Assignment 11 draft 4

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)


Kidulthood £600,000 (estimated)


Sket $1,000,000 (estimated)


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.


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


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

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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

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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.

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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.

Entertainment & Humor

Assignment 11 draft 4