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Prepared by Low White Balance

Date 23/04/2015

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It is proposed that the film will be of 0 to 2 Minutes duration, and that it will be filmed at the following locations:

This film will include the following conventions of thriller films, Low key lighting is a convention we will use when we film, because this can be used to show mystery, yet it also is used for foreshadowing bad events. Suspense can be created through the sounds that we use, deep dark music can represent bad events. We will also be including shots of overcast weather, used for foreshadowing purposes, weather such as overcast dark and grey lighting, which will give the film an aesthetically interesting angle. In which can create a suspenseful yet meaningful opening sequence for the audience.

Here are some locations (with pictures) that we have chosen to film at:

Shack,

This is the place we have selected as it can be dark and suspicious, this location can help us conform with the thriller genre, in terms of mystery and the fact that the location is isolated, so it heightens the audience expectation and suspense of the film so that Brad the man who has been withdrawn from society cannot contact any other persons, and this creates a dilemma for the audience because they do not know what will happen to him.

After watching Shutter Island and The Dark Knight Rises thriller films/thriller openings I have been influenced by strong symbolism and foreshadowing that create a strong grounding in which the audience will be hooked by. After seeing the Shutter Island opening with an opening sequence not containing much color, but only grey skies and dark rooms. This sets the scene as a more serious and intense movie. The isolation factor of both The Dark Knight Rises and Shutter Island is very effective because it tells the audience that the characters are away from society, away from any help.

Problems encountered: The limitations of our thriller film is that we only have certain areas In Auckland where we have found where we can shoot, and one of our main sequence characters will be away for half of the time we have available for filming.

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The film will include a strong introduction where the audience is faced with this man who his a hostage but is heavily confused. The lighting will be

bright to show that he is completely distorted and that he has been in the bag for a prolonged period of time. with two henchmen threatening him.

(1) Character names and their motivations/representation in the film:Main characters name is brad. He has been taken hostage for an unknown reason. Then there are the two henchmen who have taken him, their motivation is to find out what his identity is, and they also have a usb in which they are questioning him about

(2) IdeologyThe ideas within the film are ideas of kidnapping, and distortedness. This is seen in the title ‘Withdrawn’ This is implying that his mind has been taken away from him and he has to regain his own focus, whilst being kidnapped.

(3) Mood and Tone: Dark mood and tone, however no filters. The mood is also seen as scary and is in anticipation for what is going to happen. This tone will be created through thr low

key lighting that we will be

(4) Camera Shots, camera movement/lighting/angles, lighting:

(5) Themes and motifs:Themes of capture and captivity, where a person is getting held against his will. The theme of darkness to represent the fact that it is a very evil thing to do, capturing someone and holding him or her against their will. The theme

of confusion, where brad does not understand what is happening and therefore the audience does not understand either. Mystery is a theme that

we are using to conform to the thriller genre, with our interrogating and torturing sequence; we are using mystery in order to heighten the

audience’s expectations.(6) Narrative

The narrative is not too extensive, however is based upon the theme of a kidnap. There is a man called Brad who has been taken by two men. Brad is being

interrogated about his own identity, however it does not go into much detail about his identity and therefor is left as a mystery in which conforms to the genre. Then we have the bag taken off brads head, this then shows him as distorted, because he does not know what is happening to him, or he does no know where he is. Then the

henchmen bring out a usb that Brad was in possession of, It is unknown to the viewer what is on the usb, then to create again a sense of mystery

(6) Symbolism:Symbols and ideology of no escape can be seen with shots of brad being tired up, and there will be shots through metal bars which symbolize that he is stuck and

well guarded, much like a prison. The setting of the shack symbolizes that Brad is isolated and therefore goes with the themes of the film and the title ‘Withdrawn, it

suggests that the prisoner is stuck in one location, and therefore heightens the audiences expectation of the film, because the prisoner cannot contact any help

whilst he is in the shack.(7) Sound and music:

Dark music will be used in the opening to enhance the experience in the opening sequence. This will include dark low music with sudden tings of sound to show the creepiness of the men who have kidnapped the main

character brad. This therefore enhances the audiences expectation of the openingm

Summery:

BEGINNING:The man is found in a dark shack, with a black bag over his head (he is being

kidnapped). The bag is then taken off his head and brad is completely disorientated, this is heard through the high pitch sounds in which surround his

mind, he does no know what is going on, and does not know the people who have captured him, and tied him to the chair. He is released from the bag and Brad is

then completely distorted, the camera is shown out of focus

THE CONFLICT/TENSION IN THE TRAILER:There is conflict and tension between the kidnappers and the kidnapped person,

they are interrogating him strongly to get answers. There is questioning going on about the black lighter, in which brad has no idea of what it is, this is creating

tension between the henchmen and brad, then one of the henchmen breaks out in physical contact, by punching him in the stomach multiple times. This symbolizes

that he is weak and cannot do much to help himself in this position

Treatment update: what we decided to change from our original treatment in order to suit our conditions, and enhance our film: We decided to only shoot at one location. This location was at the factory. We decided to do this because our credit sequence will be about 45 seconds long, and this only leaves us with around 1 minute and 15 seconds for filming our sequence. So we as a team decided to develop our film in depth at one location, rather than have multiple different shots in which we cannot go into depth with. We decided to put a dark blue/dark filter over our footage to create a sense of coldness and isolation to enhance the viewers experience when watching our film. We decided to change the henchmen having masks because it allows us to give the henchmen emotions to enhance the film. We are not using music for our sequence, however just a dark score and mysterious score, with a ting sound to conform to the thriller genre as being slightly crazy, in which our film is, this is because kidnapping someone is only what a crazy person would do and they do not respect the

consequences of it. We changed our location to a factory over a shack, this is because it enhances our narrative, because the audience may expect that the henchmen are working for someone who may be a mob boss or along the lines of that because they own a factory, this then adds to the mystery of the film.