Group Members: Agnes, Eva, Gregory and Lovely
Chosen Genre: Psychological Thriller
Title Film: Vengeance
Outline of Ideas:
What is the basic plot synopsis?
It starts with a boy Alexander Johnson who starts off his
daily routine of turning his alarm clock off, slipping his feet into slippers,
pouring breakfast into his bowl, turning the bath tap off, buckling his belt
then slamming the door shit. A transition is made to a bus stop where he is
approached by a group of bullies before a screen blackout to the aftermath of
him lying in a hospital bed being hovered over his parents who are outraged by
the ordeal. After this, scenes go to a courts scene where the bully is with his
solicitor who says the vital words “you got lucky this time under the child
crime prevention act 625, next time I don’t think I can save you..” which is
the cue to fast forward to the current states of the bully and the victims and
we get a glimpse of the life the bully is living in particular in comparison to
the bully. We see the bully in his work environment and working hard with his
colleagues at work living a stress free lifestyle however, his phone constantly
rings off which is now causing him paranoia but it starts off small. He lives
with his family of four at home and live a perfectly normal family life,
however him and his wife are still bickering over his paranoia and she the
thinks that the mysterious calls are from his mistress or someone else in his
life that he is keeping away from his wife which leads to their relationship
issues. He begins to have mini panic attacks and sees somebody who tells him he
is anxious and if he has any concerns or anything bothering him etc. A few days
go past and his daughter and her friends are walking to a party where the bully
creeps up behind them and kidnaps the daughter and takes her to his house where
she calls him on this unknown number and the dad finally picks up and she says
“Dad, I am okay I won’t be home for a few days but I am okay. See you soon.” He
immediately goes to the police station and reports this but their efforts with
this is not enough so he takes it up himself. The bickering with his wife gets
worse and she decides to leave the household – his work colleague decides to
stay with him where he and she develop a strong relationship for one another
which becomes an intimate relationship. They begin to investigate everything by
themselves and go through many trials and tribulations to find out what exactly
is going on around the bully and his life which takes them too many different
locations and situations. A meeting with the bully and his childhood friends
leads to one of them giving the bully a letter that someone gave him on the
street saying “ See you soon, boxhead” – This is the moment of realisation that
it must be the victim thety bullied when they were younger at this moment all
their phones ring on no caller ids.. A party scene follows later and everything
is going well, the lights go off and the word boxhead appears on the walls,
floors, people receive texts saying boxhead and boxhead becomes noticeable everywhere.The bully has enough of this and the rest unfolds..
What type of characters will be in the film?
Alexander Johnson has got the leading role of a well bough-up boy, who has high hope for his future as he is the protagonist. His name connotes as 'the defender of man' which fits perfectly with his personality, as he ultimately tries to defend However popularity comes with a price. As he associates himself with the wrong group of boys from a young age. This then is the reason why he get's into this chaotic dilemma, as this is what haunts him in the future. He is relatively smart but also loving however he likes to conceal this due to his status and essentially group of friends . Which can be seen as a juxtaposition, as he got into this havoc due to him bullying Darnell. Which leads me on to the next character of Darnell. Darnell's name symbolises 'secret' and 'hidden' which can suggest his personality as someone who is an introvert and like to exclude himself from the others, showing his differences and a sense of outcast as he doesn't appear at all in the trailer, only when he was young and was constantly bullied. Therefore that's all the audience knows about Darnell. That he was a frail and coy boy because his father is said to be a killer. But he tries to defend him from the other boys. Brionna, as this connotes to a flowering vine. This can reflect on her as a character as she, herself is trying to grow and heal from her past, as seen on the trailer that it haunts her and the daunting past is brought to life as she thinks she's going mad again.
What conventions of the genre will be included in your trailer?
The trailer would include a build-up and a consistent but not too much information in the story line. As we would like to keep it a mystery and essentially a poly. I also personally believe that by not including Steve's older character in the trailer it makes the viewer wonder and think whether he is the one behind all of this manic, this helps heighten the genre as it is a psychological thriller. There would be long scenes, but as it gets closer to the end, there would be a montage of different scenes within the movie, ending with the anti-climax and the film title. By adding inter-title, it would accentuate the tension, as a result would excite the viewer, convincing them to eventually watch the film due to the trailer. The inter title ideas are 'Is your past/ inextricably linked with your/ future?' 'don't/ look/ back/ at your/ past/'
Where will your trailer be set? What other aspects of mise-en-scene do you need to consider?
The trailer would be set in East-London, from his early years in life. As Levi studies at a Comprehensive school of St. Bons Bonaventure. Where it is an all boys school. The main bullying takes action within a gym changing room, within the school facility. In his later stages in life, as he grows to be a successful man, we've decided to set most of the scene in Central London with the cityscape, As this connotes to wealth, businessmen and to present his character as someone who is well educated with the illusion of 'the perfect life'. With that being said, Johnson's character would have to be well dressed and is frequently in suits to represent this middle class man. In terms of lighting, we want to mainly use natural gloomy light with low saturation, to foreshadow the dilemma of the story.
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