Initial Ideas Prezi

Genre Conventions

             


                  

Secondary Audience Research

It is important when expanding your story to take genre into consideration. The genre of your idea can appeal to a specific audience type so it is important to take them into consideration when you are planning your idea. It is important to consider these factors and base your ideas around the audience that you are attempting to reach, basing characters, tones, events and story around them.

Sci-Fi Thriller Audience:

Gender- Although there are a large demographic of women who watch  these films, this genre is typically aimed at male audiences. This largely due to the action that tends to follow with this genre of film.

Age- The usual age of people watching this genre tends to be anywhere from teens and above. This is typically due towards the mature themes that can be seen in some films or the complex story telling that would not suit a younger audience.

Class- This genre of film would usually appeal to a working and above class. This is due to the genre of storytelling that sometimes will provoke a lot of thought amongst the audiences and this type of story telling may not have the same appeal to a stereotypical person in a lower class.

Interests- This genre is typically associated with tense storytelling, sci-fi elements and in some cases action. This means that the story should cover most or all of these bases in order to appeal tot he right target audience.

Overall we can see that this genre mainly applies to males of a teen or older age demographic who have an interest in the story components that fall with it. It is important that the audience can be engrossed into the story and characters in the film by allying there to be enough elements to appeal to the genre.

Plans for shooting

Setting:
-Setting will be outside for one (Tilt) or two shots of the villain smocking a cigarette and looking to his watch
-Establishing shot used to show the inside of the room.
-The room will feature some information towards the character (work clothes, work shoes on the floor)
-Technology will be used to show the time-zone (character looks towards digital clock to get an idea of the time)

Props:
-(Fake) Cigarette
-Watch
-Card with date and time on it
-Contents of room (Work clothes on the floor)

Sci-Fi, Media Timeline

Before The 1920's:

-Sci-Fi was kept simple at this time because effects were extremely limited so there was no room for any real believable sic-fi films to be made with the resources at hand.

1895
La Charcuterie mécanique
1897
Gugusse et l'Automate
1902
A Trip to the Moon
1907
20.000 Lieues Sous les Mers
1909
Airship Destroyer
1910
Frankenstein
1911
Aerial Anarchists
1916
Homunculus
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1917
Himmelskibet
1918
Alraune
Alraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote Hanne
The Master Mystery
1919
The First Men in the Moon
Die Arche

1920's:

-Different story telling techniques were used in order to compensate for a lack of effects. Exotic sets were built and other ideas such as using lizards on a small set was used for films like the lost world.

1920
Algol
The Invisible Ray
1921
The Mechanical Man
1922
The Man from Beyond
1923
Black Oxen
1924
Aelita
The Last Man on Earth
L'Inhumaine1925
The Lost World
Luch Smerti
Paris Qui Dort René Clair
The Power God
Wunder Der Schöpfung
1927
Metropolis
1928
Alraune
1929
High Treason
The Mysterious Island

Woman in the Moon

1930:

-More convinncing sci-fi stories began to surface at this time and major franchises like frankenstein and Flash Gordan were being made into films. This inspired a new way of looking at sic-fi.

1930

Alraune

Just Imagine

The Voice from the Sky

1931

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

End of the World

Frankenstein

1932

F.P.1 Antwortet Nicht

Island of Lost Souls

Six Hours to Live

1933

Deluge

Der Tunnel

The Invisible Man

It's Great to Be Alive

Men Must Fight

1934

Gold

Master of the World

Once in a New Moon

The Vanishing Shadow

1935

Loss of Sensation

Air Hawks

Bride of Frankenstein

Kosmicheskiy reys: Fantasticheskaya novella

The Lost City

The Phantom Empire

1936

Flash Gordon

Ghost Patrol

The Invisible Ray

The Man Who Changed His Mind Robert Stevenson

Things to Come

Undersea Kingdom

1937

Non-Stop New York

1938

The Fighting Devil Dogs

Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars

The Secret of Treasure Island

1939

Buck Rogers

The Man They Could Not Hang

The Phantom Creeps

1940's:

