Our New Idea's Feedback

Feedback from the media staff:

-There is nothing wrong with the feminism vibe or the revenge theme in our opening sequence. That's a plus.

-However there is a problem is the sexuality and kissing.  Not only will this create conflict with the two actors, but also with the fact that it will not look very realistic.

-Make it a little bit more exciting. Make it more of a thriller!

-Last but not least, do not make the girls want to "out-boy" boys. Make up a new way to kill him. In other words, stabbing someone with a knife is a very manly thing to do. Spice it up a little bit by using a new, more girly way to kill the man.

Props for our Thriller Opening Sequence

As far as we know props will not be a concern. There are few props we need. We intend to have two knifes, because the third girl will be seducing the man while the other two sisters are slowly walking towards the room. And that is all we need for props, the other items we will need in our scene all fall towards set design. We intend to use face knifes for this, just for safety measures.  We can get the knifes with the theater department in the school because they have plenty of props used in the past for their performances. If, surprisingly the theater department won't lend us their fake knifes, then our back up plan would be to just buy them off a store or online store, they can't be too expensive I presume.

Location for our thriller opening sequence

In terms of location there are many possibilities. However we've established one that we want to use. We need a hallway and a room with a bathroom. Since our sequence is filmed in a hotel it is perfect to use Hurtwood House's boarding house Cornhill Mannor. This is because most of the rooms, if not all of them, have bathrooms in them. And also because the hallway really looks like a hotel hallway due to the fact that all doors are numbered. If we cannot get permission with Ted (the house master) we havea backup plan to film in Adam's house (one of the media studies teacher).

Issues: There are a few issues when it comes to filming in Cornhill Mannor, however the main issue will be the lighting. Some of the rooms lack on lighting. So that's our main concern.



We intend to spend at most one day in Cornhill to shoot our opening sequence, due to the fact that we don't want to disturb any of the people who live their by invading their property to shoot an opening sequence. We are getting there by the school's bus that drives to cornhill after school and after lunches and dinners. We still don't have permission but we will ask Ted as soon as possible if we may use Cornhill. 

Costumes for our thriller opening sequence

The three girls will be wearing black, we are still debating whether they will be wearing a black dress
or a black top along with black trousers. However one thing is established, the color black. We are sort of falling more towards the black dress side though.

Why Black?

Well because of the color's connotations. Black symbolizes  darkness, evil, mysterious, as well as sexiness.

We were also thinking of buying off Amazon a maid costume. Simply because of our location which will be in a Hotel, and in order to show the audience where the sequence is set it would be a good idea to have a maid in the background getting ready to clean a room. We are thinking of getting that traditional black and white french maid's uniform, just because it adheres the stereotype of the maid.

Last but not least, the victim who is the only man in the sequence would be wearing a suit. This is because of the way that people stereotypically view people wearing suits as being charismatic, wealthy, it shows his age and that he's a mature man who has a stable life and job. I'm the only boy in the group and unfortunately I don't have a suit, however I can ask some friends of mine to borrow it for the shoot.

Why Would "Metrodome" Produce Our Film

The company/institution that would produce our film would have to be Metrodome. Not only would they help produce it but they would also help distribute it. Metrodome is a company originated and located in London and they help manage and distribute films. They have a  scheme called "The Microwave Scheme" in which helps films made in the UK to get big by giving them a small boost on the budget of £100,000 as well as 18 days to make the film.

Metrodome has released quite a few thrillers overall. Thriller is a very big category full of subgenres within it. It is possible to relate some films by this company to ours' such as "The Riddle" a film that follows the concept of murder just like "Sisters" (our thriller idea). Difference is that ours' follows the concept of murder in the aim to get revenge meanwhile "The Riddle" follows the same concept but aiming towards mystery solving.

"Metrodome" goes about making low-budget films, mainly for the fact that it is a company that it gives a little bit of a boost to some unpopular films to be recognized. With not very popular actors. It is a company that gives a window of opportunity to becoming famous.

"Metrodome" films are generally always shown in art-house cinema, since the company itself is an art-house institution. Therefore my group's thriller would be shown in an art-house cinema. The independent distributor company not only releases movies in DVDs, but also in Blu-rays. This would already be one of the ways in which the film would profit. Metrodome has recently made electronic commerce services. They aimed to develop new sites every quarter for their e-commerce which turned out to be quite successful. During a period of six months after the company started with the electronic commercialization of their films they profited 1£ million only on their e-commerce arm. It seems to have been quite successful and it is a good reason to say that I would place my film in their E-commerce system.

The institution doesn't focus on a particular film genre, it has various different categories of film within them, varying from comedies to thrillers. However, the institution does overall make low-budget films due to the fact that the company's aim is to distribute and contribute in the development of a film via the microwave scheme. So it is aimed for unpopular films, actors and directors as a window of opportunity to becoming bigger in the industry.

As I said before, "Metrodome" films do tend to vary a lot in terms of genre. Creating a vast number of categories in which the audience may pick from. Therefore it is fair to say that the company does not have a specific target audience, thus their films are generally made for any type of audience. (girls, boys, adults, men, women,...)

Similar Media Texts

• In terms of the feminist power theme, I believe my film could be similar to Colombiana, since we also have a powerful woman who is able to kill.
• In American Psycho 2 , the knife wielding female killer who's played by Mila Kunis is also similar to our knife wielding killer. Directed by Morgan J. Freeman.

Intended Target Audience

• AGE=  The age group that my thriller would be intended to is between 18 and 21. The reason why the film wouldn't be intended for underage teenagers is because there is sexual scenes and a lot of violence.
• GENDER= Our thriller would be intended for mostly women, because we are thinking of using an attractive man, and also because a female kills him, portraying feminist power as a theme. However, the females would also be attractive therefore also attracting men to the film. However, our intended target audience would be women. 
• WHAT WOULD THEY BE INTO= My intended target audience would be into thrillers since that is my film's genre, but more specifically crime thrillers because crime is our idea's subgenre. 
• WHY WOULD THEY LIKE MY FILM= They would like my film because the feminist power theme would be encouraging to them. Also the male character will be attractive, so automatically capturing the attention of women. 
• HOW WOULD I ATTRACT THEM WITHIN THE FIRST 2 MINS= I would be able to attract them right off the start because it begins with a romantic theme of the lady and the man heading to the hotel room, the romance would already attract the intended target audience. Then tension starts rising as the audience would see the first shot of the killer heading towards the room, making them think: Who is she? What is she going to do? From there the tension keeps building constantly keeping the audience focused and intrigued.