Detailed Idea For My Production

Genre:
The genre of my film will be action thriller. It branches off the horror genre, but is more specific in terms of audience and the codes and conventions.
Codes and Conventions:
The codes and conventions of an action thriller are:

• low key lighting or set in a dark and mysterious environment - this sets the scene and makes the film a bit scarier for the audience as they don't know what is going to happen. The dark colours have eerie connotations, as though something could be hiding in the dark, so the enigma code is built because the audience is left to guess what will happen next. 
• fast paced editing - this builds the tension for the audience and makes them feel a bit wary of some of the characters such as the villain or the evil character. 
• close-up shots on the character's faces - this makes the audience feel empathy towards the character that is in trouble as they can see how they're feeling and this makes the audience feel like they are in the scene with the characters. 
• fast paced music - this again builds the tension and makes it more dramatic. It also suggests that something big is going to happen or about to happen, like a big reveal or something bad happening to one of the characters. 
• flashbacks to make the story line more dramatic, building the tension as the characters recall what has happened before they got into the situation that they are in now.
• the main character's love one is in danger so the audience again feel sorry for them and route for the hero to save them
• violence and use of guns to allude to action and thriller and to also emphasise the danger of the loved one 
• special effects to attract the audience to the film 
• realistic - using real characters and settings so the audience can relate to it 

Name:
The name of my action thriller film will be Gone as this suggests that someone has gone missing and could potentially be in danger.
Detailed narrative outline:
My action thriller film will be similar to 'TAKEN' but I will consider the 'difference in repetition' so the film will have similar conventions to the others but with a different story line. A group of teenage girls are camping in a forest and having a good time. They are just talking among themselves and everything is normal (equilibrium). They then start to mess around, making noises and trying to scare one another. When they hear a mysterious noise from somewhere deeper within the forest, they start to get scared (disruption). One of the girls wonders off to get signal in order to phone her mum. When the girls realise that she has been gone for a long time. they think that she is the one making the creepy noises and so they laugh it off. They carry on doing what they were doing, when they suddenly hear a loud scream (realisation). They all grab their touches and set out in search of her. They can't seem to find her anywhere, but its getting a lot darker now, so they all agree to go back to camp and look for her in the morning if she hasn't returned by then. When they get back to their camp, their campfire had been put out and BEWARE has been written in stones on the floor. There is still so sight of the friend that went missing, but her hoodie has been slung over the tent. It has blood all over it. They all decide the sleep in one tent together just in case. When they get up in the morning, the missing friend is still nowhere to be seen, so they get dressed and set out in search of her again (restored order). The missing girl turns up at the camp and they are all pleased to see her and even more concerned about what had happened to her. It turns out that she had spent the night in an old abandoned shed after she couldn't find her way back to the camp. That still doesn't explain the blood stain, but the friend admits she covered it in fake blood, but she wasn't he one who put it on the tent. The girls forget all about it and go home to return to their normal lives (equilibrium). While listening to the radio on the way back, they hear that there had been an escaped murderer on the loose in the forest where they were camping, but the police hunted him down earlier that morning. The binary opposites in this film are male vs female and hero vs villain. The binary opposites in this film are the heroes and the friend is the 'princess'. The main characters in the film will be 4 teenage girls who go camping and are just wearing their normal everyday clothes. The props will be camping equipment. They will all be aged from 13-19 so it is relatable for the audience. I will use the park and house as shooting locations.