1940

The Ape

Before I Hang

Black Friday

Dr. Cyclops

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

The Invisible Man Returns

The Invisible Woman

Mysterious Doctor Satan Jon English

Son of Ingagi

1941

Monster and the Girl

1942

Bowery at Midnight

The Corpse Vanishes

Dr. Renault's Secret

Invisible Agent

1943

The Ape Man

The Mad Ghoul

1944

The Invisible Man's Revenge

The Lady and the Monster

The Monster

1945

Manhunt of Mystery Island

The Man in Half Moon Street

The Monster and the Ape

The Purple Monster Strikes

Strange Holiday

1946

The Crimson Ghost

The Flying Serpent

The Mysterious 

1947

The Black Widow

Counterblast

Krakatit

Unknown Island

1949

The Perfect Woman

1950:

-Sci-fi elements began to find there way into monster stories such as 'The Blob'. This would allow monster films to be given a different spin than the usual horror vibe.

1950
Destination Moon

Flying Disc Man from Mars
1951
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere
The Day the Earth Stood Still
1952
Alraune
April 1, 2000
Captive Women
The Jungle
1953
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
1954
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Crash of Moons
Creature from the Black Lagoon
1956
1984
The Beast of Hollow Mountain
The Black Sleep
1957
20 Million Miles to Earth
The 27th Day
She Devil
1958
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman Nathan H. Juran
Attack of the Puppet People
The Blob

1960:

-Sci-Fi films began to start being more believable and taken more seriously as intelligent storytelling and effects were being used to grab audience attention.

1960
12 to the Moon
Herrin der Welt
A Corpse Hangs in the Web

The Amazing Transparent Man
1962
The Amphibian Man
The Brain That Wouldn't Die
Creation of the Humanoids
1963
Atom Age Vampire Anton Giulio Majano
The Crawling Hand
1964
Dogora
First Men in the Moon
The Flesh Eaters
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Kiss Me Quick!
The Last Man on Earth
Monstrosity
Mothra vs. Godzilla
1966
Agent for H.A.R.M.
Around the World Under the Sea
1968
2001: A Space Odyssey
1969
Captain Nemo and the Underwater City

1970's:

-This was a high point for Sci-Fi as major blockbuster franchises like Alien, Star Wars and Superman were being made into films and began to pave the way for films of the same genre to follow.

1970
Beneath the Planet of the Apes

Cleopatra
1972
Beware! The Blob
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
1973
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Beyond Atlantis
1977
Alien Prey
Capricorn One
Star Wars
1978
Superman
1979
Alien
The Black Hole

1980:

-Sci-Fi began to appeal to a much wider audience now that classic films such as Back to the Future, E.T and The Terminator were being made and enjoyed by all ages and began to integrate genres.

1981
Adieu Galaxy Express 999

Earthbound
Mad Max 2
1982
The Thing
E.T
1984
2010
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Babičky dobíjejte přesně!
The Terminator
1985
The Aurora Encounter
Back to the Future
Weird Science
1986
Aliens
1987
Predator
Robocop
1989
Ghostbusters 2
Back to the Future
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Blade Runner

1990's:

Aftershock

Back to the Future Part III
1992
Alien 3
Bad Channels
Godzilla vs. Mothra
1995
Alien Visitor
Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold
12 Monkeys
1996
Independence Day
1997
Men In Black
1999
The Matrix

2000's:

-Special effects finally caught up to the intelligent story telling and as a result enhanced the experience of some films. Films like Donnie Darko and K-PAX took audiences on more of a psychological ride and gained audience attention through compelling Sci-Fi store telling and film making.

