The document discusses conventions used in thriller films. It provides examples of conventions like false endings, innocent victims, escaped convicts, and villains/victims. False endings purpose is to keep audiences thinking with a cliffhanger. Innocent victims make audiences feel sympathy and shock when the victim kills the villain. Escaped convicts show how smart and cunning they are in planning their escape. Villains/victims keep the villain a mystery while showing victims get hurt to disturb audiences.

1. Convention Use/Develop/ Purpose and Examples from
Drama Challenge Description films
Tension Use – audience Purpose – to make the
follow a character audience fear for the Kidulthood
not knowing what is characters and to create
enigma
going to happen
Description – all the
Develop – audience characters are shown in
is given the the school playground.
impression that The camera isn’t
somebody is controlled and is filmed
watching them at Dutch angle which
conveys the impression
that they are being Boy in the playground
watched creating
texting on his phone.
tension.
Conflict Use – argument Teenage daughter Precious
between mother comes home after giving
and daughter birth to her daughter.
The mother is jealous
Challenge –
and angry as she has
escalates into an given birth to her
argument that has husband’s baby. She
quite graphic and becomes so angry that
extreme violence she throws a TV at her. Mother throws a TV down the
stairs at Precious

2. Convention Use/Develop/ Purpose and Examples from
Drama Challenge Description films
Relationships Use – friendly loving Purpose – to give the 4321
relationships audience insight into
Develop – unfaithful obstacles in different
relationships relationships and how
Challenge - domestic they are handled
abuse in the Description – After
relationship attempting to seek
revenge on the person
she thought was her
boyfriend, Cassandra
gets attacked by him.
Cassandra getting attacked
by the boy
Realistic settings Use – familiar Purpose – to make the Freedom Writers
settings that are film seem more real to
the audience and make
relatable them to relate it
Description – The teacher
is telling the student that
he can make it and be
successful which is
something the target
audience is familiar to. Confrontation between
the teacher and pupil

3. Inspirational Films
4321
• We were inspired by the • We were inspired by these close
• We were inspired by the day point of view shot shown in up shots of Shannon and Joanne
and time shown in the film the film. shown in the film.
• The addition of the date and • The point of view shot allows the • It clearly conveys a lot of
time makes the film more real audience to share the view of the the characters’ emotion to
and clear as the audience character. We are going to include the audience. We are going
already knows the background point of view shots in our opening to include close up shots in
information of the scene. We sequence. our opening sequence.
are going to include the day and
time in our opening sequence
too.

4. Inspirational Films
Precious
• We were inspired by the
town and year shown at •We were inspired by these establishing shots
the start of the film. shown in the film.
• The film is given a personal touch
like somebody’s story is going to •These establishing shots show the lack of
unfold in the film, creating enigma. privileges Precious has in her life through
This is what how we want our these images of her deprived community.
opening sequence to come across to
the audience. We will be using this
technique in our opening sequence.

5. Distributor Film Budget
Revolver Anuvahood $1,000,000
Entertainment (estimated)
Revolver Kidulthood £600,000
Entertainment (estimated)
Revolver Sket $1,000,000
Entertainment (estimated)
Revolver Shank £385,000
Entertainment (estimated)

6. Why we chose Revolver
Entertainment
• They are able to work with flexible budgets
• They have operations in both London and Los Angeles, so a
variety of influence will be obtained
• Most films they distribute were filmed in London
• The films they distribute are mainly targeted at a young
audience
• The central characters in the films they distribute are young and
troubled
• The films they distribute are very similar to our opening
sequence which features drugs
For these reasons we believe that Revolver Entertainment will be
able to distribute our film effectively.

