Potential Story Line For Film

I will be brainstorming different ideas for my thriller, by writing ideas on what will happen.

Story Outline 1

Based on a the best selling book by Robert Thomas  

• He's a some sort of Genius - crazy scientist - he was working on something really big and evil kids find out his secrets and he tries to kill them 
• As young kids the 2 protagonists testify against a killer - who is sent down for life  
• 10 years later a journalist approaches them for a comment about the disappearance of the killer - there is no record of him....
• it turns out he have been re-trained/ released by the government who planned to use him as a killer. 
• BUT he's gone dark (disappeared) and he is coming to get the boys who put him away!   
• kids tell the government about the killer and the government pretend to care whilst secretly employing him 
• montage of action shots 

Story Outline 2 

• He's some sort of mentalist who psychopath young girls which the protagonists find out which he tries to torture and kill them. 
• The protagonists testify against him - who gets a sentence of 25 years
• He gets out, but the government are looking for him to try control him and to make him.
• but he disappears and tries to kill the kids 
• The kids find out that he has been released out of jail
• they get scared and paranoid. 
•   

Potential Taglines

Below is a list of potential taglines that I will us in my teaser trailer and put on my poster. By looking at existing thriller films taglines I was able to grasp a better understanding of what kind of words were suitable and appropriate for the genre.

• Time has come 
• 1 down 2 to come 
• He was here 
• He's out 
• Your dead 
• Wait for revenge 
• They thought they were safe 
• Once he comes for you. Run while you can
• Stay close, I am watching you 
• There you are
• Are you ready for revenge 
• This is for ...... 
• Are you scared, you should be 
• We used to be friends, know were enemies 
• Fear can keep you as a hostage, Hope can set you free 
• Arise the revenge
• Prison only makes you stonger 
• Running always seems to be the easiest option 
• They're coming for you, Run while you can                                                               

To decide what my tagline to my film will be, I decided to have a focus group between 10 people. I had 19 suggestions of which I got people in the focus group to rate the name out of 10 (1 being worst and 10 being the best), I then took the average number out of 10 for each suggestion.

These were the raw results from the survey:


Title                                                                                                               Average Rating

Time has come                                                                                                        5.8
1 down 2 to come                                                                                                    5.3
He was here                                                                                                             4.8
He's out                                                                                                                    3.5
Your dead                                                                                                                4.2
Wait for revenge                                                                                                      6.2
They thought they were safe                                                                                    6.4
Run while you can                                                                                                   5.9
Stay close, I am watching you                                                                                 5.6
There you are                                                                                                           2.4
Are you ready for revenge                                                                                       3.4
This is for ……                                                                                                        4.5
Are you scared, you should be                                                                                 2.8
We used to be friends, know were enemies                                                              4.2
Fear can keep you as a hostage, Hope can set you free                                            8.2
Arise the revenge                                                                                                      4.2
Prison only makes you stronger                                                                                6.2
Running always seems to be the easiest option                                                         5.5
Once he comes for you. Run while you can                                                              9.5
They're coming for you, Run while you can                                                              9.8                              

final

They're coming for you, Run while you can

Tagline Research

To help me create my own tagline for my film which I will put in my teaser trailer and on my poster, I had to research different thrillers and their taglines.

• The Next Three Days: What if you had 72 hours to save everything you live for - This suggests that there is a time limit to save somones life, the suspense keeps the audience on the edge of their seats.

• The Adjustment Bureau: Fight for your fate - suspense and mystery, keeps the audience on the edge of there seats because suggest something will happen to them and they need to fight for their lives  

• Prisoners: A hidden truth. A desperate search - Suspense and mystery, keeps the audience on the edge of their seats. suggests that they are looking for the truth.  

• The Bourne Identity: He was the perfect weapon until he became the target - Suspense and mystery, keeps the audience on the edge of their seats. Suggests that he has changes from good to bad also he has been trained by the government but switched allegiances.   

• Taken 2: First they took his daughter now they're coming for him - Suspense and mystery, keeps the audience on the edge of their seats. Suggests that they achieved the first time and they will do it again. There is a mystery because we do not know he they are.    

• Edge Of Darkness: Some secrets take us to the edge - Suspense and mystery, keeps the audience on the edge of their seats. suggest that they are hiding something. 

• Unstoppable: 1 million tones of steel. 100,000 people at risk. 100 minutes to impact - Suspense and mystery, keeps the audience on the edge of their seats. suggest that something bad will happen because there are high figures. 

