1. REFERENCEFILMS
Saw is an American horrorfranchise distributedby Lionsgate,producedby TwistedPictures and
createdby JamesWan and LeighWhannell,thatconsistsof eightfeature filmsandadditional media.In
2003, Wan and Whannell made ashortfilmtohelp pitchas a potential feature film.Thiswas
successfullydonein2004 withthe release of the firstinstallment atthe Sundance FilmFestival.The film
was releasedtheatricallythatOctober.The sequelswere directedby DarrenLynnBousman, David
Hackl,and KevinGreutert,andwere writtenbyWan,Whannell,Bousman, PatrickMelton,and Marcus
Dunstan,and were releasedsubsequentlyeveryOctober,onthe Fridaybefore Halloween,between
2004 and 2010. Bothof the creators remainedwiththe franchise as executive producers.OnJuly22,
2010, producerMark Burg confirmedthatthe seventhfilm, Saw 3D,isthe final installmentof the
series. Lionsgate reportedlyexpressedinterestincontinuingthe franchise in2012 witha reboot.In
November2013, it wasreportedthattheywere inactive developmentof asequel. Aneighth
film, Jigsaw,wasreleasedinOctober2017.
The franchise revolvesaround JohnKramer,alsocalledthe “Jigsaw Killer”orsimply“Jigsaw”.He was
introducedbrieflyin Saw anddevelopedinmore detail in Saw II. Ratherthankillinghis victimsoutright,
Jigsawtrapsthemin situationsthathe calls“tests”or “games”to testtheirwill tolive
throughphysical orpsychological torture andbelievesif theysurvive,theywill be rehabilitated.Despite
the fact that Johnwas murderedin SawIII,the filmscontinuetofocusonthe posthumousinfluence of
the JigsawKillerandhisapprenticesbyexploringhischaractervia flashbacks.
The franchise grossedmore than$1 billion frombox officeandretail salesby2009, and the filmshave
collectivelygrossedover$976 million atthe worldwide box office asof 2018. The filmseriesasa whole
has receivedmostlymixedtonegative reviewsbycritics,buthasbeen a financial successatthe box
office andisone of the highest-grossinghorrorfilmfranchisesof all time.Whilethe filmsare classified
as torture porn bycritics, the creatorsof Saw disagree withthe term.
Jigsawisa 2017 American horrorfilmdirectedby Michael andPeterSpierig,writtenby Josh
StolbergandPeterGoldfinger,andstarring Matt Passmore, CallumKeithRennie, Clé Bennett,Hannah
2. EmilyAnderson,and LauraVandervoort.Itisthe eighthinstallmentinthe Saw franchise,pickingupover
a decade afterthe deathof the eponymous Jigsaw killer,duringthe police investigationof anew
successionof murdersthatfithis modusoperandi. Saw 3D(2010) was originallydeemedthe final
installmentof the series,before Lionsgate Filmscommissionedthe productionof Jigsaw fromapitchby
StolbergandGoldfinger.
FilmingbeganinNovember2016, withpost-productionfollowinginJanuary.The filmwasreleasedin
the UnitedStateson October27, 2017. Despite receivingmostlyunfavorable reviewsfromcritics,the
filmwasa commercial success,grossing$103 millionworldwide againsta$10 millionbudget.
LINKING WITH MY MOVIE
The usage of propsusedin jigsawisreallyamazingandinmyvideo,Iwill take those intoconsideration.
The lowkeyandhighkeylightingusedinSAWjaw droppingandi will be usingsuchlightinginmyvideo
too.
SPLIT
Casey is a withdrawn teenager, having been molested as a child by her uncle John, her legal
guardian. While hanging out with her classmates, Claire and Marcia, the three are
kidnapped by Kevin Wendell Crumb, a man suffering from dissociate identity disorder (DID).
Kevin is in therapy with Dr. Karen Fletcher, who has identified 23 distinct personalities
within Kevin; in his mind, these personalities sit in chairs in a room, waiting for "Dennis",
the dominant personality, to grant them their turn "in the light" (in control). She has also
found that Kevin's physiology changes with each personality. Recently, "Barry" has refused
to allow "Dennis" or "Patricia" their turns, in part due to Dennis' tendencies towards
bothering underage girls and Patricia's undesirable traits, and also because both appear to
worship "The Beast", a yet-unseen 24th personality. Fletcher has found that she can bring
back Kevin's own personality by speaking his full name.
3. LINKING WITH MY MOVIE
The concept of ‘’multiple personalities’’ really attracts me and hence i will be using this aspect
in my video where my character will be a patient of multiple personality disorder and he will be
switching personalities within the same scenes.
CAMs
CAM is a technology driven psychological thriller set in the world of webcam porn. It follows
Alice, an ambitious camgirl, who one day discovers she's been replaced on her show with an
exact replica of herself. As this copy begins to push the boundaries of Alice's internet identity,
the control that Alice has over her life, and the men in it, vanishes. While she struggles to regain
what she's lost, she slowly finds herself drawn back to her show and to the mysterious person
who has taken her place.
4. LINKING WITH MY MOVIE
I can link my movie with CAM in terms of lighting and costumes. The shots used in CAM are
mainly close ups and medium shots. The poster also really attracts the audience as it creates
curiosity and it is very eye catching so I will use that element in my video.
