Additional Influences

I have named a few films that have influenced our group with the themes and storyline of our film. These three films include characters that are Schizophrenic, whether this is shown by one character or cleverly played by two.

Secret window- The Secret Window is a psychological thriller starring Johnny Depp.  He plays a writer called Mort Rainey who is confronted by a stranger who is outside his house. He calls himself John Shooter and claims that Mort (Depp) had stolen an idea for a story from him however Mort claims he can easily prove he had written it first and Shooter becomes more and more violent as he waits for the evidence.  

Black Swan- Black Swan is a psychological thriller, like our film 'Nyctophobia'.  A Ballerina is cast as the lead role in Swan Lake, she is perfect to portray the part of the 'White Swan' however finds it difficult to portray the 'Black Swan'. Another ballet dancer who she knows fits the role perfectly of the Black Swan. However, as they go compete for the lead, Nina (played by Natalie Portman) finds her darker side.

Fight Club- After the nameless narrator (Norton) who suffers from Insomnia is on his flight home he meets a man called Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) after he  finds out his apartment has been destroyed by an explosion he calls Durden and meets him, outside the bar Durden requests the 'nameless narrator' to hit him. After further fights there appears to be a crowd surrounding them. The men decide to create a 'fight club'. Towards the end you start to realise that Tyler (played by Pitt) is the darker side to the 'nameless narrator.

Marketing our Movie

Marketing is arguably the most important factor in a production of a movie; without it producers find it hard to promote their film, leading to less people viewing & buying the movie leading to less profit made.
Unlike famous Hollywood directors, we are running this project on a limited budget. So we have to think of initiative ideas into promoting our movie and persuading people to watch it.
One Marketing strategy we have used so far is creating a page on the social networking site 'Facebook'
this gives people the chance to 'like' our movie, whilst doing this it appears on their 'news feed' which has
 a snowboarding effect which gets even more people involved.

Final Poster

                                                              



                                                                

Potential Poster Ideas

Here are some ideas for a poster for our Thriller. We think they are good as they represent the split mind that the main character has. They also look interesting and would make people want to find out more about the film. I chose this writing because i think it suits the story and it goes well with the pictures used for the poster.

I think this photo looks very effective in black and white as it makes it look cold and dark.

 This one is good because the colours make it look interesting and intriguing. It also looks quite dark making it look scary and mysterious.

This one is quite effective as it shows slight differences between the two people. You can also see how one of them has blue eyes, which is also featured our thriller and everytime this character has a flashback, her eyes change colour which represents the other side of her.

Draft Risk Assessment

photos from the second day of filming

                                                                    

Textual Analysis of the opening to 'Orphan'

Orphan is a 2009 American horror and thriller film directed by Jaumme Collet-Serra, starring Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, and Isabelle Furhman in the title role. The film centers on a couple who, after the death of their unborn child, adopt a mysterious 9-year old girl.

The movie starts with the iconographic Warner Bros.Pictures label, However, it's not in the traditional gold format, instead it's been edited using the 'negative' photography effect which inverts the colours, it's now U.V coloured blue and pink, this creates an ominous start.

The movie title 'Orphan' has also been edited in an interesting way; at first it appears to be a simple, basic title but seconds after a music sting is used and the title changes to the U.V colours previously mentioned to emphasis the eeriness. The title is also symbolism for the plot which is a different person hiding underneath a fake person.

After the opening sequence the movie fades in from white to a blurred clip of a couple, this has been done to show it's a flashback from the past. The Non-Diegetic soundtrack played throughout the flashback also heightens the suspense of the opening.

A high angle shot looking down on the woman makes her character seem vulnerable, the fact the she is also being pushed in her wheelchair because she in pregnant makes her seem even more insecure.

There is then a close up shot of her bleeding from the wheelchair, it's quite grotesque which suggests to the audience this is going to be a gruesome film, because there is blood we automatically judge this to be a horror as blood is convention used in them.

I feel that the opening of this film is very effective; straightaway it's conveying the genre to the audience through the suspense in the music and the gruesomeness of the blood.