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Length
Deadline
Crew members and roles
5 minutes
December
Director- Sophie Laxton
Cinematographer- Elise
Thompson
Editor- Chloe Lashley
Sound- All
Overview
Replica is about a young teenage boy named Adam, searching for
an identity. He is lost and cant seem to figure out who he is and
what his purpose is. One morning, he is walking through a park on
his way home and he encounters three different characters that his
subconscious mind creates dark fantasies for, which contradict what
their realities are. There is an aggressive male, suicidal female and
demonic male. Throughout his day, Adam takes on these negative
traits that his disorder has created and his twisted mind is revealed.
The last thing Adam sees is himself in the mirror and he has
flashbacks to the people he saw earlier and realizes the way he
perceived them was not how they really were.
The genre of our short film is a dramatic thriller and the following
are examples of dramatic thrillers that helped us come up with our
idea:
Target Audience
The target audience for our production will be males and females
from ages 15-35. We believe the genre will appeal to this age range
and the audience will be able to relate with the characters in the
short film. Males will be able to side with the male protagonist and
Sophie Laxton
Promotion/ Publication
YouTube is the main website that we will
be using to promote our product as it is
the main platform for viewing video
content online. As YouTube has over a
billion daily users, our production will
reach a mass audience quickly. Also, as
our production is a dramatic thriller, our
audience will see our film under recommended on YouTube
when they watch other dramatic thrillers.
We will be using Snapchat (30 million
monthly users), Twitter (304 million
monthly users) and Facebook (1.19
billion monthly users) to promote our
production. These sites are very popular amongst our target
audience so it would assist in reaching a mass audience.
Representation
Our product may be classed as a stereotypical thriller due to the
suspense created during the film but as we have created a hybridity
genre of dramatic thriller, the production will differ from other
products and be original. The topic of mental health within our film
is presented in a stereotypical way as the character is depicted as
isolated and vulnerable. The audience will be able to empathise with
the character due to his loneliness and gain a better understanding
of this mental illness.
Comparable products
Secret Window (2004) the character in this film has
dissociative identity disorder (split-personality disorder) and after
divorcing his wife he is isolated and alone. He continues with his
writing and people around him begin to start dying and his divorce
gets uglier. This relates to our short film because of the themes of
isolation and mental illness. As a result of his isolation, our character
Adam begins to develop this multiple-personality disorder.
Sophie Laxton
Sophie Laxton