Lighting

We will use back lighting and low key lighting to create thrill and uncertainty, this conforms to the conventions of a thriller.

We will use low key lighting indoors and natural lighting to connote equilibrium. The low key lighting will be used for the disequilibrium.

Micro-elements of sound will also be used.

Sound

We will use background sounds as clock ticks in interview scene to reflect time and to help drive narrative

Dialogue will be used throughout as this is the main source to drive narrative.

Diegetic and non-diegetic sounds will be used.

Location

We will be filming under the bridge on A3.

School film studio and drama studios are possible for the interview main scene.

Sixth form upper floor can be used to get away scene.

Subway can be used to create suspense and uncertainty. This will conform to the conventions of a thriller.

Sixth form offices/ staff rooms can be used at start of film for the disequilibrium.

Propps character theory

There will be a hero, villain, blockers but no damsel in distress, we will use a role reversal as the detectives will need saving and they are men.

Camera shots

Establishing shots will represent the setting and genre.

Longshots will connote the characters ideology's.

Close ups will connote the characters emotions.

Panning shots will create disorientation as the chase progresses

Characters

Rash young detective, he is naïve and is less intelligent than his elder partner. Let actions speak louder than words.

Older second detective, he is more intelligent as he uses his head more to analyse the situation.

Intelligent antagonist as he outsmarts the detectives as he escapes.

Narrative

Close ups, longshots and establishing shot will be used to connote the characters ideologys and also to reflect key themes and the setting

Narrative

We will be following Todorov’s theory of narrative as our film will start off as an equilibrium. The two detectives will be carrying on with their daily  lifestyles. Everything is normal (equilibrium) until they receive a phone call about an unusual mysterious terrorist organisation. The Illuminati. They then witness disequilibrium as they struggle to gain the upper hand on the situation. They continue to chase the leader. As they find the leader of the group he decides he will “hand himself in”. In an interview the two detectives personalities are represented to the audience as they interrogate. As tougher questions hit the antagonist he uses his supernatural powers to cut the power as he escapes.

Thriller film conventions.

Thriller is a broad genre of literature, film, and television programming that uses suspense, tension and excitement as the main elements. Thrillers heavily stimulate the viewer's moods giving them a high level of anticipation, ultra-heightened expectation, uncertainty, surprise, anxiety and/or terror. Thriller films tend to be adrenaline-rushing, gritty, rousing and fast-paced. Literary devices such as red herrings, plot twists and cliff-hangers are used extensively. A thriller is a villain-driven plot, whereby he or she presents obstacles that the protagonist must overcome.

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