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By Alex, Adam, Alannah and HannahA Psychological Thriller presented by AAAH Productions

Class 5E

OverviewGenre- Psychological Thriller.

Plot- 

◦ Woman has row with her boyfriend – he leaves.

◦ While she is alone, unexpectedly she starts seeing doors slam, hears shattered glass, shadows.

◦ The woman notices her ex-boyfried is in the house unexpectedly and uninvited.

◦ Change in camera shot to outside looking into the house at the ex-boyfriend who closes the curtain, obscuring the audiences vision.

◦ Twist at the end where the boyfriend and ex-boyfriend were in it together all along, which would leave the opening scene on a cliff-hanger. 

Themes- Lust, desire, love, paranoia, realism, struggle, contrasted characters, obsession.

Representations◦ The main character in our psychological thriller as the killer is represented to be a young male character at

the age of 19, this is reinforcing the negative representation their age.  

◦ Genre conventions, such as in the film 'Silence of the Lambs' is used where the villains are male.  

◦ Reinforcing a negative gender stereotype of males being violent compared to women.   

◦ Reinforcing relationships between a young male and female couple and stereotypically showing what they

could be like.  

◦ We are also reinforcing exaggerated revenge by representing violence.

LocationThe filming will take place inside Castlefield house and around the outside of it.Filming inside Castlefield house:◦ Kitchen◦ Lounge◦ Bedroom◦ Next to windowOutside Castlefield house◦ Shots of window◦ Shots of main door◦ Shots of pathway next to Castlefield house

Waring of anyone of filming that could cause alarm or distress of others.

StructureAct 1. This will be the act in which we show Adam getting ready and showing the texting between characters.

Act 2. This will be the act in which Alex and Alannah have a verbal fight and Alex walks out and Adam enters, and starts closing all the curtains.

Act 3. The final act will be the scenes when everything starts to happen and the suspected murder of Alannah happens, then Adam and Alex cross paths, and finally Hannah walks towards the house, starts knocking on the door and turns seeing Adam and Alex walking away together.

Key dramatic moments- 

◦ Tension build up while Alannah is in the house 'on her own', having a feeling that someone is unexpectedly in her house.

◦ End with the plot twist of Alex and Adam actually walking together, and then the audience realise that they know each other.

Characters◦ Alannah- Plays the victim, Boyfriend to Alex, Ex-boyfriend to Adam.

◦ Adam- Plays a mysterious, murderous man, in plans with Alex, playing out the murder of Alannah with no apparent reason. Also is the ex-boyfriend of Alannah.

◦ Alex- Plays a man thought as a kind, emotional and innocent boyfriend to Alannah, but in secret is in plans with Adam for the murder of Alannah.

◦ Hannah- A character that turns up to the house at the end of the opening scene.

Genre conventions:

The conventions of the thriller genre are used to create a tense atmosphere to enhance the idea of escapism. This is achieved by examples below: • Low key lighting• Fast pace editing• Close up shots• Characters that are very sinister and out of the ordinary• Jump scares

Attracting target audience:Creating realistic moments (shadows and reflections) to make the audience relate to what is happening. 

Creating tense moments (hearing glass smash and seeing footprints) to draw in the audience, to keep them engaged and intreagued.

Not revealing everything to the viewers, so there's a continuous uncertainty of what's going to happen.

Mood/atmosphere created:Having dark lighting throughout to create a sense of unease and question.

Having sinister music to add tension and build up specific moments within the opening sequence. Distorted angle shots to make the audience feel uncomfortable.

Mise en scèneSetting-  The setting will be the day/afternoon

Props- glass smashing, photos of Alannah w/ex boyfriend, 

Lighting- Low key lighting will be used to give a sense of unsettling tension. It will also keep the identity of the killer hidden.

Costume/makeup- Typical teenage clothing for all characters. Alannah has nomal every day makeup on.

Performance/proxemics- We are going to have close ups of the characters faces to show the facial expressions, and show their emotions. 

Camerawork◦ The camerawork will consist of a variety of shot distances and angles. ◦ The use of a tripod will give stable shots and holding the camera as steady as possible for any

moving shots that may take place.◦ Camerawork must follow the 180 degree rule, and scenes may have to be shot more than

once so that we can acquire camera distances and angles. Always watching out for mistakes and if so re-shooting the scene that the mistake took place within. 

◦ The camera will be positioned on the rule of thirds, this is where the character/object of interest is positioned within lines that make the character of interest without directly in the middle of the screen.

Sound

Influences from researchThe shining: We found this a influential part of research as it reflected towards the ideas that we had about our story.The purge: The Purge was also a influential part of research as it is about a murderous event that happens and gave us inspiration towards a creepy murder story. In our opening scene it could be quite creative if we use the contrasting non-diegetic sound in the background. This will help achieve the emotions related to the thriller genre and help to create the atmosphere of the film. The contrast will also establish enigma codes such as; what will the story develop into?