Plot -Twisted- Group Movie
The genre of our movie will be a thriller/horror, sub-genre: suspense horror, due to it having aspects which influence the audiences emotions to reach peak level. The name of the film is 'Twisted'. Within the first few seconds, the main protagonists are framed within the car, in a cheerful atmosphere whilst sat dancing with diegetic music playing and driving down a dark but, peaceful road, clearly at nightfall. As the film progresses, the car pulls to an emergency stop, due to a psychopathic clown killer suddenly appearing at the side of the road frequently swinging a baseball bat, in the direction of the car. Instantly, this will engage the viewers, creating tension to the oncoming occurrences. The clown is represented to be dressed in a frightening mask, hiding identity and composing hidden appearance, along side a track suit in order to scare the audience, with the unique twist of costume, as clowns usually wear colourful attire. Tension builds upon the protagonists and the audience therefore, they begin to feel anxious and worried, resulting in occurrence nearer to the end of the film. The clown is shot slowly strolling around the car and banging on the front windscreen. The characters each scramble out of the car in shock and desperation to get away therefore, they run in different directions to escape, loosing one another. At the ending of the film the clown manages to capture one of the characters, grabbing them from a back angle and drags them from their surroundings therefore, showing a sense of authority and power over the character. The short movie ends with one of the girls having escaped and the other being captured. The car is abandoned, and unable to restart, although the dumb founded character is unaware of how to drive, the clown appears in the back of the car, creating a plot twist as the character believe their alone and safe, creating an ambiguous climax.  

Evaluation of the plot, including target audience

The target audience of our short film is aimed towards 15 and over. We have included basic stereotypes that relate to our target audience, such as clothing purposes and idiolect from certain characters perspective 'nah she's gone' is seen to be typical Yorkshire idiolect. Horror/Thriller films appear to be very popular with global audiences. We have embedded elements similar to successful films such as IT, engaging the target audience, creating success. Characters featured within our movie are basic yet relatable teenagers, which support our target audience, as they have similar dress codes and attitudes.The debate regarding fictional and nonfictional ideas engage the audience as they appeal to discussing issues which are perhaps shown within our movie, subverting or supporting opinions of the reality of cereal killers. This is perhaps why we rated our movie a 15, as viewers of a younger age wouldn't understand the fictional side, believing its reality and being upset and distraught by such images. Despite the use of blood and gore being common in horror films, ours, on the other hand, uses minimal blood and gore using only threatening behaviour and creepy edits. Although no nudity is shown within the movie, cursing and other non appropriate language is used therefore this wouldn't suit a younger audience as they may pick up such language used within the film.