Group Narrative- Miss Georgiou

Group Narrative

My Individual Narrative:

My main ideas for my thriller film:


Characters:

Antagonist: The killer would have a hidden identity to puzzle the audience, he would have a large body build.

Protagonist/Witness: Someone who will see the first murder happen which will make them a main character throughout the rest of the film. They will be hunted by the killer because they have witnessed the original murder. The witness will be confused and scared throughout the rest of the film.

Victim: The victim would be an innocent female and not much would be known about her to increase the audience's appeal for the rest of the film.

Themes:

Murder- At the end of the opening sequence, the woman is murdered by the killer.
Chase- A woman is being chased throughout the opening sequence for ,what seems to be, an unknown reason.

Narrative:

The first thing to happen in my thriller film would be a woman running away from someone. As the film continues, it will be clear that the woman is the innocent victim and that the man chasing her is intent on killing her. Eventually, the man will catch up to her in an empty car park and murder her. Shortly after she is murdered, the camera will show someone walk towards the killer but then quickly backtrack once they realise that he has killed someone. For the rest of the film the person that witnessed the original murder will be chased by the murderer because they witnessed the murder.

Conventions:

Time: Night time around 22:00 (Around the time a car park would be empty but still open).

Murder in the opening scene (Common in many thriller films).

A victim and a killer (The two essential characters in a thriller film).

A chase scene (Comon in many thriller films).

The opening scene is set in a car park because it is a lonely dark place.

Helpless Victim (Victim would be female and small).
An enigma (Why did the killer kill the victim ,and why?

Target Audience:

My film would be aimed at the age group 15-50. this is because young adults tend to enjoy thrillers more than the elderly because young adults enjoy being thrilled a lot more than the elderly. My film would also contain scenes of violence throughout. There would also be a fair amount of strong language. Therefore, my film would be rated as a 15.

Advantages: All the characters seem realisitc/conventional. There are a lot of conventions of the thriller genre in the film. The target audience is about right, as is the rating of the film.

Disadvantages: There is a murder in the opening which could mean that the rest of the film would have little purpose. The narrative would not be enough for a good length thriller film.



Liam's Individual Narrative:

Narrative:

Film starts with a person on their computer doing some online gaming when suddenly a chat box pops up in the screen. At first the person ignores it thinking its just another pop-up, soon the killer typing to the person starts revealing personal information that no one else could know. The person is now scared and getting abusive to the killer, the killer then shows a live feed of the room the persons in, the person tries to run and escape, noises and footsteps can be heard throughout the house. Just when the person believes to be free and thinks he has evaded the killer but is cornered in a room, he appears behind him and swiftly stabs the person.

Characters:

Killer (antagonist) - I.T specialist. For some reason seeks revenge on group of people who ruined his life; maybe worked at an I.T company or helped create it e.g (microsoft, apple) and kills or ruins the lives of his previous business partners who screwed him over and stole his ideas.

Protagonist - Computer hacker finds out a way to track him and predict who is going to be killed next and catch the killer.

Victim - A previous business partner of the killer.


Theme:
Revenge - The killer is seeking revenge for being cut out of the loop from the company he created.


Codes and Conventions:

• Low key lighting
• Handheld camera
• Hidden Identity - Killer's identity is unknown
• An Enigma - who's the killer?
• Iconography - weapon/knife

Target Audience:

The target audience for this particular film teenagers fifteen and over for this reason the film would be rate a '15'. This is because is meets most of the specifications of a '15' film according to the British Board of Film Classification website. It has moderate violence and language throughout the film, showing some quite gory scenes very occasional which is justified by the context of the film.

Advantages: The opening is an enigma because the audience would not understand how the killer got the victim's details, how he could show a live feed of the room and why he killed him. The characters seem like realistic ones.

Disadvantages: The narrative may not be long enough for a full film.

Daniel's Narrative

Narrative:

A psychopathic serial killer wonders the dark streets in search to kill his father. The father neglected the boy since he was a young because he cared more about money and his job, and so the boy was left to do everything himself. The boy ran away from home at the age of 8, hoping his father would come looking for him, but he didn't. Now at the age of 16 he is known as the most dangerous serial killer in the UK. His father knows something is wrong as his memories of his son reappear, but is it too late to regret what he has done.

Characters:

Killer-antagonist
Victim-Protagonist

Theme:

-Greed
-Jealously

Target Audience:

12+ because strong language is used, dangerous behaviour and a moderate physical threat.

Codes and Conventions:

-Setting- House, street
-Weapons- Rope, Knife
-Low key lighting
-Chase
-Enigma
-Fast timing of shots
-High pace music

Advantages: The film has a good storyline. A lot of codes and conventions of the genre are used.

Disadvantages: The age rating may be too low to show some of the key generic conventions such as a murder.

Group Narrative:


Characters:

Victim- Average height. Good with technology. Lives on his own.

Antagonist- Killer (Hidden identity). Tall and strong. Overpowers victim with strength.

Theme:

-Revenge- Although the audience is unaware of it, the victim and the killer have met before and the killer was betrayed by the victim.

-Technology- Technology is used to scare the victim. There is a hidden camera in the room which is filming him. The victim becomes aware of this when an unknown caller rings him via Skype.

Narrative:

Film starts with a person on their computer doing some gaming when suddenly a chat box pops up in the screen. At first the person ignores the chat box thinking its just another pop-up, soon the killer typing to the person starts revealing personal information that no one else could know. The person is now scared and getting abusive to the killer, the killer then shows a live feed of a room, the person is very confused and suddenly realises that its a live feed of the room he's in. The person turns away from the computer monitor slowly and walks over to the corner of his room where he is being recorded from. He picks up a small object and breaks it apart and finds a tiny camera wireless. The person tries to run and escape, noises and footsteps can be heard throughout the house. He runs out of the front door a down a dark road. Just when the person believes to be free and thinks he has evaded the killer, he appears behind him...