Film Concepts - Balancing familiarity and uniqueness
- Nov 7, 2014
- 2 min read
Shutter Island
Concept
An investigator (Teddy) is sent to scrutinize a mysterious island and hospital to investigate the mystery of a girl who went missing in her cell, as she has 'evaporated'.
Inspiration
The Escape Plan: When a structural-security authority finds him set up and incarcerated in the world's most secret and secure prison, he has to use his skills to escape with help from the inside.
Narratemes:
Picture 6 - A warning is addressed, teddy opens a book given by a patient, and the patient tells him to run which implies that he is in danger.
Picture 7 - Shows that the warning is violated as he still is in the island.
Picture 8 - Another warning is addressed as an imprisoned patient frequently wrote down on the wall 'stop me before I kill again' which shows that he is a dangerous man.
Unique Selling Point
Picture 2 and 9: Shows that the prisoners are not normal, could they be experimented on?
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Concept
A bored married couple is surprised to learn that they are both assassins hired by competing agencies to kill each other.
Inspiration
The Bounty Hunter: A bounty hunter learns that his next target is his ex-wife who is a reporter working on a murder cover-up. Soon after, the Bounty Hunter and his ex-wife work together, to sort out both of their missions.
Narratemes:
Picture 2 - The hero and opponent which they now are in a team are in a direct combat, as they literally are together shooting at the enemies.
Picture 4 - The hero is branded as she is bleeding from her head because of the fight she got into with her husband.
Picture 8 - The opponent gains information about the victim; as she zoomed in spotted out who is he and start further investigation to find out what he does for a living.
Unique Selling Point
Picture 1 and 6: Shows that the husband and wife are shooting at each other.
Limitless
Concept
With the help of a mysterious pill (NZT) that enables the user to activate 100% of the users brain, an endevouring writer uses it to help him with his future, but can he overcome the side effects and the danger thats about to start?
Inspiration
Lucy: A woman (Lucy) who was to do a simple job to deliver a mysterious briefcase to someone, but immediately Lucy is caught in a dark deal, where she is captured and turned into a drug mule for a new drug called CPH4.
Narratemes:
Picture 5 - The hero is given a new appearance as looks more handsome and has new garments, new hairstyle compared to before.
Picture 7 - The hero is rewarded as the pill he took that made him be a successful writer has led him to celebrate.
Picture 12 - The hero is interrogated and attacked to give the villain the information on where the drug (NZT) is so he can have more of them.
Unique Selling Point
Picture 3: Shows the drug that is used that activates 100% of the brain.
In both films the hero brain is activated to 100% which helps them and also causing them to be in danger.
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