what have se7en and rear window have in common

codes : a way of making meaning
conventions : expected ways of doing things


CHARACTERS
-killers and victims
-killer in control --> make protagonist in danger
-mysterious killer --> who is it? when is he going to murder?
-male protagonist --> vulnerable/flawed
      Mill - anger issue
      Jeff - broken leg
-killer and protagonist interact for short time


-world is cynical, cold, uncaring world
-morality motivated death -->wives

In this meeting, we finalised the plot and talk about the details of who the actors going to be, all the locations and symbolisation that we will include.

Location

we have considered several locations, mostly hotels to film the corridor shooting and we need a swimming pool for the drowning scene.

inspiration scene from skyfall




Bus stop/bts - everyday life
city for filming time lapse 

Actors

possible actors
-Jasper
-Conner
-Rute
-George

Symbolisation

pool - cleansing
newspaper - crimes
innocence - white flowers

Convention of Thrillers




-weapons/violence - use of guns,knifes

-realistic story lines so they relate to the audience

-crime/drama

-hero and villain share similar characteristics (se7en-somerset/doe/mills)

-hide identity of antagonist (dark side/shadows/shot of back)

-mirrors

-non diabetic sounds to create tension

-quick jump cuts

-urban/ suburban areas

-foreshadowing

-quiet diabetic sounds (breathing/footsteps)

-complex narrative

-collateral

-vulnerable protagonist

-moral hero

-immortal character

-unpredictability

-cliffhangers

-close ups of face/expressions/body parts

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This is what we have came up with. We want to make a spy thriller scene but don't want it to be so cliche like a typical spy scene that have the running and chasing scene.


Dialogue in the opening scene is important dialogue which force the audience to listen as it might refer to what will happen and give us information about the protagonist. Also, the ominous sound track of piano playing along the dialogues creates a very mysterious scene. The opening scene has shown us things that the protagonist is doing and facing not the actual character so I think that it is a good way to keep audience engaged.

List of movies that inspired us

-Kingsman
-Bridge of spies
-Tinker tailor soldier spy