The student proposes creating a thriller trailer based on the video game Heavy Rain. They want to pursue film as a career and feel this project will help improve their filmmaking skills. Their goal is to shock and intrigue audiences with a dark, gory, and suspenseful trailer that captures the tone of David Cage's video game work and makes viewers want to see a full film adaptation. They hope to both showcase their abilities and interest more people in a genre that increasingly attracts audiences.

1. Tell me in no more than20 words, what is your
FMP idea?
I would like to create a thriller trailer basedon the
game heavy rain.
Why have youdecided to makeit? Film is my passionandI’vealways wanted to make
this specific game into a film.
What aboutyourproject makesit importantto
you?
As a career I want to become a film director, being
able to create a trailer for the first time would be
a perfect opportunity toshowotherswhat I can
create, it will also help me improveon my work as
I will get to see weaknessesin my production.
Outline someof the initial influences onyour
idea/work and somepotential research targets
(remember, research isn’t justa paperbased
activity)
DavidCage is a video game director andwriter, he
has created someof my favourite game suchas
Heavy Rain, BeyondTwo Soulsand Detroit
Become Human, the way he creates the game
makesthem look and feel like a movie, this is the
main reasonI want to makea trailer out of his
productionasI think it wouldwork great as a real-
life production.
What effect do youwant to haveon your
audience when they see yourproject?
As the productionwill be a thriller I want people
to be on edge andsocked when watching my
trailer, I also want them to be sointerested into
the trailer thatthey want a full movieof it to
watch.
Describe the tone/mood/styleofyourproject
[which productiontechniques/characteristicsare
youemploying?]
My productionis goingto be dark andpossibly
gory, I want the trailer tobe sockingto othersand
have sickeningtwists in it. I want the moodof the
trailer to be quite suspensefulsoit interestsmore
people.
Why have youdecided to makeyour project in
this style?
I feel like as time goes onmore and more people
enjoy watching gory andsuspensefulfilms, I feel
like peoplelike to feel on edge when they are
watching a horror or a thriller movie.