Response to the client brief

 explanation of demographics 

The information that I have about my audience is that this thriller film is aimed towards 16–24-year-olds. I might include in my thriller film a psychopath. This will appeal to the audience as it's something that many people in this age range find interesting and are drawn to. The advantages there are to making my thriller for this audience is that I know that people of this age range will want to watch this film and be interested in it also. The challenges that I foresee making my thriller for this audiences are not to make it like every other film as there's many thrillers which includes a psychopath and have the same or if not similar storyline. This will be a challenge as I need to make my film standout/be unique than all the other thriller films that include a psychopath.

conventions

The thriller conventions that will have to include in my work is murders/deaths as well as violence. I might include each convention by for murders is having a psychopath on the loose going around and murdering people. I will include violence by the victims try to get away from the psychopath or the psychopath trying to catch and run after his victims which may possibly lead to them getting injured. Another convention that will include is crime, this is because in the film that I'm creating is a crime thriller which is a major part of the film.

Industry requirements

The media organisation I've chosen to produce my thriller film would be Netflix as they are the second largest entertainment company it has published millions of their own and other organisation such as Disney. It started in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in California, it's a worldwide media company everyone from around the world can go on it. One advantage of working with this company is they have made many famous actors and movies go famous they are a well-known media for getting people to watch I believe I can use this to my advantage and publish my film, a disadvantage would be that my film won't be able to get published in certain countries also the age range will change for them. BBFC would put my target audience as 15-24 because in the UK there is no 16.

medium 

My medium will have Netflix text as they are the ones, I've chosen to produce my thriller film.

opening scene conventions

Analysis	Reservoir Dogs	Seven
How does it introduce the characters & setting?	How does it engage the audience? (enigmas, clues, techniques)	How does it engage the audience? (enigmas, clues, techniques
How does it introduce the themes & narrative?	in the beginning we hear shouting "put the gun down"then were introduced to the characters.You can already tell its comedy thriller as theres a lot of jokes and humorous language and there this upbeat song in the background.	in the beginning there is audio dialogue in the background we see Brad Pitt and Samuel Jackson and then the use of the flashlight is used to transition into the next slide.
What technical language does it use and to what effect?   •Mise-en-scene •Camera language •Editing •Sound	mise-en-scene =guns, suits, and ties and weapons                                                         camera language=back view, side angle, close ups                                                         editing=                                                           sound=the man in charge making orders and calling them out by their names	mise-en-scene=flashlights, police badges, guns or any weapon camera language=close ups, zooms in, rear view editing= a lot of flashy or fast scenes use of certain objects like flashlight or clock further creates mores suspense sound=dialogue, screaming, the protagonist and antagonist voices, different things like a clock that you can hear.
What information about its production companies does it give?	it says the name of the production company at the beginning after "every dog" has its day"	it tells us who the main characters are a little bit about what the film is about

conventions of thriller

Film Title	What is theEnigma?	Who is the Protagonist?	Who is the Antagonist?	How is suspensebuilt?	Any other signs ofa thriller?
Se7en (1995)	Who is behind the killings	Detective williamsummerset  Detective davidmills	Mystery that’s why its an enigma	The music  And the bodies being discovered  Game hints	Suspense  Murder Dark weather(rainingetc)
The Usual Suspects (1995)	Who isKysasose? Who will live? Is Kysasose real?	Keten Verbal kint	Fencter Mc menace Hawkny	Suspense is built when the whole mystery on who and if Kysasoseis real	Murder(27) Dark scenery  Sound effects Mystery
The Silenceof The Lambs (1990)	Killer on the loose	Clarisse-fbi agent	Bill skins	The kettle  The repeat of the name Clarisse  And the gunshot	Creepy music  Murder Screaming Guns(weapons) Whispering
Rear Window (1954)	Who killed them? What happened?	James stewart	Its an enigma	When jameslove interest pulls the curtains and a body has just been dropped.	Damsel in distress(lady involved

thriller sub-genres

Sub-Genre	Definition	Example Film	Conventions of  sub-genre	Conventions of thriller genre
Action thriller	An action thriller is just a thriller with lots of violence and suspense	Taken	a lot of violence and harmful physical touch involved	Whispering  Suspense Screaming\crying
Comedy Thriller	Comedy thriller are just comedic it can include action and crime but involve comedy as well	In Bruges	Jokes or rude humour  or sarcasm	Flashing scenes  Guns and weapons involved  Bad guys
Conspiracy Thriller	A conspiracy thriller are just ideas that people have or theirthoughts	Enemy of The State	Innocent man that gets trapped into abig mistake with the fbi and everyone believes he is lying	Man running for his life  Violence and aggression involved and weapons
Crime Thriller	Crime thriller are just usually crimes committed in the film	Memento	Man’s wife gets killed and he searches for the man responsible w the intention of murder and revenge	Violence  Murder  Weapons guns etc Gunshots Pictures of crime scenes and evidence

