SILENCE IN THE STREETS

GENREAction-Thriller:

In this movie you can expect lots of fast pace, frequent action, with high

tension and a plot twist.Jeopardy and violent

confrontations with the classic Hero vs. Villain.

Genre and audience

We chose the genre of action thriller as we think there are great storyline opportunities. We think we can produce this better than any other genre as we have the right resources and innovative ideas to produce this kind of film.

Our film will have the key features of both genres such as the character being put in life threatening situations etc. Jeopardy and violent confrontations are standard plot elements for this genre. The thriller genre is characterized by fast paced, frequent action and resourceful heroes who must thwart the villains plans of more powerful and better equipped villians. In our film we have a group of teenagers who fight against the more powerful and better equipped government.

To keep the audience entertained we aim to heighten the tension in the film by using pyrotechnics, a good storyline and a bit of a twist. We want to keep the audience on edge. We aim to keep the characters relatable by keeping the characters the same age as our audience so the audience are kept entertained.

We have labelled our film as action thriller as there is a typical hero vs. villians theme with weapons, the thriller components include mystery, plot twists and suspense. There is a definite demand for action thriller films.

The iconography for our film includes things such as guns, chase scenes, blood, there is a lot of crossover with Horror films for thrillers.

The protagonist in our film is going to be the teenage girl who features in the first 2 minutes of our film. There are also going to be other characters she meets, who try to overcome the power of the government, however they are not going to be introduced within the first 2 minutes of our film.

In short, the narrative for our film is good overcoming evil, we will explain this further when we get to the Narrative and setting slide.

The setting for our film is a city; it is quite suburban which is a key repertoire for the thriller genre.

NARRATIVE & settingLog Line:

Girl wakes up to find she’s truly all alone.

The Three Acts:Act 1: Hero addresses that everyone has disappeared and goes off to find

other people.Plot point 1:

Characters find out that Government is involved.

Narrative & setting

Our log line is girl wakes up to find she is truly alone. This line describes, in short, the first 2 minutes of the opening of our film. Our film will have a growing sense of threat and a race against time to keep our audience involved and on the edge of the seat. The film will start with a disequilibrium as the audience find out in the first minute that people are disappearing.

Our narrative copies the Vladimir Propp theory as the characters are going to have the components of donor, helper, hero etc. Each character will have more than one character type and the roles switch between situations in the film.

The structure of our film is the Propp character theory and the Syd Field structure. The hero is recognised at the start, we follow the main character’s journey in the first 5 minutes of our film to establish that she is the hero. In the middle of the film the audience realise that the villain is the government who takes all of the people away. The other teenagers in the same situation who she meets are plotting against the government.

The act one is addressing that the characters are all alone and they form a group.

Plot point 1 is the characters finding out that the government is involved is the disappearance of society

NARRATIVE & settingThe Three Acts Cont.:

Act 2: Come into conflict with the Government and fight them.

Plot point 2:Find out a way to defeat the

Government.Act 3: Defeat the Government

and bring back civilisation.

The Second act is the group in conflict with the government such as infiltrating the buildings, planting bombs and planning a way to overthrow the government but fail, things are not progressing

Plot point 2 is the group planning their last attack on the government; things are looking up as they find a counter weapon which could defeat the government

The third act is defeating the government and bringing back civilization.

The false hero is one of the teenagers who is working for the government and getting inside information which they feed back to the government. The false hero gets shot and the group carry on planning against the government and overthrow the villain.

The first scene the audience sees is the main character at a party at her friend’s house. The settings we see in the first 2 minutes of the film will be the protagonist’s house, the living room, her bedroom, the streets in her town and an abandoned airfield. However the majority of setting of our film is going to be in an empty London city so there will be lots of abandoned vehicles, houses in the suburbs.

CHARACTERS1) Ava Hemmings - Hero:

- Strong, Independent, clever, brave, heroic

2) News Reporters – Dispatchers:- High Class, suit and tie

3) Tyler Wright- False Hero:Very suspicious, very calm for the situation he is in, acts innocent,

reserved

CHARACTERS4) Jaime Hart –

Helper/Dispatcher:Caring, smart, honest,

compassionate, optimistic, witty5) The Government (Minister

Hades) - The Villain:Controlling, powerful, manipulative,

better arms race.

Characters

Our main character is the typical lead character for a thriller film, she has no experience with danger and is an ordinary citizen specifically chosen to carry out a task.

The protagonist in our film is called Ava Emery, she is a 16 year old girl who lives with her mum in a flat, she has many friends and is seen coming back from a party to show she gets on well with nearly everyone. She is clever, brave and has a strong personality.

Although the audience do not see the other 3 characters within the first 2 minutes they all have key roles within the film. All of the characters are linked by a mark on their risk which signifies that they a specifically chosen and left behind by the government.

The role of the Government in our films is a demonstration of power and authority over the individuals in the country. The main aim of the government is to create and genetically pure race. The main characters that survive the first 30 minutes of the film were part of a secret experiment when they were younger, in which they were identified as genetically pure and given matching marks.

AUDIENCE & BUDGET

Action Thrillers contain lot’s of violence, guns, elaborate sets where

the action takes place and explosions. F i l m B u d g e t : £ 2 5 m i l l i o nKeeping the characters relatable by

keeping the characters the same age as our audience.

Budget

Action thrillers often contains lots of violence, guns, elaborate sets where the action takes place and explosions. Similarly to James Bond films and The Transporter, we will need a large budget to produce this film, around £50 million. We aim to keep the characters relatable by keeping the characters the same age as our audience

AUDIENCE & BUDGET

Entertainment One is a well-known distributor of action thriller films. It has most recently distributed

The Hunger Games and Panic Room.In partnership with Summit Entertainment.

Entertainment Film Distribution is a UK based distributor which distributed films such as The

Lord of The Rings Trilogy.20th Century Fox an American based distributor

which have distributed films such as Jumper.

Our distributor

Distributor

Entertainment One is a well-known distributor of action thriller films. It is a widely known popular distributor and has most recently distributed The Hunger Games and Panic Room (2007) Entertainment One distributes films in Canada, the US, the UK, Spain, Australia and New Zealand. Acquiring titles from talented independent film producers around the world, the company’s global sales also handles sales of top films to partners worldwide. They generate excitement and attract audiences with complete campaigns. Entertainment One's marketing and promotion team develops and executes original campaigns to ensure films get the buzz they need to succeed. They distribute: On Demand To Hotels and Airlines To DVD and Blu-ray Digitally (To iTunes and Netflix)

Entertainment Film Distribution is a UK based distributor which distributed films such as The Lord of The Rings Trilogy.

20th Century Fox an American based distributor which have distributed films such as Jumper.

• Ava is at a party• Leaves the party• Returns home to see the news report about

people going missing

The OPENING

Our 2 minute opening follows the story of Ava going to the party and returning to her apartment with her mum, she then wakes up the next morning and finds out everyone has disappeared. She walks past a car and hears someone communicating through the radio. She then starts walking towards the meeting point and the start of the film finishes.