BSESSION

ACTION THRILLER

• Obsession is an Action Thriller

• Action Thriller is produced to keep you on the edge of your seat, which is what Obsession will do with action and crime elements

• It follows the conventions of an Action Thriller by having a semi realistic story line, whilst exploring things such as a psychopath (the detective/father) and weaponry such as guns to keep the audience entertained.

Equilibrium At first we have a detective, living a normal life, with a wife and daughter. He gets assigned a bank robbery case.

Disruption Over the course of three years, the bank robberies are still going on, no one is able to catch these four girls. The detective becomes obsessed and like a psychopath, he becomes detached from his wife and daughter. The finally decide to rob their last bank, which is when the obsessed (now unsabbatical) detective discovers them and aims to shoot them due to his mental state, he hits his target but his target is his daughter.

ResolutionShe is taken to hospital in a coma, she understands that when she gets better, she has to go to prison; the detective rebuilds his life and relationship with his wife and daughter (from prison)

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SIMILAR FILMS

• Films similar to Obsession would be the Taken trilogy, the Die Hard trilogy and others.

• The Taken trilogy are Action Thriller films that stars Liam Neeson.

TARGET AUDIENCE

• The main target audience would be 15 – 45.

• The primary audience would be people who like to watch mystery/investigation films and series.

• The target audience would be mainly girls because of the relatable father-daughter relationship.

• However, males could also be interested in this film and this is because of the male gaze theory.

WHEN THE FILM WOULD BE RELEASED…• This film would come out in October, right before the half term

holidays.

• So people in school and college can go see it in cinemas.

• Also if we set it in autumn/winter the audience will experience the feeling of the film.

BUDGET…• American Film

• Budget - $72 million

• Approx. gross - $230 million

• It would be produced, distributed, marketed and exhibited by Warner Brothers Picture. This is called Vertical integration.

STARS… • Liam Neeson – the role of

the obsessive cop

• Jennifer Lawrence – one of the girls/the daughter

DIRECTOR• Christopher Nolan – Known

for being the Director of the Batman trilogy.

• We would have four girls getting ready, but with a twist because they have alternate lives as criminals…

• We would flicker from the girls to obsessive cops face, to reveal what the film is about subtly

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