Analysing existing products and market research

We are going to create an adventure mystery thriller hybrid. The film will get the audience asking questions such as ‘where did the artifact come from?’, ‘what does the artifact do?’, ‘what kind of people are after the artifact?’ and so on. Films such as Indiana Jones, National Treasure and Angels and Demons. These films are what we are trying to model our film around however more mystery than action adventure.

The majority of the film would be watched by the audience through a series of flashbacks. The flashbacks will be triggered by the protagonist being interrogated and forced to remember his events starting from how he came into contact with the artifact. A good example of this method in use is from the film Slum dog Millionaire. The audience sees the protagonists past and come to realize how he won the TV game show. Likewise, the audience will see flashbacks that will answer questions relating to the storyline and the final outcome.

We would like our credits animated in some way that relates to the spooky and mysterious effect we are trying to achieve. Examples of this are charmed and Supernatural. They both have smoke mixed in with their text used for the opening credits.

Indiana Jones :

We have chosen to model the idea of involving artifacts from this film because in our film we use one as the main source of attention.

Silence Of The Lambs:

We have chosen to model the idea of having an interrogation scene. The cannibal in Silence Of The Lambs is questioned in the film to reveal answers and help progress through the storyline.

Se7en:

We have chosen to model the idea of using symbols and other text flashing up during our opening credits.

Codes and Conventions

We will conform to things such as:

·         Smoke effects relating to mystery

·         Clues and Evidence

·         Touch voice for interrogator

·         Flashbacks

·         Victim/Protagonist feels weak

·         Dark rooms for interrogation

·         Blood on protagonists shirt

·         Pictures of object of attention around the protagonist

·         Not being able to see the interrogator’s face

·         Bright light on protagonist’s face

·         People fighting for possession of object of attention

We are not subverting from anything as such because we think it works well without having to subvert to anything. Although not subverting, the genre of mystery thriller it is still a popular genre and the stereotypical things are what make it really good in the first place.