Ideas Update & Inspirations

The Idea:

My other group member, Georgina Gilbey, and I and a long online discussion in order to finalise the ideas we have for the narrative of the film, its characters, and the film's title. Here is what we decided upon:

The Plot:

The idea for the trailer is fairly the same as before. The plot of the film is that there is a serial killer who is posing as a member of Anonymous in order to lure in their targets. The targets in this case is a group of drug addicts. We do not plan for there to be a distinct antagonist, and leave it so that it is the audience's decision who they side with. I also want to make it ambiguous why the hacker is targeting this group as I believe that it will help to create a stronger enigma to help intrigue the audience into wanting to watch the film.

Film Title Potential Names:

• Overkill                       -1
• Pandemonium            -1
• Illicit Obsession          -5
• Adverse Pursuit          -1
• Adverse Addictions     -1

So far we have come with these five names for our film title. 'Overkill' is a combination of the words 'overdose' and 'kill', so the title itself refers to both the drug users and the serial killer. 'Pandemonium' means an 'uproar' or disruption. It relates to the narrative of the film, and it also sounds dramatic and intense, which we liked about it.  the definition of 'Illicit' is an illegal activity, such as taking drugs or killing people, and of course 'obsession' means that you are addicted to it, so this can apply to both sides of the conflict in the story. 'Adverse' has a meaning of being harmful, which can connect to the fact that drugs are not healthy, and that our serial killer has a tendency to harm others. We came up with two titles with this word, the first is Adverse Pursuit, which can relate to the fact that the serial killer is on a pursuit to harm the drug users. Adverse Addictions is catchy because of the alliteration so we thought it would stick inside people minds as it is repetitive and it also has the meaning that the addictions that people have are harmful, which can relate to both the serial killer and druggies. 

It is unlikely that we will use the name 'Overkill' as it sounds like it would belong to an action video game, and Adverse Pursuit sounds as if it belongs to an action-orientated film. Pandemonium is a word that is not used very often, so those who are unfamiliar with the word will not know the meaning of it to understand the underline message. We also asked nine people which title they thought would best suit a crime film and which appealed to them the most, in which 5/9 favoured Illicit Obsession, and so this is highly likely to be used as the film's final title.

Characters: 

Anon - The serial killer/hacker posing as an Anonymous member.

As the audience will not need to know this characters name in the trailer, in order to keep the enigma, we decided that that character will simple be named 'Anon as it is an abbreviated version of the word anonymous, as well as the organisation name. It is also a gender neutral name as we haven't decided upon the gender of the character. Given how they will be wearing a mask and how their voice will be altered to sound like an Anonymous member, the gender is not important. 

The Druggies:

• James
• Louise
• Eve
• Daisy
• Alice
• George

At this moment in time, we have not confirmed what actors will star in our trailer so the character names are subject to change. Given how our film is targeted towards primarily a male audience, we feel that there will be a lack of availability of m,ale actors to be able to appeal to a male audience. A number of actors will likely be female, and will only be featured in the trailer for a number of seconds or act as extras. We will use the lack of male actors to our advantage, and possibly suggest that our serial killer is targeting specifically females, and that one of the male druggies has a suspicion as to what is going on, which therefore can add more enigmas to our trailer to further the intrigue of our audience. 

Other Characters: 
Connor - A potential investigator who will have a suspicion of the events going on, and will question why the drug users are being targeted. 

Film Trailer Inspirations

Poster and Magazine Cover Inspirations:

Moodboard:

Below is a moodboard I created to help me show my vision for the trailer, collecting images from pinterest. It has also helped me gain better ideas of costumes, shot types, lighting and other visual ideas that I can use in the final product.