7. Distributor Film Budget
Universal Studios 4321 $4,600,000
(estimated)
Universal Studios Alpha Dog $30,000,000
(estimated)

8. Universal..
• Distribute movies similar to ours such as 4321 and
Alpha Dog
• Distribute some films centred around young
characters like our opening sequence.
• Are experienced in releasing drama films
• Is based in America, however they have filmed in
British locations and have had British actors
feature in the film

9. Warner Bros
Distributor Film Budget
Warner Bros Altered States $15, 000, 000
Warner A Home at the $6.5, 000, 000
Independent World
Pictures
Warner Bros Conspiracy Theory $80, 000, 000

10. Warner Bros..
• Have distributed a lot of drug related films
• Is a long established film distribution company
• Have distributed a variety of drama films

11. Social
withdrawal
Unable to
concentrate
Oversleeping or
insomnia
Signs Strange or
irrational
Expressionless gaze statements
suspiciousness
Failure to cry or Depression
Extreme reaction to
express joy
criticism

12. Effects of Schizophrenia
• Relationship problems – Due to isolation and
paranoia
• Disruption to normal daily activities - due to the
sufferer’s delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized
thoughts
• Alcohol and drug abuse - used to try to self-
medicate or reduce symptoms.
• Increased suicide risk – sufferers are highly likely to
commit suicide during psychotic episodes, during
periods of depression, and in the first six months
after they’ve started treatment.

13. Convention Use / Develop / Purpose and Examples from
Thriller Challenge Description Films
Use – Someone lies, Purpose – To keep the Paranormal Activity
False Ending won’t keep their audience thinking; Cliff
promise. A man. hanger. Change the way
Develop – A woman. you view curtain
Challenge – Something situations.
demonic and scary giving Description – We through
false hope. Keeping there would be a new
audience scared not just equilibrium, but it ended
annoyed. with a cliff hanger and the
Ending – Demon still in her.
demon is still inside her.
Use – Young girl. Purpose – To make the Disappearance of Alice
Innocent Develop – An older age, audience feel sympathy Creed
possibly a man for the character and to
Victims Challenge – Almost shock from her killing the
being the villain, the villain
victim ends up killing the Description – At the end
villain. of the film the woman
taken hostage ends up
killing the men that took
her showing no remorse
over it. The Victim kills the villain.
Convention’s based on our film

14. Convention Use / Develop / Purpose and Examples from
Thriller Challenge Description Films
Use – Middle aged male. Purpose – To show the Law abiding Citizen
Escaped Develop – Female. mentality of the character
– how smart and cunning
convicts they are.
Description – The man
planned his escape from
prison before her went in
to out smart the police
and get justice. Planning an escape from
prison.
Use – Kidnap film. Purpose – To shock the The Human Centipede
Shock Develop – Making it audience, showing a real
psychological. life situation in a
Challenge – Making it disturbing and terrifying
horrific and unexpected. manner.
Not predictable . Description – The villain
Disturbing. holds 3 people hostage
and shocks the audience
in doing some extremely
unexpected disgusting the Takes people hostage and
audience creates them into a human
centipede.
Convention’s based on our film

15. Convention Use / Develop / Purpose and Examples from
Thriller Challenge Description Films
Use – A man get’s away At the end of the film The Town
Relief at and starts his life again the guy gets away and
else where. start his life again
the end. elsewhere with no
attachments
Develop – It becomes At the end of the film Devil
scary and it plays with the man is sorry for
your mind. what he did and he is
rescued yet there is
still tension about
where the devil goes
next.
Challenge – Making it so At the end the police The Human Centipede
disturbing and horrific - come over and even
although your relieved, though there's loads of
your still disgusted and gory killing the girl in
feel uncomfortable.
the middle will be
recued.

16. Convention Use / Develop / Purpose and Examples from
Thriller Challenge Description Films
Use (villain) – Can’t see You don’t see the Psycho
Villain and details, remains a villain killing nor who
Victim mystery. they are killing the
Use (victim) – An
woman in the shower,
attractive innocent
woman. it makes the audience
wonder who it is.
Develop (villain) – You Scream
can hear that it’s a male The villain is a male
in their voice, not that and you see the girl he
much of a mystery. killed hurt but you
Develop (victim)– Both
don’t see how he killed
makes and females, you
can see them hurt but her or the gory details.
not them getting hurt.
Hose of wax
Challenge (villain) – Very The victim is a male
shy and insecure. who is killed by a shy
Challenge (victim) – and vulnerable villain,
Male, showing him in a
you see the victims get
gore like manner hurt.
killed and in detail
what it looks like.