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As talked about above we feel that Fox search Light or Lions Gate would most likely produce/distribute our film, however there are others out there. For example Paramount released a film in the last couple of years called STALKER-the film is based on a successful writer and her assistant, who incidentally turns out to be her stalker. Like our film, STALKER brakes the conventions of normal thriller because the main two roles are a female, the young assistant stalks the writer which, in the scheme of things has not been done often, to have a film with a young female stalker is very uncommon in major films.have released many thrillers/films that defy general film conventions and so we therefore feel that our film FIXATION would have been welcomed by Paramount however we still feel that FIXATION would of been better off with Fox Search Light because they have a higher audience rating with a large scale presence in the world wide film market.
We also decided to change the name of our production company because we felt that the company needed to be portrayed I'm a certain light hence why we chose 'Scorpion Productions' for example the static electrical sound that scorpion tale makes represents the horror/thriller aspect of our company and the flashing lights represent a comic side that we could look into at a later date.
Unique or similar?
After deciding to do a thriller stalker we found it very hard to brake the conventions of a normal stalker film purely because there is such a wide variety of stalker films out there and so it is harder for us to do a unique film, however we feel we have accomplished this is some aspects of our film, as previously stated our film has different qualities than other stalker films for example the genders have swapped around, the male stalker is now female and the victim is a young teenage male.Although the genders have been played with in many different stalker films, in most cases it is a woman stalking another woman (an example of this film is 'The roommate'), a young girl stalking her love interest
(generally an older man/teacher) or a man stalking a young woman (Sleep Tight),
because there were so many different versions of a stalker film it was extremely had to have one that was unique from the others. This is when we decided to have a middle aged woman stalking a teenage boy, although this may have been done before we felt that it had not been studied/done as much of the others, therefor in the aspect of character gender we have successfully made ours unique.
Also in most stalker films the stalker is jealous or has been scorned by the victim or a relative of the victim's, this is not the case in our film where as the stalker and the victim have no personal connection or running with one and other again this makes the aspect of our film different of others.
However if you strip our film down to the bare basics they are similar to others. Someone abducts another person, the family search and search for the missing person, with no idea who or why they were taken and if they will return. It is obvious to us that its hard to make a well versed genre stand out from the rest and we therefor worked with what we had, I think that some aspects of our film are very different from others but some parts are very similar to other stalker films.
All about the Mise-En-Scene.
The mise-en-scene of our thriller are based around both our main characters. For example at the very beginning of our film when we first see the map with the stalker sitting in front of the board-the light is dark and gloomy already setting the scene for the audience,the props used at this first shot is obviously the map,the unorganised look of it adds to the Mise-en-scene it gives the audience an idea of the time scale of this board, it also creates a serious of questions for the audience. Who is she? Why is she using the board? What it is for? What is on the board? Where is it? Who is the boy? Why are the rest crossed out? All these create an enigma code for the audience to latch on to.
One of the other poignant shots in our film are the shots of the stalker walking up to the victims house,this has a lot of mise-en-scene in it. We used no props because we wanted to focus on the character and their profile(how they came across) for example we wanted the stalker to come across as a mysterious character, we didn't want the audience to have much knowledge of our character, we wanted the audience to have an understanding of what she was doing but not who she is.
Another major aspect of the mise-en-scene is the costume. As you can see she is wearing all black-black coat, black trousers, black heels with sleek ponytail. This shows the audience that the film is set within the 20/21st century, her appearance also indicates that the stalker has little care for her appearance, by wearing all black she wants to blend in with her background, this is another characteristic of a stalker, they hide in plain sight, and blend into the surroundings.
Her posture is very forward and she walks with confidence this also shows the audience that she is a strong character and knows what she wants/looking for again suggesting to the audience that of she is determined to get what/who she is after.
The background of this shot shows her walking up a pathway to a large house, the background of this shot is very crucial for the audience,this is where they are able to start piecing the different bits together. The background also shows that the film is indeed set in the 21st century.
Because the character is in the centre of the camera shot our whole focus is on her, again this indicates to us that she is one of the main characters, at this point we are able to tell she is the antagonist in the film.
The next vital shot in this sequence is the 'party' shots, these show a group of teenagers enjoying birthday celebrations. We can see that the characters are inside a house which is typical for the 21st century 'birthday party', we used various props in these shots for example the wine bottle, beer cans and birthday badge. This allows the audience to get a better understanding of whats going on. The drink also signifies to the audience what kind of age these teenagers are,which also allows the audience to get a better understand of the plot. The characters in this shot are wearing normal 'party attire' for example some of the girls are wearing dresses others are wearing jeans and smart tops, this again shows to the audience that they are 'normal' teenagers.