• Abduction: The Fight for the truth will be the fight of his life - Suspense and mystery, keeps the audience on the edge of their seats. suggests that he is fight to save his life to find out something important. 

• Stolen: 12 hours. $10 million. 1 kidnaped daughter - Suspense and mystery, keeps the audience on the edge of their seats. suggest that they have a time limit to get the money or something will happen. 

• The Crazies: Welcome to Ogden Marsh, the friendliest place on earth - suggests something different to the other taglines, this tagline its more friendly and draws you to think that they are nice while they will change.  

• Fair Game: Wife, mother, spy - suggest that she three different live and the last thing we would expect that she is a spy

• The Hunter: Some mysteries should never be solved - Suspense and mystery, keeps the audience on the edge of their seats. suggest that is it secretive 

• The Town: Welcome to the bank robbery capital of America - This tagline s quite clear in saying what they are doing.    

• Drive Angry: Rev up for revenge - Suspense and mystery, keeps the audience on the edge of their seats. suggests that something will happen to someone for snitching on him. 

• The Resident: She thought she was living alone - Suspense and mystery, keeps the audience on the edge of their seats. suggests that something will happen and someone is there watching her which happens in thrillers. 

• Safe House: No one is safe - Suspense and mystery, keeps the audience on the edge of their seats. clearly suggests that something will happen to the protagonists 

Having looked at these taglines for thriller film there a number of similarities that all these thriller tagline's have in common:

- Mysterious 

- Two sides 

- Fighting for there lives
- lots of fighting
- Sense of threat
- Sense of suspense
- Danger
- Direct address to audience 

Final Font

After a lengthy focus group, I have decided to us the 'Telegraphem' font. It scored an average of 9.2 out of 10 when rated by a group of people many in the age bracket and demographic of the target audience. 'aBite (8.2) font was the nearest to it in rating but 'Telegraphem' was a clear winner (and my personal favourite). The main comments from the focus group were that it was 'mysterious' and 'unnerving'. you can see the font below. 

One of the main reasons I chose this font because it gives the audience a sense of conspiracy. 

Focus Group - Fonts

Below is a list of potential fonts for my film. By looking at existing film fonts I was able to grasp a better understanding of what kind of fonts were suitable for the thriller genre.

• Living Hell
• Acid Label
• No way back 
• Revolution 
• Bureau eagle brush 
• VTKS Good Luck For You 
• Never say Die 
• Dirty bandit 
• Trebuchet MS
• Cholo sperry 
• Albertsthal Typewriter 
• 1942 Report 
• Plane crash 
• Typewriter from 286 
• Telegraphem  
• Ohemian typewriter 
• Journal du soir 
• variety killer 
• Beccaria 
• aBite 

To decide what the title of the film will be, I decided to have a focus group between 10 people. I had 20 options of which I got people in the focus group to rate the name out of 10 (1 being worst and 10 being the best). I then took the average number out of 10 for each suggestion. 

These were the results of the survey:

Title                                                         Average Rating 

Living Hell                                                            4.4
Acid Label                                                             7.5
No way back                                                          1.3
Revolution                                                              6.0
Bureau eagle brush                                                 1.0
VTKS Good Luck For You                                   6.2
Never say Die                                                         3.5
Dirty bandit                                                             3.3
Trebuchet MS                                                         1.5
Cholo sperry                                                           4.7
Albertsthal Typewriter                                            6.2
1942 Report                                                            6.7
Plane crash                                                              6.5
Typewriter from 286                                               5.9
Telegraphem                                                           9.1
Ohemian typewriter                                                3.4
Journal du soir                                                        5.1
variety killer                                                           5.2
Beccaria                                                                 6.2
aBite                                                                       8.2

From the results we can see that 'Telegraphem' was the most favoured idea for a title of the film.

Font Research For My Film Name

I have looked at previous thriller films and font websites to research what type of font I will use for my poster and trailer. I will use the same font for the two media platforms that the distribution company would control to create a sense of continuity and branding to help market my film. After hours of research, these are the fonts I narrowed down to be most likely to be used in my film. i will be doing a focus group to help me decide on my final decision.  

Possible fonts

Fonts For My Poster And Teaser Trailer

Here are the websites I used to find the fonts that I wanted for my teaser trailer, poster and magazine front cover.

http://www.dafont.com

http://www.fontyukle.net/en/

http://www.linotype.com

http://www.urbanfonts.com

http://www.fontspace.com

http://www.1001freefonts.com

http://www.screenfonts.com