Location Ideas

One of our main locations is Graces house as this is where her safe place is and where the final scene is. we chose this location as our target audience could relate to the different settings in the house as it will be an ordinary middle class house. Within this the main location in the house is the bathroom, this is an iconic seen is our film and is present in many other psychological thrillers, this could be to do with in a bathroom it is your own private place.

 This is another one of our locations, we chose a dark long pathway is it give a mysterious feel to the film and ere to as alleys are associated with danger. Also as it is a remote location is will emphasis that Grace is in danger and alone.

 Another main location for our film is the detectives office as this is where a lot of the films based, the room will be filled with props such as notice boards, which are seen in a lot of the trailer as it gives the audience clues as to what the film is about.

Story Boards

Here you can see the draft story board for our film deranged. We have included on the story board the shot type, what non diegetic sound and non diegetic sound will be included as at the time of doing them we knew roughly what shots we wanted but we wasn't certain on what order we wanted them to be in and so they are not in chronological order.

Risk Asessment

Risk                 Who Is At Risk             How To Prevent The Risk                         Risk Level



        Falling over              Zoe                        Check her pathway for any obstacles              Medium
        whilst running                                       to ensure there is a clear pathway





         

       Slipping over in       Matthew                  Walk with precaution                                      Low

       ran whilst

       walking



      Tripping over       Crew and actors/          Making sure everyone is aware                       Low
       camera leads             actresses                 of where the leads are and making
                                                                        sure they are out of the publics
                                                                        way as they are not aware of them      

Applying audience theorys to my film Deranged

Stuart Halls Reading

The preferred reading of the text would be that the audience accepts that Grace is the main victim in our film, this also applies to Laura Mulvey's idea of the male gaze where women are the object of desire. The audience would also accept that Parker is the antagonists he is male and they are seen as more dominant. They will also accept that the leads the detective is following is correct and that they can follow his ideas to try and figure it out themselves. The negotiated read would be that the audience finds it hard to believe that a teenage boy could escape from an mental asylum but excepts it anyway due to the other factors in the film being realistic. The oppositional reading would be that audience doesn't accept the any of the text as it doesn't seem plausible.

 

Uses and Gratification Theory

I think that diversion would apply to our text as this film takes the audience full attention and most likely has lager problems in it than the audiences and therefore they would forget there own.

 

Maslow's 'hierarchy of needs'

I can also apply some of Maslow's hierarchy of needs to my film.

Physiological- This can be seen as the main victim needs shelter, food, water, etc when hiding from the antagonist.

Safety and Security- this is applied to my text as the victim grace needs to find somewhere she thinks is safe in order be safe from the antagonist.

Self actualisation- in the film our characters will forget about what they value in the world that is created and will focus on their strengthens to survive reviling their true personality.

 

Stereotypes And Pawws

Present in our film

Present in our film is a mix of teenage boys and girls aged 17 as this age group is our target audience. We have also included actors in there 40s/50s as we want our film to come across as realistic by using the right age for our characters.

Absent

In our film we have not included any one above 50 as this is a psychological thriller based on teenagers and so there it was not necessary to include them. We also do not have any different races(apart from white British)or people with disability's as it did not fit in with the narrative as these groups were not being targeted.

What world is created

The world that is created in our film is one of violence and fear, we have created this thought many aspects such as camera work, for example we have a long shot of Grace running towards the camera looking back to check for Parker.

What is valued 

Valued in our film is the safety of the public and in particular the girl he is looking for as the main focus of this film is about keeping her safe from Parker.

Stereotypes and Counter types
Stereotypes we have included in this film is a male antagonist, which is a generic convention of psychological thrillers. This stereotype is also shown through mise-en-scene as he will be wearing a mask, however in other films of this genre they usually are wearing a themed mask where as in our film it is a plain white mask which connotes that he does not have emotions. Another stereotype we have included is a female victim, women are usually portrayed as being weak and vulnerable. However she is also a counter-type as at the end she defeats Parker. Finally the last counter type we have included is an protagonist how is male, as they are seen as being intelligent and being the one to figure the puzzle out.

Dominant/Hegemonic Reading
Our hegemonic reading would be that people would believe that this teenager could break out of a asylum and is on a mission to find this one girl 

How I will apply these conventions in my film

Titles
I will use a metallic colour for the titles as the weapon our psychopath is using on his victims is a knife and so this is iconography. The font is going to have sharp edges and so this also represents the weapon and danger which plays a significant part in our film. We are going to include a blue glow around our production logo as this connotes mystery and the producers will be focused around psychological thrillers and we want this to come across. We're also considering using a outer glow as this also can signify mystery and the unknown.

Editing
We will be placing clips from the end of the film when the psychopath goes to the girls house as this section of the film shows character relationships as this is when they come together. It is also where a lot of action occurs and the context will leave the  audience on a cliff hanger as they will want to know to outcome of the action, for example who wins the fight. Our footage will consist of fast pace short clips as we do not want the give the film away, also the fast pace will make our film come across as exciting. Transitions will we use will consist of black fades, white fades and cross dissolves. This is as we want to use simple transitions so that we do not take the target audiences attention away from the context/narrative. In our film we will not use any special effects as they do not fit into our film however we might make our footage faster or we might slow it down.

Camerawork
We will use a range of shots such as high angle and low angle as this suggests power. We will also include panning as this will show action and make our film exciting. We will also use match on action in our film.

Mise-en-scene
Our psychopath will be wearing baggy clothes and he will be totally covered up. He will also be wearing a plain white mask. We have done this as we do not want our audience to see him as it let them imagine what he looks like, we have also done it as it does not give away the characters emotions. Our detective will be dressed in a suit, it will be a black jacket and a light shirt as the light connotes he is a good person and the black jacket contrasts this by showing he can be dangerous. We are going to loosen his tie to show that he is tiered. We have chosen to dress him in a suit as it shows intelligence.

Target Audiecene and Rating

Our target audience is aimed at males aged 18-28, this is as males tend to be more interested in psychological thrillers. However as one of the lead characters is female, it could be appeal to females as well. As our film contains mature themes, we have decided to rate our film as a 18, as the content would not be appropriate for younger viewers.