Script

Script

Production company’s, fade out and then fade in to ambulance pulling in.

Straight cut into inside of the ambulance, 

Close up on Charlie saying “we’ve got to get her into the hospital now!”

Charlie turns to away from Damien towards Eliza whilst he turns around Damien picks up a sharp object (scissors) and stabs Charlie in his side

Charlie drops to the floor and we see an over shoulder shot of Damien looking over Charlie showing the power he has over him.

Damien turns around and ties Eliza up whilst she is in the wheelchair, uses chloroform to make her unconscious 

Cuts to Damien taking Eliza into the house and fades out 

Fade in to 6 months earlier

Charlie and Damien are sat in the ambulance and Charlie spots a scrapbook of Damien’s full of pictures of Eliza

Charlie questions Damien about it “why have you got this weird book?”

Damien replies “its none of your business!”

Charlie responds “if I see anymore of this stuff then I’m going to go and tell Eliza, you got that?”

Damien responds aggressively “yeah I got you just watch yourself”

Damien walks off and slams the door behind him to show his frustration at Charlie

Audience profile

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Final Task

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Codes and Conventions of a psychological thriller

Story Board

Taken, crime thriller analysis

Taken Island analysis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeFnD2Vm-SY 

Taken is a crime thriller with a strong focus throughout the film on the concept the good vs evil. The clip above is the official trailer for Taken as the opening is not available on youtube. The trailer will allow you to see the concept of the film and allow you to gain a certain amount of understanding to follow my notes.

Mise en Scene:

The colors and light techniques used in the opening of Taken are significant in  order to hint to audiences what is coming in the film and the genre type. At the very start of the clip a shot was used showing a photo of his daughter dressed in bright clothing in a dark room. The bright clothing connotes the girls innocence an young age where as the dark room in which the photo stands could foreshadow the dark future awaiting the girl. This creates an enigma for audiences to follow keeping them engaged in the story-line. The next shot we are shown is the father sitting in total darkness in black clothing, this allows audiences to read into the fathers personality and develop a stereotype in the head of a devoted Dad with a dark side. The next scene we are shown is the daughters birthday party, the weather is blissful and sunny which acts as a prophetic fallacy hinting at the joy felt by all those in the clip this acts as the original equilibrium that Todorov talks about suggesting that something bad is coming.

Next I focussed on analyzing the stock characters in the films opening. They all seem to fall into Propp's character functions. The Dad appears to take the lead as the hero, this is suggested by the strong love we see he has for his daughter as well as the bad attitude or 'hard' edge in his character. The father is dressed in smart clothing however looks roughed up suggesting he is not afraid to get his hands dirty which is shown as the story progresses. The daughter takes the role of damsel or victim, this is suggested  by her fragile frame innocent clothing persuading audiences to automatically side with her and make the villains seem more cruel.  The mother seems to portray herself as though she may act as an aid in throughout the start of the film as she comes across as another character who cares deeply for the daughter but however doesn't appear to be a dominant character as she is dressed in fragile, expensive clothing connoting that she is not the type of women to get her hands dirty.

Institutional research

The production company we have decided to use for our film opening is Universal pictures. There are many reasons we chose to use this production company, firstly it has produced a number of successful films that fall under the same thriller genre as our product such as se7en. This makes our film opening look more professional and like a genuine thriller opening which has the potential to do well with such a big name backing it.

The production company that we are using is metro-Goldwyn Mayer or ‘MGM’; we have decided to use this company because they have a long history of creating movies similar to our movie opening. MGM are owned by MGM holdings inc making them a vertically intergrated organisation as they are not owned by outside corporations, this is significant because it may be cheaper to promote the company and what they are selling because there are less companies involved. This company have produced a number of high standard films such as the James bond films, this gives our movies a high prestige because of these previous films, these all link to our movie because this movie is also involved with some thriller aspects and is a very highly rated movie series making it a positive aspect for us because our movie follows similar thriller aspects. We have decided to use a independent company because of these reasons and that they are a large distribution company which supports our movie being a high end product.