Luqman Ali Hussain - Antagonist
Age - 18
Brief - Stalkes Rahena Begum down the road, chases her through the alleyway and enters her house through the back door. Luqman doesn't show his face in the trailer, the audience have to watch the full film in order to see what he looks like.
Rahena Begum - Victim
Age - 17
Brief - Vulnerable, young, asian girl who is scared for her life. She's running away from someone because of a reson which remains unknown in the trailer. She runs and hides away, jumps at every noise and avoids answering calls. Through her, the audience see how much damage paranoia can do to a person mentally.
Production Schedule
The location for my production was the dead end of my street, the alleyway next to my house and my kitchen.
Most thrillers are creepy and set in late evening times, so I and the crew waited till 7pm to start shooting. We started shooting at 7 and finished at 8, the drawback of shooting late was that by the time I realised that I had to re-shoot some scenes, it was too late to go out again.
To film the kitchen scene, I had to wait for a time my parents weren't home, so we could keep re-shooting till I had the perfect shot.
Most thrillers are creepy and set in late evening times, so I and the crew waited till 7pm to start shooting. We started shooting at 7 and finished at 8, the drawback of shooting late was that by the time I realised that I had to re-shoot some scenes, it was too late to go out again.
To film the kitchen scene, I had to wait for a time my parents weren't home, so we could keep re-shooting till I had the perfect shot.
BMetC Films
Production Name & Synopsis
My thriller production is called Paranoia. Many thrillers revolve around themes such as paranoia, fear and anxiety. Thrillers send a shiver down the audiences’ spines rather than making them cringe at blood and gore.
While creating my mood board for thrillers, most of my pictures found were of paranoid people. My production is three different stories, merging them together through paranoia. This makes the ideal name as it reveals the theme of the film but it doesn’t reveal the cause of the paranoia.
To summarise my production, Paranoia is about a woman, who is paranoid for an unknown reason. The film starts off with her just a little paranoid; the film then develops to show how dangerous and harmful paranoia can be. She almost risks her life throughout the crazy journey to defeat paranoia.
Production Title Sequence Order
1. Birmingham Metro Films Presents - Logo
2. A Raz dOt dOt Film - Logo
3. Starring:- Luqman Ali Hussain & Rahena Begum
4. Film Name:- Paranoia
5. Camera Person:- Micheal Smith
6. Music by:- Billy Shah
7. Editing by:- Ali Hussain
8. Produced By:- Awo Mohamoud
9. Written & Directed By:- Razna Begum
Christian Metz
Metz had a theory, and in his book ‘Language and Cinema (1974)’ he explored the development of genre film and suggested that genres pass through four different stages of existence.
- The experimental
- The classic
- The parody
- The deconstruction
The experimental - The stage of early films which explored and experimented with the horror themes in its narrative films such as ‘The cabinet of Dr Cagliari’ (1919) and ‘Nosferati’ (1922). It helped formalize the convention horror films in its earlier stage.
The classic – The stage of film which established the narrative convention of the horror genre in its most successful and defining period. Examples include ‘Dracula’ (1931) and ‘Frankenstein’ (1931)
The parody – Films that have mimicked the horror genre in a comical way. Examples include ‘’Abbot and Costello meet Frankenstein’ (1948), ‘Carry on screaming’ (1968) and ‘Scary movie’ (1998)
The deconstruction – Films that have taken generic elements of the horror genre and amalgamated them into varying sub genres, such as ‘Se7en’ (1995), ‘The sixth sense’ (1999) and ‘Scream’ (1998)
Combination of genres
Se7en – psychological thriller/horror
The sixth sense – supernatural thriller/horror
Scream – teen movie/horror
Questionnaire Analysis
Most Preferred Genre: | |
Horror | I I |
Thriller | I I I |
Romantic Comedy | I I I I |
As the table above shows, Thrillers and Romantic Comedies are the more popular genre out of the three.
Most Common Place To Watch A Movie For The First Time: | |
Cinema | I I I I I I I I |
DVD/Blu-Ray | |
Internet | I I |
Other | |
Predictably, 8 out of 10 people preferred going to the cinemas. This shows that cinemas are the most popular place to watch a movie
Preferred Endings In Movies | |
Happily Ever After | I |
Cliff-hanger | I I I I I I |
Closed Endings | I I I |
Predictive | |
Other | |
According to my questionnaire, the most favoured type of ending would be Cliff-hangers as 6 people out of the 10 voted for it. 3 people voted for closed endings and 1 person voted for happily ever after endings.
Preferred Music Throughout Movie | |
Classical | I |
Rock | I I I |
Hip-Hop | I I I I I |
Other | I |
Hip-Hop was the most popular with 5 votes out of 10. One person voted for other and stated 'R&B'.
Gender Of Protagonist (Hero): | |
Male | I I I I I I |
Female | I I I I |
Majority of people thought males make better protagonists than females, as stated by one person, “males make better protagonists because that is predictable in most movies”, and another person, “Males have better fight scenes than women”
Based on the results of my questionnaire, I’ve decided to base my trailer on the Thriller genre.
