Film Pitch: Round the Bend

Ted Hazell and

Kiran Saghir

To Sum it up in five words or less

Its

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“The Spawn of Taken”

‘‘Crime Thriller’’

TK Studios™

Our company name is TK Studios. We got the name from the initials of our first names (creative!).

The distributing company that we are looking to work with are…

• Summit Entertainment is an American film studio and a subsidiary of Lions Gate Entertainment.

• When using http://www.the-numbers.com/ it tells us that Summit Entertainment is ranked 13th in the world distributors and on thriller films alone, it is number one.

Opening of the film

Opening Layout of the film• Spencer and Lily return from their camping

trip• We see Joseph watching Lily and Spencer

return from his house• Spencer sends Lily to Joseph's house to return

something• Lily gets abducted

Characters- VictimLily Fox

The victim of this film is a 10 year old girl. Using the spheres of action, she is the princess. She is also the focus point of this film as if there was no girl then there would be no story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tDBUHj7JWg (1)I believe that Mackenzie Foy would fit in with this role

perfectly and it would give the character more of a dominant part in the film.

Costume for Lily Fox

The bright colours to symbolise that she is a main character and to contrast from the

surroundings. The teddy bear to connote to the audience

her innocence

Alone with nobody else around

This is a link to the surroundings:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgcK2xPh9jo&feature=channel&list=UL (2)

Characters- Hero Spencer Fox

The hero of this film will be the father of the victim that was kidnapped, and I have chosen Patrick Wilson to play him. I believe that Patrick Wilson would be perfect for this as I feel that the father in this film should seem innocent and just a typical dad, but then seems to have all the great physical and mental attributes that make him a great hero and detective.

I also wanted the actor I chose to be able to show emotional pain and

fear as that is what I believe you would feel if your child was abducted. He does this in Hard Candy. Even though he plays a pedophile in the film the tides turn and he becomes the victim and shows real fear towards his life and emotional pain and fear through people realizing who he actually is. All we got to do is change the reason why he is experiencing pain and fear to an abducted daughter and there you go!

Hard Candy trailerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U_xFaKhLsI (3)

Sterotypical Dad Impressions (Dan from Watchmen)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avBtin729NU (4)

Costume for Spencer Fox

- White/Light grey shirt (untucked)- Blue Jeans- Sleeves rolled up (preferally)- Relaxed feel of the costume- Possibly Converse or trainers- Reading glasses

I chose to keep him as casual as possible so there is a difference between him and his friend. He is more of

the playful side of things and always has time for family, etc. and his friend is more serious and

controlled. The use of reading glasses too give you the feel that he is a bit nerdy or innocent and you would expect him to be someone to indulge himself into a

situation like that.

Characters- VillainJoseph Hawke

If you have seen any of the new Batman films, then you would have seen the Scarecrow character also known as Dr. Crane played by Cillian Murphy. This character is very relaxed and calm but inside you know he is screaming and definitely messed up in the head. This is exactly how I wanted the villain in this to seem like because in the storyline he is the ‘helper’ (spheres of action) to the hero. By making the character like this it gives off the use of subversion which is where you destroy loyalty – so In this case the best friends loyalty to the hero.

This short scene from batman begins, is exactly how I want the villain to seem behind closed doors.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO1gYEPIghE&feature=relmfu (5)

Costume for Joseph Hawke

When normal- White shirt (with the

sleeves rolled up)- Formal trousers and

shoes- Red tie

When kidnapping- Full suit (formal trousers, blazer and shoes)- Red tie- Black gloves- Ski Mask

I have chosen the costumes to be similar to drop a hint to the audience that he may be the kidnapper but later on in the film there

will be many twists that lead to other suspects. Also the use of the ski mask and

gloves basically hides any trace of identity to who the kidnapper might be.

Other characters- that you don’t see -

- Detective – Marshall Peters (played by Gary Oldman)Is the main detective and ‘helper’ to Spencer.

- Joseph’s Wife – Jacqueline Hawke (played by Milla Jovovich)Becomes depressed and doesn’t play a large part.

- Lily’s Uncle – Matias Rivera (On her mothers side) [played by Javier Bardem]

Becomes a suspect in the film.

- Mystery Bad Guy (Josephs helper) – George Wu [played by Ken Watanbe]Is the man that Joseph sends Lily to.

Setting’s and Mis en scene We will be using three different locations for our opening to film.1. The first location will be shot in a quiet side road called Cupid Green Lane.

Characters: The only character we will be using in this shot is the stereotypical young girl Lily (the victim) who will be walking on her own. She will be wearing colourful clothing to connote to the audience the bright and happy character she is. The shot will also have her holding a teddy bear to symbolise her innocence and her fragile role. Lighting: The lighting in this shot will be very dark. This will prevent the audience from seeing much around her, or the character themselves and create unease and mystery.

This is a link to the surroundings:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgcK2xPh9jo&feature=channel&list=UL (6)

2. Our second location will be on St. Agnells Road. This is a main road and cars will appear in the shot also. This is where the first actions begins to take place.

Characters: The shot will again focus on the young girl walking. She will be walking towards the camera. She will still be holding her teddy bear to capture her innocence. Lighting: The lighting will be high contrast lighting in this shot. The darkness will contrast with the headlights from cars and streetlamps allowing the audience to see the young girl more clearly and see what she is holding.

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgcK2xPh9jo&feature=channel&list=UL (7)

3. Our third location for filming the opening will be in a dining room:

Characters: The characters in this shot will be the father in distress. He will check the time on his watch(props) to show the audience his eagerness.Lighting: The lighting will be high contrast to allow the audience to see the characters facial expressions and body movements throughout the shot. However the backdrop will be rather dark. Colour: Significant colours in this shot will be red to highlight to the audience the high emotions density within the shot.

Taken Opening

The Opening itselfA brief summary – http://www.voki.com/pickup.php?scid=6910326&height=267&width=200

Our opening consists of an abduction of a young girl. The young girl walks to her fathers

friends house to drop something off, but during her journey she gets

kidnapped.

In our opening we have applied the ‘Binary Opposition’ theory (by Levi Strauss). The oppositions relevant in our film is ‘Good vs Evil’ which is the most common binary opposition applied to crime thriller movies. The child’s father will be the hero within the film and the kidnapper being the villain. For instance the following crime thriller have implemented the binary opposition theory:

Another narrative theory that we have implemented into our film opening is Vladimir

Prop's ‘Sphere of Actions’. For example:

• Lily Fox (victim) - The princess • Spencer Fox (father)- The hero

• Joseph Hawke (kidnapper)- The Villain

The three characters in our film opening are represented to suit these roles and this is shown within the opening of the film. For example, in the film Spiderman the use of

spheres of action is demonstrated in the trailer alone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN3YaybNJ2s (8)

The Opening itself(cont.)

Thank you for watching.Do you have any questions?