Costume for Amy

For Amy's outfit she needed to be wearing something which would be worn as school uniform, however due to the home that she comes from, she is unable to buy the school uniform so has to make do with clothes that she already has.

A black skirt.

A plain light grey t-shirt.

A pair of plain black tights.

A pair of blue suede brouges.

A dark grey hooded jacket.

Script consequences

  

Props for Amy

Rope

This will be used in the first scene, where she is walking through the woods, she will take it out of her rucksack and use it to hang herself. However in the title sequence we will only see her put it over the tree. 

Rucksack

This will be used in all scenes. She will use it for going to the woods and also for school.

Character Profiles

MAIN CAST
NAME - Amy Smith
AGE - Fifteen
OCCUPATION - Student
HOBBIES - Listening to music, drawing and reading
THEIR STORY - Doesn't have a mother, father always working and trying his best to keep a roof over their heads. Doesn't have friends and hates the world. People class her as being 'different'.

NAME - Ian Smith (father)
AGE - Fourty Five
OCCUPATION - Low ranked officer
HOBBIES - His job
THEIR STORY - Hasn't got much time for leisure, too busy working. Hasn't got time for a partner / to meet one. Rarely gets to see Amy due to work and her being at school. Totally unaware of the bullying situation.

NAME - James Howard
AGE - sixteen
OCCUPATION - Student (sixth form)
HOBBIES - Listening to music, playing guitar and playing football.
THEIR STORY - He comes from a working class family, notices Amy being bullied and tries to be-friend her.

THE BULLIES

NAME - John Barrett
AGE - Fifteen
OCCUPATION - Student
HOBBIES - Playing and watching football.
THEIR STORY -  He comes from quiet a working class background, his parents don't really pay much attention to him, which could explain some of his behaviour.

NAME - Steven Cooper
AGE - Fifteen
OCCUPATION - Student
HOBBIES -
THEIR STORY -




In the first two minute of our film the character that will be seen are:
Amy Smith, James Howard, John Barrett and Steven Cooper.

psychological thriller top 15

http://listverse.com/2008/06/23/top-15-psychological-thrillers/
These are films in our chosen genre. top 15.

These films are typical of our genre. The clips on this video and the website all tell the audience about a life story of the charcter or characters. they incorporate elements from drama and mystery. This comes from films such as godfarther and the usual suspects all these films all focus heavily into characters lifes. The genre psychological thriller mainly focuses into the day to day life of a character. This is typical of this genre.

OUR FILM IDEA
we as a group viewed these films clips and websites to gain ideas for our own film. our film comes into the genre psychological thriller as we go into a detailed perspective of the characters life into elements of drama. Our film will focus around the charcters Amy who is a lonely school girl. Amy does not have any close friends or family figure that stand by her on James who is a freind of Amy's.

title sequences comparison

http://www.artofthetitle.com/2008/12/05/the-usual-suspects/

title sequences
The usual suspects sequence is really simple but unique to the film. They use a series of effects on the water which creates a mood for the film. Throughout the music fits well with the sequence which adds to the effect of the water and the darkness in the background.

The woods title sequence uses a variety of effects to create a mood for the film. The opening title of the woods sequence is again simple but looks great and also fits well in this title sequence.They use a series of camera shots ( long shots and medium shots) to catch the character as he is running away. Here they use camera effects to catch the creepy background setting.

These film sequence's all have potential to our ideas for our film sequence. Both film sequences use inspiring techniques to create a mood of whats to come in the film. We want to create something on the lines of the current sequences for thriller films but we want to be unique with ours so that it stands out from the current sequences.

film distributors

warp films

warp films is a London based independent film company which distribute the films bellow. warp is based in London but comes from Yorkshire (Sheffield).


distributors of these current films :

this is England
 four lions
snow town


optimum releasing

When named Optimum, the company's image was that of a modern, independent new release and back catalogue distributor. Films were released under four strands: Optimum Releasing (Theatrical New Releases), Optimum Home Entertainment (DVD, Blue-ray Disc and HD DVD New Releases), Optimum Classic (DVD Re-releases of back catalogue films) and Optimum World (New and Back Catalogue World Cinema). The latter three appear to be still being used, despite the company's name change.
They released over 200 films a year and were one of the most prominent distributors in the UK independent film and world cinema market since the closure of Tartan Films in 2008.

current distributors of these films:

kill list
the guard

Metrodome distribution 


Metrodome group plc is a London based trade company that owns, manages and distributors film and TV and digital content. the company operate through two divisions: metrodome distribution ( british distribution) and target entertainment ( world wide television). the company's library of rights  include 4,000 hours of television and over 300 feature films.

current distributors of the following film:

Resistance




Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. (CPII) is an American film production and distribution company

current distributors of the following film:

taxi driver

why?
 We have chosen these to as possible distributors for our film. Both distribute mainly in thrillers. our film is going to be psychological thriller. We have decided to pick these distributors because they are low budget film distributors that invest heavily in British and American film industry. This will enable us to work closely with the chosen British distributors so we can increase the sales of our film by advertising our film with posters trailers and merchandise which we can sell online and in stores also at theme parks. This is because the distributor is responsible for ensuring a full line of film advertising material is available on each film which it believes will help the exhibitor attract the largest possible audience.

we have made a decision on which distributors we will use to distribute our film consequences. Metrodome distribution and Columbia pictures will be our film distributors. We made this decision based upon their wide range of technology such as film, TV and digital distribution. We could use this to our advantage to sell the film to a wider audience by selling our films and promoting our films through Metrodome and Columbia. Also with the company being a London based trade company we can branch out of our regional boundary to a larger scale national boundary. this will be extended by the American distributors Columbia pictures making our film a world wide creation. we can also use Colombian pictures to involve owners such as drinks company's to product placement of our film product this will increse our promotion for our film. which will involve a larger audience to go and watch out film.