Question 5

my thriller holds the audiences attention because it is interesting on how the character "the hypnotist" and how we don't know him and what he is trying to do and why he is trying to do it.

our audience would want to watch our film to see what would happen to Rupert and the Dr, and whether Rupert would get in trouble for his crime or whether the Dr would for abusing his power and getting rupert into trouble and see why the Dr wanted to kill the Female character.

The audience feedback we got was alright, mostly good but some said that improvements on sound and editing could have been made, overall the feedback we got was good.

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Question 1

Question 1- in what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
In our film we have used many different conventions of the thriller genre is:
Powerful Villains- the Dr is a powerful character in the film and has alot of power and resources and uses it for evil.

a film that is like this is "North by North West" where the bad guys have more power and better resources and facilities and equipment.

Frequent Action/Fast Paced- how it fades in and out from the talking scenes to the murder scenes.

Underdog- Rupert is the underdog and is being made to do things he doesn't want to because the Dr is abusing his power.

Sexuality Stereotyping (Sexism)- The two main characters are male and they are the stronger characters out of the three shown in our short intro. the female is shown as being weak and getting attacked and as a target for the men to kill. but also one male character, Rupert is shown as weak minded because he is hypnotised and then is under the Dr's command and does anything he wants him to do.

another film this is the Birds when the female character seems weak and scared and relies on the male character a lot in the film.

Finding Music

For our thriller we were looking for a variety of music that was building tension, to find this we went on the website jewelbeats. We needed music for our ident,  so we chose a light catchy jingle for this so it would stick in peoples head and they will remember it is ours. We chose "monster attack".

location sheet (3)

Monday, 13 January 2014

Location Sheet (Day 3)

Production Schedule Location Visit Sheet Programme Title: The Hypnotist Client: Writer: Producer: Director: Date:

Rough Sketch/Explanation of location and key points to note The alley way near Robert Clack and Crowlands Golf course, this location was chosen for the final scene. Access to location via: Busses, 175/173 from Heathway and 5 from Barking, 128 from Ilford  Name and number of location contact: Robert Clack Lower School 0208 8270 4222

Health and Safety Issues to note: Dangerous objects in alley way  Rain may cause filming problems

Potential Filming Problems : Weather problems, rain could cause filming problems

Additional Notes:  (map of area/weather forecast etc) Crowlands Heath Golf Club

Location sheet (2)

Monday, 10 February 2014

Location Sheet (Day 2)

Production Schedule Location Visit Sheet Programme Title: The Hypnotist Client: Writer: Producer: Director: Date:

Rough Sketch/Explanation of location and key points to note Central park, Dagenham, we used this location to film one of the flashbacks  Access to location via: Busses, 175/173 from Heathway and 5 from Barking, 128 from Ilford  Name and number of location contact: Robert Clack Lower School 0208 8270 4222

Health and Safety Issues to note: Potential weather problems

Potential Filming Problems : Weather problems

Additional Notes:  (map of area/weather forecast etc) Central Park, Dagenham

Location Sheet (1)

Location Sheet

Production Schedule Location Visit Sheet Programme Title: The Hypnotist

Rough Sketch/Explanation of location and key points to note Car park, located in Robert Clack Lower School  Access to location via: Buses: 175/173 from Heathway, 5 from Barking, 128 from Ilford  Name and number of location contact: Robert Clack Lower School 0208 8270 4222

Health and Safety Issues to note: Filming in a car park, can be dangerous as cars enter and exit the car park

Potential Filming Problems : Weather problems

Additional Notes:  (map of area/weather forecast etc) Robert Clack Lower School, Car Park

treatment

TreatmentGroup Roles
Cinematography: Saana, ConorMise-en-scene: RebeccaSound: Rebecca, GeorgeEditing: Conor, Saana
Title: The Hypnotist Synopsis:Dr J. Smith specialises in hypnotism and provides treatment for patients who have previously suffered trauma. Rupert Jones is one of his patients who attends a session after suffering from increasingly violent and obsessive visions of an unknown girl. In attempt to unravel his issues the doctor heavily influences his patient to confront the issue by finding this girl. Rupert, who remains disorientated, is offered hypnotism and without consent, a strange injection to follow. Rupert’s visions repeatedly reveal him carrying a torn photograph of his victim which matches the complete photograph on his doctor’s desk. The complete copy shows that Dr. J. Smith is in the previously missing half of the photograph. Is the hypnotist really who he appears to be?Key Genre Conventions:
“Fast-paced and frequent action”:
The frequent visions of Rupert’s to create a non-linear narrative that jumps from the visions back to the session in the doctor’s office.
“Resourceful heroes who must thwart the actions of more powerful and better equipped villains”
The remainder of the film would follow up on more individual cases of the “serial killings” that have been occurring. The audience will discover that the doctor is behind each and every murder that will result in his victims (the patients) fighting back for justice. 
“Ordinary citizens accidentally drawn to danger”
Each of Dr. J. Smith’s patients are ordinary and helpless who believe they are in safe hands however by chance, by being advised to choose his services, they fall victim to become murderers through mental influence.
“Primary mood: ‘fearful excitement’”
“There is one thing that I get to offer you, and that is hypnotherapy” is the line that will commence the following action. This intends to leave the viewer anticipating what is to follow while feeling slightly on edge as a result of previous shots.

“The conflict between the main characters is mental and emotional as
opposed to physical”
We are attempting to lean more to the ‘psychological’ thriller genre. “Mental” conflict is displayed
through the patient’s visions and the influential hypnotherapy of the doctor. Although one incident of
“physical” conflict occurs during the film’s opening (the injection), it’s purpose is to affect Rupert
mentally to cause him to continue having visions until he carries out the murder.
“Characters who switch sides or who cannot be trusted”
This applies to the doctor’s character and at the same time, his patient, Rupert. Although it isn’t made explicit, there are hints that alert the audience that Dr. J. Smith is not genuine and may be the cause of Rupert’s aggressive visions. Equally so, Rupert’s character is split; while he is victimised we cannot trust him entirely because his visions suggest that he is capable of murder.
“The use of a staircase as a motif for impending danger or suspense”
The Hitchcockian convention of a staircase is used at the beginning to create suspense as the character’s identity is not given away.  


Thriller devices:

Cliffhangers: increase audience's anticipation and are used throughout with Rupert’s visions. They are often cut short to retain information and to add to the disorientated feel to the opening that is used to reflect Rupert’s state of mind.
Red herrings: misleads or distracts the audience from the central issue. In one or two shots there will be more than one person in the shot, particularly in the early visions. This will be included to distract and confuse the audience from the central character.