Section 2- Research Into Examples Of Comparable Products- American Psycho

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American Psycho
Mise enscene- the opening scenes, expensive restaurant very rich, posh over priced food- shows this by the very small portions and the complex menu. 4 well groomed business men, in smart pin striped suits with ties, sat around a table.
Big open planed house, completely white throughout. very neat and plain, reflects his personality his thoughts- blank as he has no conscious. glass shelves full of hair/ skin products.
Character- Patrick the main character introduced narrators throughout the film. He's very well groomed and has a particular order for everything he does. Refers to his life as a routine does the same thing at the same time every morning; Apply's facial mask, aftershave, moisturiser, eye bath and again more protective moisturiser. A very wealthy man drives around in a limousine and wears a smart expensive suit. Well educated- boss of his own business, in close competition with others. Upper class and high in the social chain. He wears black leather gloves, which shows he doesn't want any trace of his fingerprint as if he's hiding something? He has no emotion apart from greed and disgust.

Sound- music in the opening scene starts very deep and low, with a slow pace. Slowly starts to build up the tension. as the opening credit end and the first scene begins, classic, elegant music starts with violins. this creates a very peaceful and

calm atmosphere as well as totally contrasting with the previous music to create a bigger build up.

Section 3- Target Audience (Classification)

It took us a long time as group to come up with our classification of our film as we needed to make sure are content was suitable for the certificate we chose. We looked at the guidelines for the classifications to make sure we had made the right choose.

Exactly the same criteria are used to classify works at ‘12A’ and ‘12’. These categories are awarded where the material is suitable, in general, only for those aged 12 and over. Works classified at these categories may upset children under 12 or contain material which many parents will find unsuitable for them.

The ‘12A’ category exists only for cinema films. No one younger than 12 may see a ‘12A’ film in a cinema unless accompanied by an adult, and films classified ‘12A’ are not recommended for a child below 12. An adult may take a younger child if, in their judgement, the film is suitable for that particular child. In such circumstances, responsibility for allowing a child under 12 to view lies with the accompanying adult.

The ‘12’ category exists only for video works. No one younger than 12 may rent or buy a ‘12’ rated video work.

No one younger than 15 may see a ‘15’ film in a cinema. No one younger than 15 may rent or buy a ‘15’ rated video work. - Horror- Strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic or sexualised.

After researching into certificates we gave a thriller a 15 as are characters in the storyline were a similar age- making it easier for the audience to empathise. Our content is also appropriate for this rating. We felt as a group a certificate 18 would limit our main target audience.

Section 3- Brainstorm Of Content

Section 4- Audience Research- Questionnaire Results

Section 4- Audience Research- Questionnaire Tally

Section 4- Audience Research- Questionnaire

Section 5- Treatment

Synopsis
Taken.Missing.Killed. Some things just aren’t always what they seem. In this gripping thriller Rose and Jake come close to embarking on a passionate relationship- but is it for the reasons we all assume? Who will come out on top and who will be deprived of life and victory?
TREATMENT
The opening
The opening of our thriller is set at a train station; the screen will start completely black with recurring sound effects of loud screeching noises from the train and surroundings. The credits will then start flashing on screen which will represent the feeling of being on a train in a tunnel. The writing for the credits will be white and the font will have a scratched or torn, spooky feel, when on the screen the writing will flash on and off. The first shot will be of the train going past with the smoke of the wheels as a young woman who is on her own waiting for a train.
The young woman has long blonde hair and is around the age of 20, we chose her as our target audience can relate to her as a character. She is a university student on her way home; there are other people in the train station. An eerie music will start to fade in slowly, and softly. The camera focuses on some of the extras, including one man who is sat wearing a hat and black coat writing notes, after seeing the shot of the man, the music will then suddenly stop. The audience won’t think anything of him at this stage, because he only appears on screen for a few seconds. The girl then walks out of the train station over the bridge. The atmosphere is tense and as the time of day is reaching darkness this fits with codes and conventions of a thriller. The scene then cuts straight away to a small dark room. Only seeing a close up shot of surgical gloves slowly being stretched over someone’s hands. The camera then slowly zooms out to reveal a full desk of new paper cutting and photos. The camera shot then fades out to Rose walking and going about normal daily routine. There are several different shots of the man creating a board in his cupboard of black and white cuttings and photos. As he builds this up the shot keeps fading in and out of the two different situations.

Throughout the film we follow Jack Burn the man who the audience thinks has created the notice board in trying to get closer to Rose. They both knew each other from high school and as he researches and finds out things about her he wants to get to know her more. He stages to bump into her in a coffee shop; really he is stalking her and has plotted it on purpose. This sparks their relationship as they exchange numbers and arrange to meet up again. Jack is a tall, dark featured man around the age of 24. The audience know he is a murderer and has killed many women before, he chooses Rose as his next victim and looks like he is going to succeed in killing her. He is a good looking man who sucks her in easily, as they arrange to meet up through texts he offers to take her to a local restaurant. The scene of them in the restaurant is important because she brings up the news of girls locally being killed, and he lies well before changing the subject. Rose is excited about her new relationship and is egger to meet up with him again; she gets invited by him back to his house where she accepts. The audience is falsely built up to them thinking he is going to take his opportunity of killing her now, with a big suspense build using music and a fast paced scene. They in fact carry on talking and meet up a few more times. It shows Rose telling her friends all about her new guy and how she wants to find out more about him. After building a relationship she invites him to her house.
This leads to a dramatic ending, when he arrives at her house he claims to go the toilet when really he is setting things up to kill her. As he is walking up the stairs he sees a suspicious door of a dark room. He looks inside and frantically through her stuff because he senses something is wrong. The music builds and suspense as he finds a notice board full of pictures and newspaper cuttings, where pictures of him are also hung up. This is the wall from the beginning of the story where the audience is led to believe it is his. However the shock and confuses causes him to freeze. As he turns around she is there- who is actually a killer also. This is a major twist to the story, and it turns out she has known everything about him all this time, and has been plotting herself. The audience find out this as she tell him just before she kills him. The film ends with her talking to the police about how killing him was self defence, she acts disturbed and shaken up so she will get away with it, however it was revenge from the beginning.