Sub-Genre	Definition	Example Film	Conventions of  sub-genre	Conventions of thriller genre
Legal Thriller	Legal thriller are more about lawyers investigating in a crime etc	The Life ofDavid Gale	Man seeks a journalist about the murder of davidgale and how someone is trying to frame him	Suspense Flashbacks Gunshots Killer Quick slide scenes
PsychologicalThriller	Psychological thriller are more about someone mentally and physically	The Machinist	Man who has insomnia starts hallucinating and starts believing he’s going crazy	Creepy  Dark atmosphere  Black and white Creepy Pyscho
Spy Thriller	Spy thriller involve fbi or spies investigations	Spectre	James bond involved trying to investigate something and save a girl	Flashy scenes  Violence and aggression Shouting/screaming Suspense builds Damsel in distress Weapons involved
SupernaturalThriller	Supernatural thriller are supernaturalbeings or things like vampires etc	The Sixth Sense	Little boy is seeing ghosts and talking to them and everyone thinks he’s crazy	Screams/crying Violence Suspense Flashy scenes Creepy voices/whispering
Techno-thriller	Technology involved thriller	Ex Machina	Man gets a job to work with robots and machines	Suspense  Flashy scenes  Female voice Knife involved

analysis of themes in thrillers

 the black phone: thriller themes

• psychological
• crime
• investigation

PYSCHOLOGICAL THEME

This is one of the key themes in this movie it shows us this through the characters. The first character we explore this theme would be the alcoholic dad he became that way as the mother of his two children (Finn, Gwen) decided to commit suicide he ended up losing his mind and dignity and becomes abusive also shouts at his children for reminding him of his wife. The second would be the wife as clearly, she was going through it and the serial killer who kidnapped and manipulated little boys into believing they would live if they played his game.

The audience will feel for the children and the father as they lost their mum due to her mental health, they may see the father as a bad person as this leaded him to being abusive and watching the children cry and scream may be emotional for the audience. They will also feel emotional for the smiled of the dead missing boys and for the boys themselves who had to die brutally as a result of the serial killer game.

When I decide to create my thriller film, I will include this theme by making one of my characters crazy and having a messed up mental health.

CRIME

This is a second theme that is used frequently as is crime. This is shown at the beginning when we see all the missing boys and when Finn friend Lin goes missing, we explore this theme throughout and when Finn starts getting calls from the dead missing boys and each of them uncover more about the serial killer as time goes by.

The audience again will feel hurt for the parents and the children who had to die due to this man as they have may have kids of their own or generally feel concern and emotional in this situation, your generations such as teenagers might be scared as they might think this could happen to them.

If I decide to add crime in my thriller film one of my characters might go missing or get killed and this could be a storyline for my film.

INVESTIGATION

 This is the last most common theme in my chosen thriller film, all three of the themes I chose go hand in hand as for crime little boys are being kidnapped and murdered which leads to my theme investigation as the police and parents try and investigate and look into what happened and lastly the theme psychological has to do with the 

characters how they are mentally and the killer himself. Before Linn goes missing there were already two, he becomes the third when the Finn goes missing, we see the police investigate his sister who also tries to through her dreams the killer brother who somewhat worked in the department also investigates however in the end his brother kills him for finding out.

These investigations and missing boys keep the audience intrigued as to whether we will find them, who's next and whether or not their dead it draws put their imaginations and sets their focus more to the movie. During along the process of trying to find out they might be sad, scared etc.

Because all my themes are linked if I was to involve crime in my thriller film it would automatically lead to an investigation and for phycological it depends on my characters.

thriller moodboard

the call- Hallie berry 2013 

mise-en-scene 

lighting: it's always mainly directed at the characters and in the background everything else is in black and white and has a dark setting.

locations: police office, car, mall, hidden house or cabin, underground, gas station, highway, shops and a variety of different houses.

costumes: police uniform=police veteran operator= (Hallie berry) suits= man that died, long light blue sleeve, glasses and black jeans=serial killer little girl that survived=very bright yellow crop top and navy skinny jeans little girl that didn't survive= white vest and a pink cardigan.

era: mainly at night or in the afternoon few scenes shot very early performance: movie was very serious, a lot of fear, the serial killer had psychotic behaviour, the wife of him and her children were clueless, his victims were nice and there were a lot of pf panic attacks and rage used as well in their behaviour. props:knives,guns, shovel, car, police badges, telephone

 camera 

shot types: lots of establishing shots for the characters.

camera angles: front angle for the serial killer and back view from the car he was driving in.

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camera movement: slow paced, fast paced for the car driving around or for the speeding, thrills use erratic and whipped movement.

Editing

pace: slow, fast, medium, erratic, concentrated.

techniques: low pitch music, no dialogue Halle berry kept repeating clues or what he or his victim said.

the black phone (2022)

lightening: very dark in most scene during the day when everything seems normal it's light but in dramatic or tense scene it gets darker and cloudier

locations: school different homes, basement and a shop, neighbourhood

consumes: black hat, red polo neck, black bottoms and white devil mask the boy=blue long sleeve with grey in the middle and blue bottoms(Grabber)

era: during the afternoon or at night because that is usually when the Grabber picks his victims and when the scenes are shot however hard to tell because the weather is always bad.Its shot in the 1970's period.

performance: a lot of rage and physical and aggressive movement for example when the dad hit Gwen with a belt for her dreams and in the scene there is a lot of shouting and fast movement and she drops his bottle of alcohol.

props: knives, dun, axe, the black phone, mask, magician hat, balloons

 

 camera 

shot types: close ups, rear view shots.

camera angles:far away, close ups

camera movement: slow, medium pace, fast for certain scenes like when Finn was finding ways to escape the camera moved with him or shows things that he is going to try use or do.

                                                                 Editing 

pace:fast for dramatic scenes or when Gwen was trying to find the house in her dreams to find her brother and the ghost appear out of no where its such a sudden thing that if you pause they might look like a blur. 

techniques: there's no dialogue just faint voices of the dead missing boys in Finn ear telling him how to escape and what to do.