challenge
Purpose andDescription
Examples fromFilms
Escaped convicts
Use – Middle aged male.Develop – Female.
Purpose – To show the mentality of the character – how smart and cunning they are.Description – The man planned his escape from prison before her went in to out smart the police and get justice.
Law abiding Citizen
Planning an escape from prison.
ShockUse – Kidnap film.Develop – Making it psychological.Challenge – Making it horrific and unexpected. Not predictable . Disturbing.
Purpose – To shock the audience, showing a real life situation in a disturbing and terrifying manner.Description – The villain holds 3 people hostage and shocks the audience in doing some extremely unexpected disgusting the audience
The Human Centipede
Takes people hostage and creates them into a human
centipede.
Convention’s based on our film
ConventionThriller
Use / Develop /Challenge
Purpose andDescription
Examples fromFilms
Relief at the end.
Use – A man get’s away and starts his life again else where.
Develop – It becomes scary and it plays with your mind.
Challenge – Making it so disturbing and horrific - although your relieved, your still disgusted and feel uncomfortable.
Devil
The Town
The Human Centipede
At the end of the film the guy gets away and start his life again elsewhere with no attachments
At the end of the film the man is sorry for what he did and he is rescued yet there is still tension about where the devil goes next.
At the end the police come over and even though there's loads of gory killing the girl in the middle will be recued.
ConventionThriller
Use / Develop /Challenge
Purpose andDescription
Examples fromFilms
Villain and Victim
Use (villain) – Can’t see details, remains a mystery.Use (victim) – An attractive innocent woman.
Develop (villain) – You can hear that it’s a male in their voice, not that much of a mystery.Develop (victim)– Both makes and females, you can see them hurt but not them getting hurt.
Challenge (villain) – Very shy and insecure.Challenge (victim) – Male, showing him in a gore like manner hurt.
Psycho
Scream
Hose of wax
You don’t see the villain killing nor who they are killing the woman in the shower, it makes the audience wonder who it is.
The villain is a male and you see the girl he killed hurt but you don’t see how he killed her or the gory details.
The victim is a male who is killed by a shy and vulnerable villain, you see the victims get killed and in detail what it looks like.
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