Treatment: The criminal

his film will be a minimum of 1 minute to a maximum of 2 minutes as required of by AS media. As for location we will utilise the outdoors mainly in New Zealand being the focus. The story takes place in a case style so the out doors approach will allow for effective long distance movement without the problems of confinement.

Conventions being a key part of thrillers are also utilised through :

• Weapons signifying the high stakes the danger the characters face building suspense.
• Ruff clothes to show the already worn down characters battling it out for survival ( distances characters from comfort as a whole.
• the fall into night links to the huge popular convention of darkness ( being unaware of the dangers around you), this also represents a fall into a caose of sorts.
• Injuries will add to the suspense as the audience questions how long the characters have left (how far can they get before scumming to their injuries).
• Blood is also a good convention to raise suspense as blood loss is dangerous and the colour red often has a connotation of negativity/emergency.
• Money will be used to show what is to gain from the situation.

A good example of the style of film we used is the Jason Bourn films, we drew concepts and ideas from the film to produce our clip.

Character names:

• Sully
• Ben
• Nathan
• Jack

Ideology: the film focuses on the dangerous high stakes situation that stands in the way of the main character who is in possession of a large quantity of money.

The mood and tone of the film is high tension, high suspense action, their is a clear link between the fear of being caught by the antagonises and the idea of running from death its self. the mood is dark with death looming and the tone expresses a feeling of heaviness. this connects to the viewer as the story can be treated as an allegory for death and life.

Themes of death fear and danger are prevalent supported by a wealth of subtle themes such as running from something bigger than yourself as though how intend to take what he has taken chase him.another theme is theft, the idea of taking what you want and then dealing with the consequences.

Mise en scene is covered through the choice to shoot later into the day creating darker lighting setting the aforementioned lighting. the location of open fields also ironically creates the feeling of isolation as their is a limited amount of character interactions , anything can happen an not many people would know.

Symbols:

• Blood
• Weapons: knives, guns
• Cloths
• Money

Sound will be utilised to set the tone and mood by creating a heavy atmosphere and building as moments of action take place.

Credits and a logo will be placed at the beginning and at the end. Main characters at the beginning and crew at the end.