Media assignment 26

Media assignment 26

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  Assignment 26: Individual Pitch JackCarroll
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  Choice of subgenre: •The subgenre I have chosen is Home Invasion (Psychological/Killer). The reason I chose this subgenre is because firstly this subgenre is not seen often and also it is a realistic subgenre to try create at our standard unlike a subgenre like Zombie where you would need great mise en scene to make it realistic.
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  5 examples offilms from this subgenre: • Don’t Breathe • Panic Room • You’re Next • The Purge • Home invasion
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  Conventions of theHome Invasion subgenre: • In most home invasion films the main events happen during the night. This is to make it more realistic as most break ins are not done during the day. • Another convention is that the protagonist always tries to get help in some way but they never end up getting any. • In home invasion films there are always a lot of props used for example guns, knifes, baseball bats, etc.
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  My idea: • Theprotagonist is home alone and he is cooking himself some dinner. • He sees a shadow fly past quickly but he turns around and doesn’t see anything so he just forgets about it. • A bit later on he starts hearing footsteps up stairs. • The protagonist gets very scared at this point and tries to call his girlfriend who is currently out but just as it starts ringing his phone dies. • He then hears noises coming down from the basement as well so he knows that there is more than one person invading his house. • He gets himself a kitchen knife and starts slowly walking upstairs. • As he gets near the top of the stairs, one of the antagonists comes out of one of the bedrooms and sees the protagonist. • The antagonist is holding a hammer and chases him down the stairs but slips so the protagonist holds him down to the floor. • The antagonist is begging the protagonist to let him go but the other antagonist from the basement hears and comes up behind the protagonist and kills him.
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  Conventions I ammeeting: • Using various props such as the kitchen knife and hammer. • The protagonist tries to call his girlfriend for help but his phone died so he couldn’t get any help. • My idea is set at night when most home invasions usually occur.
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  How will myidea be unique: • Firstly, the subgenre I have chosen is unique in itself as it is not commonly used much in AS Media. • Also, there isn’t much backstory so it creates a lot of narrative enigmas for the audience on why they are invading his home and who are they, etc.
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  Narrative enigmas: • Whoare the villains? • Why are they invading the persons home? • Did they know him personally? • Why are they carrying weapons? • Did they know he was likely to get a weapon as well? • What were they looking for?
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  Targets: • My targetsare to have a wide variety of camera shots and camera angles. • To have good editing and a pace of editing that matches whats happening. • To have good mise en scene and realistic fake blood.