Details of the audience - certificate for our film

I looked on the BBFC website (the British Board of Film Classification). 

For the type of film we are wanting to make, we were thinking the film would be a 15. 

15 british board of film classification research

We think our film would be a 15. We think this because a lot of psychological thrillers that we have looked into are usually 15's. Also because we are wanting to use horror references and violence with wounds and blood.
If our film was a U or a PG, a lot of people would think it would be a child's film and it wouldn't fit in with our ideal story line.
If our film was a 12/12a, we would be allowed to use mild language and violence but it would be quite difficult because of the genre we are wanting to do.
If the film was an 18 then even fewer people would come. Firstly because of the audience age range and also whether or not they'd be interested in what the plot was about. But we would be able to add more effect to detail on injuries and the aspect of drug use.

Details of a possible distributor

Some possible distributors for our pycological thriller film are: Metrodome group ltd and arrow films.

I believe that arrow films will be a good distributor for our film because, it has distributed a lot of unusually films like, invasion of the body snatchers. Even though this film is a horror film I believe that our thriller film will be will suited to there style of films that they distribute. Arrow films uses a lot of social media to distribute products, they use Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and Pinterest under both their name (arrows films) and also under the name of Nordic Noir.

Metrodome distribution would be a good company for our film to be distributed with as they have a large range of genres that means that they have a large audience of followers. This could be good for our film as it would be distributed by a company that has a lot of experience with different types of genres and how to get the best out of the film.

Research into the 'Thriller' Genre (Part 2)

                                              Research into the 'Thriller' Genre (Part 2)


The Storylines/ Characters that are typical of the 'Thriller' Genre-

Typical Storyline:

Usually, typical 'Thriller' films show justice and injustice, (or if not, good and evil) who are battling against each other. This appeals to the audience as it creates a feel of suspense.

The majority of the time, the identity of the antagonist is known to the audience and it is common for
the protagonist to intervene with their plans.

Typically, a 'Thriller' film will have a growing sense of danger, (and/ or threat) which an obvious sense of pursuit is presented to the audience.

'Thrillers' are usually shown from the protagonists point of view and may follow a series a events that they must overcome.

This means that it gives the audience the opportunity to form empathy for the characters involved and allows an overall connection between audience and protagonist to be formed.

(Information sourced from http://www.slideshare.net/Cissnei/conventions-of-thriller-films-and-tables-of-analysis)

Typical Characters:

The two main characters in a 'Thriller' are usually the protagonist and antagonist.

In particular, men who are exposed to danger in their career, (for example, a fireman, police officer, detective) are usually the hero in the film.

The antagonist is also usually a male. However, they are known to have a shady sense about them and are usually tall and/or slender in order to create a creepy atmosphere. The antagonist usually works alone.

Any other supporting characters are usually on the side of the protagonist.

In 'Thrillers', females are generally portrayed as innocent and/ or vulnerable until the protagonist requires her help.

Typical Clothing: 

Usually the antagonist will be dressed in a formal suit or form-fitting clothing, (such as a leather ensemble, for example). This is to emphasise their lean build and, in most cases, power.

This contrasts with the protagonists outfit which is usually casual, (a baggy shirt or loose fitting items, for example). They may also appear scruffy and/ or dirty after their journey which presents a sense of desperation for their plan to be resolved.

Typically, the chosen colour for the characters clothing is to draw parallels with their personality, (for example, villains usually appear in dark colours whilst protagonists are dressed in light/ pastel colours). This is to emphasise certain aspects of their personality.

Mostly, females are usually portrayed as being a 'dumb blonde' and, as a result of this, will be mainly dressed in revealing clothing that plays along with this stereotype.

 

Details of the audience certificate

The audience that we believe will want to watch our film Delusion are people who are interested in psychological thrillers films or films that have a unseen mystery about then.
The certification of our film will be a 15. This is because 12A's have infrequent strong language, sex may briefly be portrayed and moderate violence shown but not dwelled upon. Our film doesn't have any of these qualities so i believe it will be a 15 as it is not suitable to be a 12 and it is not a U as  U's are rated as suitable for young children it has only mild language in it like 'hell' and there can be times when a character is in danger but never gets hurt.
http://www.bbfc.co.uk/what-classification/15

The age range for our film Delusion will be from 15-35 as I believe the film will generate interest in the 30 age range as it will catch the audience as, a lot of people around that age will want to find out what is happening, why is she seeing people ect...... They have to have the questions answered. The communication between friends and family about certain films is what generates the interest for others outside the age range (that I believe our film will be)  want to see the film.

Our film will be for both genders (unisexual) as it has nothing in it that specifies or suggests that it is for a certain gender. 

The regionality  of our film is Britain as it's locations will all be in Britain and all of the actors will also be British. 

Research into the 'Thriller' Genre (Part 1)

                                                Research into the 'Thriller' Genre (Part 1)


Three similar films to our 'short' film-

Se7en: A thriller about two detectives who explore a series of murders that are carried out according to the seven deadly sins.

