Thursday 26 December 2013

Main Character Influences

Character ideas and Influences


Our character will differ from the generic drug dealer. Through this we aim to show that the dangers of the criminal world can affect anyone. As you can see our character is seen wearing 'hipster' clothing as opposed to the usual baggy, concealing clothing of a drug dealer.  This will make it apparent that out character has very little idea of what he is actually doing.

We took our inspiration for our main character from Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker in 'The Amazing Spiderman'. He is portrayed as very clean cut but looks quite street smart. Due to the way our character looks on the surface our target audience can learn more about his background just through the 2 minute opening. This means that the audience find out just enough information.





Tuesday 24 December 2013

Chosen Music Analysis


We plan to use this a section of this song in our opening as it is uncanny and it builds up tension. Also it will help our opening feel more like a thriller. I think that this piece of music fits very well with the scenes it will be playing over hence why we chose to use part of it in our opening.

Monday 23 December 2013

The Daedalus Project

 

The Daedalus Project is a name stemming from the greek word 'good worker'. We chose this as the title for our film because our film is about a young man who has to get involved with drug cartels in order to survive.  The story follows a middle working class 18-year old who is forced to dive into the world of drugs in order to earn money to survive. Our main character will be different to the usual stereotypical person who is associated with drugs.
(stereotypical drug dealer)

We want to use a different type of character in our opening, someone from a different background, we have chosen to do this because it shows that the business of drug dealing can affect anyone.

Friday 20 December 2013

Gender Representation

Gender representation:
MALES
  • Men are represented as having more of an active and less emotional role to women, they usually take on positions as the main character or team leader.
  • Men are portrayed as courageous and independant as well mentaly stable.
  • More often than not they will be powerful in physique and usually they will be able to put up a fight.
  • Ethnically there has been an increase of afro-carribean protagonists, however the main protagonist will usually be white and in his mid 30's. A prime example of this would be Pulp Fiction; where most of the main characters are in their 30's.
  • A males physique aids in showing them as a hero. Often to appeal to straight women and gay men, the physique will be displayed to create sexual nature.


FEMALES
  • Women are portrayed differently to men; however this often depends on their age.
  • Older women will often be carers or mothers, with a seductive appeal whereas younger more attractive women will be pure and vulnerable
  • Very often women will be very reliant on men in these types of films; and allow themselves to become submissive.
  • Judging from personal experience, women in thrillers are always in good shape and very attractive in order to attract a male audience.
  • It can be noted that most female protagonists play a masculine role.
  • Female characters are usually the 'screaming victim'.
  • 'The Silence of The Lambs', portrays Clarice Starling, the main character as rather ruthless and masculine.

Wednesday 18 December 2013

Thriller Poster Analysis

 Firstly, at the top of the poster it has some information about the producers previous movies, this would increase the amount of viewers the films gets as people who liked those movies would then come to watch this one.
In the middle of the poster there is a caption, it gives away a little information about the movie so that the person looking at the poster knows what the movie is about. It also has the date the movie is released in the cinema so that people know when it is available for viewing at a cinema.
The main focus point of the poster is the face as it takes up almost the whole page. The person is wearing a mask which is quite sinister and frightening. This links to the previous films that the producer has made. The lighting is also very low key, this adds to the sinister element of the poster.
At the very bottom of the poster there is some smaller writing, one of the captions is ''#survivethenight'', by doing this the audience can get involved with the build up to the film. This would also increase the amount of viewers the movie gets as more people would hear about the movie.