2. Ideas for teaser trailer
Plot 1: Two kidnappers from a small town take a well known business man hostage who is known by everyone in the
town in order to negotiate an amount of money from the hostage as the kidnappers are in need of money to
pay off a debt
Plot 2: Three friends who are on holiday encounter a man on their way home while they are all drunk who kidnaps one
of them who falls behind and later on progresses to leave clues behind for the other friends to help them find
their friend.
Plot 3: TV Anchorman gets attacked by intruders who bust into the news studio armed with weapons who point them
at him demanding an immediate transfer of money to their account
Draft 2: Tv anchorman gets held in a hostage situation live on TV, the only one that can save him is his friend who is
in another part of the city.
Draft 3: Two kidnappers take hostage a well known business man who is a guest on a tv show, they negotiate for a
specific amount of money which they lost when they invested in the the businessman's company.
Final Draft: A kidnapper who has a lot his money in a company finds the C.E.O on a TV show and tracks him down,
he takes over the show.
Definitely the final draft: Student gets bad results in A levels goes on to set of News shows takes host hostage in
order to reveal that the results are rigged or fake.
Money Monster
Olympus Has Fallen
4. Ideas for film poster
Our film poster will be similar to the
ones of hostage films shown to the left
with a split down the middle with the
hostage as a close up on one side and
the kidnappers on the other side with a
low angle to show their superiority.
5. Ideas for magazine cover
The reason for choosing Empire as a
magazine cover for our film is due to
most of the films which are featured on
the cover are similar to our chosen film,
therefore our film would be most
suitable and fit in the easiest with this
magazine. For example 007 and Jason
Bourne which are action films both
sharing similar aspects and elements
which will be shown in our film.
6. Target audience
A similar film ‘Safe House’ is rated 15. This suggests that our film should be target at a similar
age group, either 15 or 18. The target audience will be Male, as our characters are going to be
Male. The characters in Safe House are also predominantly Male. The content in the trailer &
poster will be targeted at a young adult audience, as that is the target market for the film. The
fast paced nature of the trailer will be targeted at fans of action films, broadening the potential
audience.
Trailer for ‘Safe House’
7. Characters
We have 3-4 main characters through out the teaser.
1. Student A - Kidnapper - Former student (Tracksuit mafia)
2. Student B - Kidnapper - Former student (Tracksuit mafia)
3. Student C - Hostage - TV show guest who is a member of exam board (Casual clothing)
4. Student D - TV presenter (Smart/Formal clothing)
8. USP - Unique Selling Point
For our unique selling point we will advertise our teaser as being aimed to a
specific target audience of 15, because we know that they are likely to
understand what the 2 students are going through therefore are likely to
sympathize.
