Main Film Influences

The films above are our main influences for our own media product. Though they are not all directly influencing us in our plot, the characters and style of the trailers are what we are incorporating as well. The first trailer: The Town, as been a massive influence in our plot and locations, using the urban environment of London that we are surrounded by. In the trailer, there is also the Investigator, with the interview at the start of the trailer, which is what we will be incorporating into ours.



In the Disappearance of Alice Creed, the trailer gives us multiple influences, those including locations. The use of small dark rooms and the wood, about half way through the trailer are styles of locations we will include in out trailer. The wood is suggestive of disposal of bodies, and so will be what we will incorporate for this exact reason. The plot is also similar, as we too will include scenes of a kidnapping of a female character, so we will look to use similar shots and scenes.



From 7 Minutes, we will also be using part of the plot, as well as the main character (Sam) played by Luke Mitchel. The idea of 'never go in with someone who has more to lose than you do' will be incorporated into our film, and the idea of the young guy, who has the family, being the vulnerable one in the group. As for Luke Mitchel himself, we will use his youth, and hesitant character to develop our own, as well as being incorporated from other similar characters from other films.



From Reservoir Dogs, we will use the basic style, which seems natural in the sense that there is no over the top pyro technics, camera shots, chase scenes or shootouts. We like the idea of characters with names, dressed in suits, and so this is something we will use. The location in the warehouse, that where the torture scene commences inspired us to use a similar location, that which we are currently in search of. Mr Pink is inspiration for our middle aged psychotic character, while Mr white is the basis for our wiser and older character.



We like the postmodern film noir style of Nightcrawler, and so we are looking to incorporate the same style and tone as this. Along side this, the extensive use of night time will be what we will copy, allowing for huge sections of chiaroscuro to be present.



Although the Dark Knight clip is not a trailer, we really enjoyed the opening, with its fast pace soundtrack, and mix between sections of comedy and violence. The masks are appropriate, and the camera work is what we liked most. The overall feel of the heist is something we want to recreate in the form of a house robbery.

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