Foundation Portfolio Planning

Brainstorming:

Story Board:

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Location:

for the location we are going for a stark contrast in how the main character lives his life. in the first life he wakes up in a brightly lit room, this is meant to show that he is happy with his life and that he is well off and comfortable. He walks down a well-lit hallway that is clean and uncluttered and goes to have breakfast in the kitchen where it's clean and bright. The countertop is clean and there are no dishes in the sink.

he pours himself a steaming cup of coffee and spreads butter on some golden brown toast. he goes and sits down on a clean couch and places his breakfast on a nice coffee table. 

He then wakes up again but this time the room is dimly light with grey and blue hues to emphasize that his life is much duller now. the alarm clock is knocked onto the floor along with all the other things that litter clustered all over the floor and on top of his bed. when walks down the hallway it's filled with rubbish all over the.he enters a messy kitchen with dishes of unfinished food everywhere and papers dispersed over the countertop. He pours himself some alcohol instead of coffee and his toast is burnt and stale.

Concept:

Ordinary Assassin

Audience: 15+ years old because there is implied violence and substance abuse, both theme arent suitable for an immature audience.

a younger audience may not understand all the implications and so the thriller aspect will be lost to them.

Conventions:

Weapons are a common thriller convention we intend to take advantage of. weapons can invoke a real sense of danger with ease and so even just showing them make it clear that there is an element of danger within the film. We intend to use guns knives and poison bottles to convey this sense of danger, these will work well because Alexander our main character is an assassin so these objects wouldn't be foreign to him.

The contrast of lives is a convention we intend to use as this helps emphasize the severity of his current situation. he used to be a normal man but now he lives a life of danger which has turned him into a rugged man who no longer takes care of himself. This can also help the audience to sympathize with him as he is now in a tough situation.

Dim lighting will be used to help conceal information from the audience, creating a sense of danger of the unknown as the audience is put into the same situation as the main character. it additionally helps to portray a darker more sinister side to a character as the darkness suggests that he is hiding something, this convention pair well with the use of weapons and other dangerous utilities. helping to flesh out Alexander, the main character, more

Using awkward angles allows for a distortion of the scene showing that there is an unsteadiness to the scene shot types such as the Dutch angle or canted shots will help with this effect these are also a common theme to the thriller genre.

A modern-day setting allows the audience to connect more to the film as the events that happen onscreen will feel as if they could happen to them in real life inviting a deeper level of audience engagement.

suburbs are a common place for thrillers this way because there are many concealed locations and hidden places which can have many unknown dangers lying around any corner.

Plot Synopsis

Alexander a seemingly normal man wakes up in his bedroom, brightly lit and birds chirping outside. a warm glow penetrated through the curtains and set the same atmosphere for the room. Alexander gently emerges from his cozy blankets and heads out of his room towards the kitchen. His feet almost glide down the hallway as he passes a picture frame. a small picture stood upon the hallway table, bigger than an average notebook, on the picture Alexander stood embracing his brother and smiling towards the camera.

Alexander urns the doorknob and enters the kitchen it too was elegantly illuminated crisp clear rays of sunlight burst from the blinds and into the kitchen. Alexander prepares his breakfast, two slices of toast and a cup of steaming coffee. as he sits down to eat he receives a text from his brother." ready for the trip Alex?"

 suddenly an alarm goes off, it's consistent and infuriating.

Alexander finds himself waking up once again but this time the room is dull and darkly lit. the rays struggle to find their way into the room and so the room stays cold and uninviting. reluctantly Alexander wakes up and swats the annoying alarm right off the bedside table onto the mess ridden floor. piles of books and clothes occupied most of the real estate and the rest was a mixture of food and empty beer bottles. Alex stepped out from his blankets and onto the floor dragging his feet into the hallway and towards the kitchen, the hallway was no better than his bedroom. almost an exact mirror. The table in the hallway was replaced with a menacing looking cabinet and there was no longer a picture of him and his brother.

In the kitchen, Alex began preparing his breakfast. His steaming cup of coffee was replaced with a bottle of alcohol and his crispy golden brown toast was replaced with two slices of burnt and stale bread. As he sits down to enjoy his breakfast he receives an anonymous text saying." pick up the file and complete the contract, REWARD: $100,000.00" Alex did like the text said he picked up the file from his front door and opened it with shock. his next contract was his brother. he was furious and began angrily texting back saying why he wouldn't do it. the anonymous man simply replied," He's after you too." all of a sudden a knock came from the door and Alex reached for his gun.

Character Synopsis:

Alexander- He is the main character he used to be an ordinary man now he an ordinary assassin the main conflict is between him and his attacker who is suspected to be his brother. Alexander goes through a huge change which is outlined at the beginning of the film this show the man he used to be and what he became after.

The Brother- The Brother first appears on the picture in the hallway. this is used to show the relationship that the two characters have and that they are close. he is also the main tension builder as we see his perspective of him approaching Alexanders house, implying that he is the one coming to kill Alex.

The Anonymous Man- the text man is used to explain what Alexander does now and his conflict with his brother. at the beginning he is seen as the protagonist until it becomes clear that he is trying to help Alex.