The facial expressions of the teens show they are enjoying themselves at this 'party', the strobe lighting also adds to the 'party' effect however because the music is dark and sinful the scene and non-diegetic music contradict each other and therefor give the audience a sense of what will happen in the film. The only thing we see in this shot are the teens, are focus is solely on them which shows to the audience that something will happen to one or all of them.
The final shot of the stalker knocking on the door is the climax to the opening sequence and to the mise-en-scene. No props were used in this shot because we wanted the focus to be solely on the event, again we can tell the two characters apart, the stalker in all black and the boy in the checkered shirt,the background of there is no background to this shot as the entire focus is on the door and who opens it.
In this scene lighting is also very dark because of the atmosphere created, the stalkers body languages suggests that she is very calm and collected, showing to the audience that she has been planning this moment for a very long time which adds to the enigma code.
As talked about above we feel that Fox search Light or Lions Gate would most likely produce/distribute our film, however there are others out there. For example Paramount released a film in the last couple of years called STALKER-the film is based on a successful writer and her assistant, who incidentally turns out to be her stalker. Like our film, STALKER brakes the conventions of normal thriller because the main two roles are a female, the young assistant stalks the writer which, in the scheme of things has not been done often, to have a film with a young female stalker is very uncommon in major films.have released many thrillers/films that defy general film conventions and so we therefore feel that our film FIXATION would have been welcomed by Paramount however we still feel that FIXATION would of been better off with Fox Search Light because they have a higher audience rating with a large scale presence in the world wide film market.
We also decided to change the name of our production company because we felt that the company needed to be portrayed I'm a certain light hence why we chose 'Scorpion Productions' for example the static electrical sound that scorpion tale makes represents the horror/thriller aspect of our company and the flashing lights represent a comic side that we could look into at a later date.Unique or similar?
After deciding to do a thriller stalker we found it very hard to brake the conventions of a normal stalker film purely because there is such a wide variety of stalker films out there and so it is harder for us to do a unique film, however we feel we have accomplished this is some aspects of our film, as previously stated our film has different qualities than other stalker films for example the genders have swapped around, the male stalker is now female and the victim is a young teenage male.Although the genders have been played with in many different stalker films, in most cases it is a woman stalking another woman (an example of this film is 'The roommate'), a young girl stalking her love interest
Also in most stalker films the stalker is jealous or has been scorned by the victim or a relative of the victim's, this is not the case in our film where as the stalker and the victim have no personal connection or running with one and other again this makes the aspect of our film different of others.
However if you strip our film down to the bare basics they are similar to others. Someone abducts another person, the family search and search for the missing person, with no idea who or why they were taken and if they will return. It is obvious to us that its hard to make a well versed genre stand out from the rest and we therefor worked with what we had, I think that some aspects of our film are very different from others but some parts are very similar to other stalker films.
All about the Mise-En-Scene.
One of the other poignant shots in our film are the shots of the stalker walking up to the victims house,this has a lot of mise-en-scene in it. We used no props because we wanted to focus on the character and their profile(how they came across) for example we wanted the stalker to come across as a mysterious character, we didn't want the audience to have much knowledge of our character, we wanted the audience to have an understanding of what she was doing but not who she is.
Her posture is very forward and she walks with confidence this also shows the audience that she is a strong character and knows what she wants/looking for again suggesting to the audience that of she is determined to get what/who she is after.
The background of this shot shows her walking up a pathway to a large house, the background of this shot is very crucial for the audience,this is where they are able to start piecing the different bits together. The background also shows that the film is indeed set in the 21st century.
Because the character is in the centre of the camera shot our whole focus is on her, again this indicates to us that she is one of the main characters, at this point we are able to tell she is the antagonist in the film.
The next vital shot in this sequence is the 'party' shots, these show a group of teenagers enjoying birthday celebrations. We can see that the characters are inside a house which is typical for the 21st century 'birthday party', we used various props in these shots for example the wine bottle, beer cans and birthday badge. This allows the audience to get a better understanding of whats going on. The drink also signifies to the audience what kind of age these teenagers are,which also allows the audience to get a better understand of the plot. The characters in this shot are wearing normal 'party attire' for example some of the girls are wearing dresses others are wearing jeans and smart tops, this again shows to the audience that they are 'normal' teenagers.
The facial expressions of the teens show they are enjoying themselves at this 'party', the strobe lighting also adds to the 'party' effect however because the music is dark and sinful the scene and non-diegetic music contradict each other and therefor give the audience a sense of what will happen in the film. The only thing we see in this shot are the teens, are focus is solely on them which shows to the audience that something will happen to one or all of them.
In this scene lighting is also very dark because of the atmosphere created, the stalkers body languages suggests that she is very calm and collected, showing to the audience that she has been planning this moment for a very long time which adds to the enigma code.
In conclusion the mise-en-scene of our film is very simplistic, we use little props because we want the audience to pick up on the little hints we give them, with the lighting, clothing and characters, the audience must work out the opening to understand what is going on.
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