Response to the client brief

Explanation of demographics:

The target audience would be ages 16 - 24 years. Three key elements that we would include are swearing, violence and suspense. An advantage of picking an age group of 16 - 24 years old is, we are allowed to use as much violence and visual images to engage this specific audience for the movie trailer we are going to create. Another advantage to making the movie trailer is that as we are the producers, we can understand the audience better. This means that it will allow us to make something that is more relatable to the target audience. A challenge that we may face is when approaching this audience is that it may be difficult to make them understand what we're trying to portray. This is due to the likes and dislikes of the audiences and will therefore not be attracting to everyone in that target audience. Another challenge that we are going to face when making this movie trailer is the weather This means that there would be some days we will not be able to film. This will therefore make the deadline of the project to possibly be delayed. Finally another challenge that we may face is editing. This is because we might have the correct software to edit the movie trailer. 

Conventions:

The thriller conventions we will include into our work are enigma, plot twists and many different aspects which would be made up of sub-genres that would be created. One way the conventions will be met will be revealed near the end of the movie trailer to keep the audience on the edge. This will allow more excitement in the trailer and will draw more audiences to watch it.

Industry requirements:

The institutions our thriller film will be produced by is 21st century fox and Lionsgate. Some regulatory issues that we will consider and use when creating the movie trailer is ASA, Ofcom and BBFC. We will use these regulatory issues in the UK as a baseline for what we know what to include and which is not allowed in the UK. This will also allow us to see what we need to get permission from and who.  Some institutional information that the text must include is the age rating. This is because this will show the target audience of the film and also tell customers that if they are below the age of that certain age rating, they will need to be accompanied by an adult. 

Medium:

The medium we would be working in is the film industry. The type of text we are producing within that medium is a trailer. The type of genre that would fit into the trailer the best is a thriller.

Analysis of Themes in Thrillers 9

Themes in Thrillers

The key themes that occur in the trailer are:

-violence

-escape

-death

Film: 9

In the trailer it is shown how the main character "9" who is a rag-doll has awakened and is all alone within a world where humanity is destroyed. During this, the rag-doll wonders around trying to look for any signs or hope of existences left in this world. He soon comes across 8 more rag-dolls and together they try to figure out the mystery behind humanity's destruction, while trying to escape vicious creations of massive soul-eating machines.  Later on it is discovered that these machines were created by the same scientist, who created the rag-dolls. The chancellor who is the dictator, was responsible for the Fabrication machines to turn against humanity after refusing to honour the scientist's deal during the creation of the Fabrication machines. This movie symbolises how anything that is created by humans mind will somehow possibly end up bad. You need to be careful on what to make or else they'll be consequences.

Describe how theme is denoted in the trailer:

Violence:  In the trailer there are many example of 'fear' shown. Example, when the rag doll '9' has awoken and is all alone in a world where humanity has gone extinct. This is also continued throughout the trailer as we get more depth of what the movie is about.     Escape: Escape is shown when the rag dolls are being chased by these soul eating machines at 0:46 (which was woken by them).                                                                Death:  Death is shown in the trailer at 0:53 where one of the rag dolls gets their souls sucked by one of the machines. During the trailer it does not show any other deaths that occur in the movie. However there are hints and signs of many deaths in the trailer.

The key theme of violence and escape is clearly denoted in the trailer and narrated.  At 0:53 into the trailer, the scene shown connotes violence from the kidnapping of one of the characters. This effectively brings the audience to the edge of their seats as this is the first exposure to violence.                                                 

                                

Opening sequences

 

Thriller Opening Sequence

Train-spotting intro

Thriller Mood Board - Sweeney Todd

  Thriller Mood Board

Sweeney Todd

Mise-en-sen

Lighting - Dark

                 Gloomy daytime                                   

                 Dim lighting

                 Sunny day in the flashback

Locations - Barber shop ( Sweeney Todd's old house)

                 Pie shop

                 Court

                 London                                                  

Camera - Close ups

                Lots of establishing shots

              Camera shots go along with the music                

Era - Past

        Present

       Urban

Performance - The main character appears to be a villain even though he is a protagonist.

                Angry

               The protagonist seems pleased with his killings.

Props -  Barber Razor

             Pies                                                               

             chair

Camera

Shot types - Close ups

                    Lots of establishing shots

Camera angels - Low angles

                          High angles

                          Left and right

Camera movement - Often fast shots 

                                 Slow

                                 Frequent                                    
                                                                                                    Thrills use erratic whipped movements

                     

Editing

Pace - Pace becomes rapid around thrills

Techniques - Erratic montages common, especially in relation to the antagonist.

                     Parallel editing used frequently to build tension.

Transitions - There are fades between scenes

                     Scenes change according to the music 

Sound

Sound effect - Bells 

                       

Music - Creepy eerie music 

             Starts off slow

             Music pace quickens when thrilling scenes come up to build suspense

             Music also gets louder

Dialogue - Main characters mainly talking 

Voice overs - Narrator speaks in the beginning of the trailer explaining the protagonists downfall.

Thriller Mood Board- The Sixth Sense

  Thriller Mood Board

The Sixth Sense

Mise-en-sen

Lighting -   Dim lighting                                                  

                   Night time/day time

                                                    

Locations - Rain sometimes 

                   Cemetery 

                   Main characters house                           

                   Church

                   School

                   Streets

                   

Camera - Low angles

               High angles

               Left and right angels

Era - Present day                                                                  

        Past

Performance - The mother is shown to be very worried of her son.

                        The young boy is scared most of the time.

                        The man seeing the young boy shows sympathy and wants to help the boy.

 Props - Usual house stuff

              Cars

              Box given to the boy by a ghost

Camera

Shot types - Close ups

                    Lots of establishing shots                       

Camera angels - Low angles

                          High angles

                          Left and right angles

Camera movement - Frequent

                                 Often slow

                                 When something thrilling happens the camera movement quickens.

Editing

Pace - Pace becomes rapid around thrills.

          Often slow and deliberate.

          In one part of the trailer there is a heart beat and the pace of the trailer goes in beat with it.

Techniques - Parallel editing used frequently to build tension.

                     Flashes and sometimes blackness for a short while

Transitions - More fades, particularly between scenes.

Sound

Sound effect - Thunder

                        Heartbeat                                                   

                        Camera flash loudly

                        Loud slams

Music - Eerie music with a women singing 

             Creepy music

             Dramatic music

Dialogue - During a few dialogues it becomes quiet

                 Lots of serious conversations 

                  

Voice overs - Not many voice overs