How does your product use or challenge convection and how does it represent social groups and issues.
Our product shows a dispute between one social groups. One is the victim who is upper class wealthy, and secondly the killer who is also high upper class. This challenges normal thriller convection as most will have a fairly clear line between good and evil, however I don't want that in our product. Sometimes the so called "vigilante justice" is necessary and that is what i wanted to explore. If this was a real movie I want the audience to think along with the movie, what is right?, what is wrong?. These two character right from the start are set up to be very grey. One is the boss of a ruthless organisation which we can assume only concern themselves with their own well-being. While the killer is someone who cares about other and dose what is right instead of what benefits him.
After being pulled from the last shot, in this shot the camera start shaking therefore suggest hes struggling. Which mean someone has locked his neck preventing him from breathing and he is trying to free him self.
In this shot we see a dark shadow, but if u look carefully we see someone being dragged by the shirt , not moving and probably dead.
Social groups and issues
Our product shows a dispute between one social groups. One is the victim who is upper class wealthy, and secondly the killer who is also high upper class. This challenges normal thriller convection as most will have a fairly clear line between good and evil, however I don't want that in our product. Sometimes the so called "vigilante justice" is necessary and that is what i wanted to explore. If this was a real movie I want the audience to think along with the movie, what is right?, what is wrong?. These two character right from the start are set up to be very grey. One is the boss of a ruthless organisation which we can assume only concern themselves with their own well-being. While the killer is someone who cares about other and dose what is right instead of what benefits him.
Examples of films that dose this:
Elysium
This film shows how a boss of business dose not care about anyone else but him self. Even when one of hes worker is going to die. This worker then wanted to kill him as he didn't think he was worthy to live.
Our opening has challenge this convection to an extent, as the title "antagonist" or "protagonist" has not really been shown or identified in the sequence. The audience will only meet one guy, Roger. Roger in this case is somewhat a antagonist but was never made cleared in the opening . Instead of the the protagonist feeling isolated and helpless, Roger feels isolated and helpless:
Product use or challenge thriller convection
The antagonist ensnares the protagonist in an increasingly complex web until the protagonist feels isolated and helpless
Our opening has challenge this convection to an extent, as the title "antagonist" or "protagonist" has not really been shown or identified in the sequence. The audience will only meet one guy, Roger. Roger in this case is somewhat a antagonist but was never made cleared in the opening . Instead of the the protagonist feeling isolated and helpless, Roger feels isolated and helpless:
These are evidence of Roger feeling isolated and helpless:
In these scene we can see that Roger is alone and isolated, no one is in reached to help him.
The killer who has been "following " Roger is the protagonist (We know this from when he was talking on the phone with someone). This differs from a lot of thrillers where the killer usually the antagonist. The killer is killing for a purpose, weather its the right thing to do or not is up to the audience.
Movies or series that follow this similar concept
DEXTER
"Dexter Morgan is a forensics Expert, but that's what he seems to be, as that not what he really is. Dexter is a serial killer that hunts the bad." IMDb
Breaking Bad
"A high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine in order to secure his family's future" - IMDb
Night crawler(2014)
"Louis Bloom. a driven man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story." - IMDb
The narrative centres upon a crime E,g theft, murder
Our opening has followed this convection, as it is based on murder. The story of the film is a killer who has been affected somehow by the extreme upper class, to the extent that he thinks killing them is the best solution.
Evidence of murder -
Now clearly shown of his feet being dragged across the floor or dragged.
The protagonist is fallible and has a Achilles heel that is exploited.
Our film dose show a weakness in the protagonist, but isn't clearly shown. Time is his weakness, we have shown in the film opening a representation of time.=
As we can see the clock shows that its just before six o'clock, through this we were trying to suggest that the killer can only kill after six or its his preferred time. This can be further used to exploit him in the actual film if it was made,
At the start of the film we see a man walking, there is no information to show who he is or where he is going. Instead this pulls the audience attention to the setting and environment of the film opening by which is shown with a long shot. First of all the audience will know that its a sunset therefore setting a mystery mood and builds up tension, to further add to this, the feeling of isolation as the man is alone also creates a worrying affect which may make the audience feel vulnerable or unprotected, these are all examples of thriller convections. In the other hand the warm color of the sunset may also contradict this as a warm color can represent love and protection which challenges thriller convections. Another shot that is similar to this is The Guest
This next shot continue showing the setting, now we know he is near the lake. This differs from any thriller opening, as it is set in a nice and good location, this challenges normal thriller convections. Another movie that uses a similar setting is zodiac, where the couple gets stabbed near a lake. One thing that differs from the last shot is that the sun is lower which suggest or hindsight in a way that danger is coming which can further build up tension.
In this shot we learn more about the character, a extreme close up of the watch may suggest the guy is wealthy, this challenges thriller convections as this guy is having a good life and at a good place, why would anything bad happen to him? The shot also shows the time which may suggest something is going to happen or he's waiting for something which again further build up tension.
Another shot showing the lake but now with sunlight fading which may suggest time is running out. Everything is getting darker which can mean death is somewhat coming closer.
This shot is the last shot that we see the sunlight and the watch. If u closely we see a sun flare on the watch, which can represent the time has run out, nothing can protect him now. The idea of the watch representing something come from zodiac, as the watch represented the killer.
The next shot cuts to the shoe of the man, this may suggest to the audience that its "rock bottom". This is when things get from good to bad.
This two shots are similar to the ones the opening of The Guest, through the walking of the character and without seeing there faces, we can build suspension. The audience raises question of where is he going and what he is doing. The shot also expresses the isolation and emptiness feeling of the place as it uses a wide angle shot to show the location or the landscape.
Another similar shot from The guest is also used, this shot just give the audience a sense of pace and connect to the character. Like if hes panicing or just normally walking etc.
This last three shot is the killing scene, this last shot explains everything. It shocks the audience with a sudden cut in sound and the disappearing of the person. Then shows the character of being polarised, dead and being pulled away.
As we can see the clock shows that its just before six o'clock, through this we were trying to suggest that the killer can only kill after six or its his preferred time. This can be further used to exploit him in the actual film if it was made,
Film Opening explained.
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At the start of the film we see a man walking, there is no information to show who he is or where he is going. Instead this pulls the audience attention to the setting and environment of the film opening by which is shown with a long shot. First of all the audience will know that its a sunset therefore setting a mystery mood and builds up tension, to further add to this, the feeling of isolation as the man is alone also creates a worrying affect which may make the audience feel vulnerable or unprotected, these are all examples of thriller convections. In the other hand the warm color of the sunset may also contradict this as a warm color can represent love and protection which challenges thriller convections. Another shot that is similar to this is The Guest
This shot is the last shot that we see the sunlight and the watch. If u closely we see a sun flare on the watch, which can represent the time has run out, nothing can protect him now. The idea of the watch representing something come from zodiac, as the watch represented the killer.
This two shots are similar to the ones the opening of The Guest, through the walking of the character and without seeing there faces, we can build suspension. The audience raises question of where is he going and what he is doing. The shot also expresses the isolation and emptiness feeling of the place as it uses a wide angle shot to show the location or the landscape.
The second shots uses are more close up shot, which blurs the background, this was purposely done to limit what the audience and see, as we wanted to hindsight that something was going to happen. This shot was also handheld to build tension.
Another similar shot from The guest is also used, this shot just give the audience a sense of pace and connect to the character. Like if hes panicing or just normally walking etc.
This is similar to the scene in Cape Fear, it makes the character intimidating
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