Shutter Island: Set in 1954, Teddy Daniels (a U.S marshal) is investigating a case in which a murderess has escaped from a mental health hospital and is claimed to be in hiding nearby.

The Da Vinci Code: Da Vinci paintings hold clues relating to a murder that has been committed inside the Louvre and eventually lead to the uncovery of a of a religious mystery that has been hidden by a secret society for two thousand years.

Mise-en-Scene & Iconography of Romance

                                 Mise-en-Scene of Romance

-A romance film usually involves wedding bells, love hearts and flowers. All of which symbolise love

-The characters will usually be separated by a disagreement or argument, however will re-unite and live happily ever after at the end of the film.

-Typical romance films are aimed at a female audience

                                  Iconography of Romance

-The main colour scheme in a romance film, (used for clothing etc) is usually: white, (which symbolises weddings) red, (which symbolises love) and pink, (since romance is usually aimed at females, this colour appeals to them)

-In romance, the lighting is usually bright so that it reflects happiness. However, sometimes some clips can also be over-exposed in order to represent the fact that the characters are having a dream-like experience, (if they have just fallen in love, for example)

(Watch clip from 1:18)

first 2 mins of film

Close up of a clock, with a ticking sound effect. Then it fades her eye to show fear (similar to the scene from Psycho). There is an over the shoulder shot of Summer towards the therapist, who is writing. She says "So Summer, tell me about this recurring dream you're having!" They have a conversation using shots of over the shoulder shots, a wide shot and close ups.

Cuts to next shot. She sits on a park bench (on her own). A medium upper shot of her with her back to the camera, the camera placed in a bush/tree - looks like she's being watched. She begins to turn, halfway through turning it is cut to a close up of her looking over her shoulder. Long shot from the front of her standing up. A low angle shot, she turns right and camera pans left. She begins to walk. A long shot of her walking towards to camera (or stumbling/jogging), and the camera starts to slowly zoom. Close up of her hands fiddling. Extreme close up of putting hair behind her ear. Heart beat sound effect in the back ground. Jumps cut to clock, swap heart beat to a tick. Cuts back to her running. White noise effect in the back ground. She stops running. Impact cut, black screen, scream and title of film. White letters, turns screen white, then fades into black again. 

Fades into next shot. Traffic sound effects. Establishing shot of suicide bridge. Day time. Medium shot of behind the boy (slow zoom). Low angle shot of side of face, showing him breathing heavy (if it's cold). Close up of one hand on the railing. Close up of his feet moving forward. Close up of two hands on the railing (so far slow motion. Both hands on railing done as a continuous shot but edited in half). Impact cut of car screeching sound effect, Summer sits up in bed panting, scared from what just happened. Day time, in the morning. Summer is sitting on her bed with her laptop. She is looking through some old photos to try and calm herself down. A photo appears and the camera zooms into the photo and it comes to life and fills the whole screen. (already filmed a clip of her and her boyfriend, and the picture is just a still taken from the clip.) Clip/memory:  it's a sunny day with her boyfriend, she turns around and sees the nurse and snaps back to reality...

Final story line

Start:

We plan to start our film, half way through or towards the end of the storyline. 

• The main character is a girl - Summer.
• Her boyfriend has just committed suicide by jumping off a bridge.
• She develops schizophrenia.
• THE NURSE - She is constantly being followed by a nurse, she thinks the nurse is trying to hurt her, but really the nurse is only trying to help.
• She sees her dead boyfriend also (mirror scene).
• By the end of the film the audience find out that the girl has schizophrenia.
• The girl doesn't die!
• The girl tries to attack the nurse, but the girl get sedated and wakes up in a mental institution. 

Beginning:

It will start where Summer is in a Psychiatrist's room telling them that "she saw him again" Then it cuts to her being chased by someone in a park (could be nurse or boyfriend). Then scream. Title sequence. Suicide scene. (Medium shot from behind boyfriend on a bridge. Close up of him holding onto rail, blacks out. Traffic sound effects.)

Middle:

(In her home, night time.) Cuts to Summer at home on her laptop, looking at pictures of her and her boyfriend. We go into the image in her mind. The image becomes her memory, it's a sunny day with her boyfriend, she turns around and sees the nurse and snaps back to reality. Once she's back she goes into her bathroom to get her pills out of the cupboard behind the mirror. She closes her mirror and sees her boyfriend. She drops the pills (close up of pills dropping to floor in slow motion - can hear them drop). Pan across (maybe left or right) to door and stop. She sees the nurse stood in the doorway. Se puts her finger on her lips, says "shhh..." then turns the light off. 

End:
It's night time, in her home. The door bell rings, don't see who rings. Summer opens the door, no one is there. She closes the door, turn round and sees the nurse. Panics. She grabs something off the side and goes to attack the nurse. Summer is sedated. Blacks out. Wakes up in mental institute. Cut to eyes opening looking around. Looks across to box with tablets in that say schizophrenia on it.