Treatment: The Call

The Call

A medium shot from behind that quickly switches in front of the teenage boy on his way home from his friends taking his normal route through the park, listening to music with his headphones to the maximum volume, completely away from everything around him. Suddenly a car pulls up, 3 masked men in black clothing jump out start to run towards the boy.  The next shot is a close up in front of the teenage boy as a bag is pt over his face and the scene ends with a loud scream. The next scene starts of blurry as the bag is lifted from his head and he is surrounded by 3 masked men in a room with lowkey lighting. This scene is very intense as the kidnappers will keep asking the teenage boy a serious of questions. Finally, the leader of the kidnappers will state that the teenage boy has one phone call, if the person answers the phone he will die, but if they don't he gets to live. The phone start to ring then the scene ends and the next scene is a black screen with the writing "Earlier that day".

Props

Props

The props that will be used in the opening scene are to add to gritty realism and make the audience actually believe it can happen to them, making the audience feel scared and worried as much as possible. In addition, it is for the audience to be very engaged and on the edge of their seats.

Props:

• Wires - Black, the reason it is wires is because I want the audience to know that it is a kidnapping. However as it is not rope it will portray that they are not professionals.

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  2/3 masks - Have to be very intimidating, either balaclavas or ski masks. This will allow the audience to know who is the victim and who are the antagonists clearly. I want one of the masked men to have a different colour mask on, this will be to show that he is in charge and is the more dominant leader of the group.

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  Phone - A landline phone will be needed during the scene of the victim tied up because after being questioned, he will have the one phone call. It will need to be a phone that can stand up as the victim wont be able to hold it.

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  Plastic school type chair - This is the most suitable chair for our thriller opening because the victim will need to have his hands tied behind his back.

   

Lighting Analysis

Lighting analysis from tyrelle thomas

Customer profile questionnaire

Customer profile questionnaire

After asking 12 people that fit my target audience a series of questions, I was able to have an accurate sum up on general statistics on thriller movies and what it is about them that makes people enjoy them.

Male/Female aged 16-18

What is it about thriller movies that grabs attention?

From 9 out of 12 of the people I interviewed, their answers were all very similar in the fact that it is the excitement and the fact that they are always on the edge of your seats waiting for something new to catch you off guard. The other 3 seemed to enjoy the fact that the storyline is very realistic and the fact that it is something that can happen to anyone making the films seem more relatable.

What is your favourite thriller subgenre?
50% said  that their favourite subgenre has to be action, this is because they love to see a fight scene go on it just adds to the ongoing suspense of the film. An example that was referred to many times was Now you see me 2, as "it doesn't only have a tricky plot but whenever the antagonists were nearly caught it resulted in a fight between the protagonist and antagonist". The other 30% stated that their favourite thriller subgenre was crime. This is because of the characters being very street-smart and they usually include some type of kidnapping scene. A few stated that their favourite thriller subgenre was Sci-fi. This is because they include some type of very creative technology that the audience become really engaged with.    

What the top two favourite thriller movies?

All the people I interviewed came to the conclusion after a long think that there top two would have to be Now You See Me and Lucy. These are two films that are bother very different thrillers being that Lucy is Sci-fi thriller and Now You See Me is a crime thriller. Nevertheless, they both keep the audience intrigued with the great plot ideas.

If you had to choose out of 'Now You See Me' and 'Lucy', what would you pick?

This is quite a tricky question that my interviewees struggled to pick but after analysing both films. 10 out 12 would have to pick Now You See Me. "This film has one of most excellent plot twist at the end of it that completely caught me off guard first watching it and ever since it has been my favourite of all time". The other 2 had picked Lucy as they love the thrill of new technology and the idea of a human computer.

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Target audience profile

Target audience profile

When it comes to thriller movies, the target audience can vary. this is because it depends on the sub-genre that it is attached to. The general age of the target audience of thriller films is from about 14-40, being both males and females. the reason I have chosen such a particular minimum and maximum age is because I personally believe that this is the most target age groups. In addition to this, the target audience is:

• Someone who enjoys having to figure out things during the film
• Love films that have you on the edge of your seat
• excited by plot twists.

Customer profile

Hello my name is Chris and I am 17 years old. I am a hard working student that likes to workout practical situations. This is the reason why I find thriller movies so exciting. My favourite mind-twisting thriller is Inception as it really gets my brain going and keeps me constantly thinking. I live with my parents and watch the latest thrillers with my parents in their spare time. I really do recommend thrillers that have edge of your seat synopsis and create tension throughout through the use of storyline and music. I stay up to date on the latest movies by social media.

The effect of Typography and Music

The effect of Typography and Music

Producers and directors have become successful not only for their use of camera angles and jump cuts, but also through the different typography and music that they use for the film to create deeper emotion.

Movie opening one: City of God

Music

During the opening scene of the movie City of God, from the beginning there is diagetic sound of the knife being sharpened is used to show the audience the type of environment the film is based in, as it is loud it may frighten the audience as the knife can represent violence but it just shows a practical thing being done. As it goes on, the music of the opening scene is fast paced and can be called Latin American. Parallel sound is used effectively as the film is based in the heart of the favela's, it shows people living their day-to-day lives outside and the music is diagetic as it shows some type of band using instruments with people dancing to emphasises that life in the favela's is quite together and people get along. This is to give the audience the feel that the movie is going to be very realistic and show life in the favela's of Brazil. As the thugs start to chase the chicken, the music is still able to fit in with the fast pace chase. As the opening scene goes on the music becomes more apart of the background as there becomes a lot of dialogue.

Typography

The typography is quite simplistic and not shown as much in the opening scene of City of God as it focuses on the vibes of Brazil. In addition, when it is shown, it is more in the corners of the scene to not take up space as the directors and producers of the film are not the main attractions as they're not really well known because it is a Brazilian film.

Movie opening two: The Purge

Music

The music in the opening scene of the first purge is very classical and to the audience this can either be soothing or very off-putting for what is going to happen next. As the music is completely opposite to the scenes shown, the audience will feel very uncomfortable and confused because classical music connotes calm and collective however the scene shows constant murdering and violence that goes in during the purge. Furthermore, the music could indicate to the audience that the type of violence shown in the opening scene is normal and make them start to question why that music was used.

Typography

Throughout the scenes, it shows the different actors that will be taking part but the font is not the biggest and boldest but also quite simple but it is in a more open space for the audience to be able to recognise any names they may know. at the complete beginning, it shows the institution "Universal Pictures" in a bright white on a black background to indicate that this is something that is needed to be known.

Movie opening three: Deadpool

Music

As the majority of us know, Deadpool is a very cocky character, this makes the opening music to this film quite comical as it is the type of music that would be used for superheroes at the end of a movie. The audience would find it hysterical because the music does not match the opening scene and that's the type of thing they would expect.

Typography

The typography in this opening scene is effective because it is bold and white to stand out to the audience as it shows up. The type of font is quite commonly used in marvel films, the audience will recognise it as it has is like a comic.

overall, the typography and music have a large effect on how interesting and intriguing the film is to the audience because it can show different parts of film and be inviting music or discomforting depending on the type of film.

Movie opening propsal

Movie opening proposal

Please click the link above to see my thriller opening proposal and it also includes my mood board to give you a visual idea.