Props
There aren't a lot of props that we are going to need, the main one we are going to need is the knife (or other sharp weapon). This will be somewhat difficult to bring into a school environment. However, as we are filming after school (where there won't be many children), this should hopefully be less of a problem. An alternative - safer - option would be to use fake props, however, this would be costly (as none of us own realistic looking, fake knives). In the trailer for V for Vendetta, the masked man is shown to use knives a lot, even though he has a wide variety of weapons, he still uses predominately knives. This could be as knives take more skill to use, in comparison to something like a gun, due o the user needing to get close to the victim - this therefore emphasises the fact that the masked man is a highly skilled "assassin". Alternatively, it could be because knives could be seen as more fear inducing than guns; most people own a knife (meaning anyone could use one), and the fact that the user needs to get close makes them seem more threatening also.
We will also need to use phones, whilst not a key paradigm of thrillers, they are an identifying feature of our target audience and main characters. The fact that the main characters are so concerned with their phones could also play a part in attracting our audience as a result of the main characters being more relatable. The proof behind teens/young adults being obsessed with phones mainly comes from my research on teen angst films where technology is used a lot, e.g: the opening for Clueless takes place inside of a computer which is commonly associated with our target demographic.
Similar to phones, we will need "alcohol" due to its association with our demographic. We will likely not use actual alcohol due to most of the cast being underage, as a result we will use drinks that look like alcohol. The alcohol sets up the narrative; it connotes that the protagonists may be drunk, implying that they aren't capable of thinking for themselves - leading them to break into the school and get trapped. Alcohol is similar to phones where it is not widely used in thrillers, but is used in teen angsts where a majority of the cast are teens/young adults, for example: one scene in Mean Girls involves the main protagonist throwing a party and getting drunk, which is very stereotypical of teens.
We will also need to use phones, whilst not a key paradigm of thrillers, they are an identifying feature of our target audience and main characters. The fact that the main characters are so concerned with their phones could also play a part in attracting our audience as a result of the main characters being more relatable. The proof behind teens/young adults being obsessed with phones mainly comes from my research on teen angst films where technology is used a lot, e.g: the opening for Clueless takes place inside of a computer which is commonly associated with our target demographic.
Similar to phones, we will need "alcohol" due to its association with our demographic. We will likely not use actual alcohol due to most of the cast being underage, as a result we will use drinks that look like alcohol. The alcohol sets up the narrative; it connotes that the protagonists may be drunk, implying that they aren't capable of thinking for themselves - leading them to break into the school and get trapped. Alcohol is similar to phones where it is not widely used in thrillers, but is used in teen angsts where a majority of the cast are teens/young adults, for example: one scene in Mean Girls involves the main protagonist throwing a party and getting drunk, which is very stereotypical of teens.
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