2000
The 6th Day

Amazone
X-Men
2001
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Avalon
The American Astronaut
Donnie Darko
K-PAX
2002
Spider-Man
2003
X-Men 2
2004
2046
After the Apocalypse
Alien vs. Predator
Appleseed
The Butterfly Effect
2004
A Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy
2006
Deja-vu
2007
I Am Legend
2008
Iron man
Wall-E
2009
Moon
Avatar
Star Trek
District 9
Watchmen

2010's:

-Films such as Inception, Looper, Gravity and Guardians of the Galaxy reinvigorated the genre for a lot of audiences by showing us unbelievable story telling, effects (both cgi and practical) and by reminding us of the interesting sides that Sci-Fi has offered to audiences over the years and revitalising and taking influence from famous films of the past.

2010
Inception
The Book Of Eli
Monsters
2011
Limitless
Paul
X-Men: First Class
2012
The Avengers
Chronicle
Cloud Atlas
Dredd
Looper
2013
Gravity
Her
Man of Steel
The Worlds End
2014
Guardians of the Galaxy
Under the Skin
X-Men: Days of Future Past

Story Idea

Crisis:

-Main character receives mysterious card with his name and a random time and date on it. This card is linked with a string of unusual deaths and happenings that have previously occurred. The police have drawn the the conclusion that the deaths are the work of a murderer, and with his knack for seemingly predicting his victims deaths he is seen within the public eye as a godly force or a time traveller. Once the main character wakes to finds own  card placed on him, he becomes haunted by the oncoming realisation of his demise. As a result he contacts the police who are able to give the audience and the character some knowledge to previous cases and the way that the killer works.

Story Goal:

-The main character is forced to ultimately pursue the killer in a search for answers before he meets his ultimate fate.

Story Idea:

-Suppose that there is a killer that can seemingly predict the exact time and date of death of his victims without physically murdering. The main character decides that he must unravel the mystery before he reaches the deadline.

-My film is about an everyday man who is thrust into a world of danger when he wakes to find the calling card of an infamous killer who is portrayed as the hourglass killer who's motivation is revealed later in the story to fulfil a set plan as he believes that he is from the future and uses examples of the theory of relativity and the theory of compossibility (the theory that states that the universe would find  a way to prevent him from killing his victims if they are set to die later in the timeline) to justify the deaths.

Protagonist:

-Edward Blake is a man in his late twenties who lives fairly normal life and has been working for his fathers company since he finished school. He is not the type to make enemies which makes the realisation of his fate even more shocking.

Existing titles and title ideas

Thriller:

-Shutter island
-memento
-Pulp Fiction
-The Usual Suspects
-S7ven
-The Silence of The Lambs
-Leon: The Professional
-Blade Runner
-Gone Girl

Sci fi:

-Donnie Darko
-Alien
-Inception
-The Matrix
-K-PAX
-Intersteller
-The Worlds End
-2001: A Space Odyssey
-Blade Runner
-Star Wars
-Guardians of the Galaxy
-Looper

My Titles:

-Relativity theory
-Recipient
-Traveller
-Deadline

Planning Genre

Thriller


Thriller is one of the most interesting genres of film as the audience is able to be taken through a journey of many levels to tell a compelling story. This genre typically surprises audiences as it features twists and dramatic plot points that can completely change the flow of the film or make audiences ponder and question at the different possibilities of the story and the outcome.

  comedy



Comedy is one of the most famous and interesting genres when done correctly. Comedy can be appealing to audiences of all ages and through different settings and character types. I chose The Breakfast Club as an example because it features as a comedy while also taking the audience on an emotional ride with some hard hitting moments and conversations.

Sci-fi



Sci-fi is an interesting genre to think about as there are many ways to define it. You could go from a film with all out action and space craft with amazing cgi, to a compelling grounded story that has  completely different pacing. I chose Donnie Darko as an example because it is not only a great sic-fi film, but a great psychological film. Audiences are forced to wrap their heads around this film, completely enrapturing the audiences attention through an interesting and well acted film that will cause audiences to question their understanding of the film after multiple viewings.

My Film Opening, Titles