Institutional Research

Thrillers have always been a popular movie genre. However, as you can see from the graph above, it doesn't hold a large percentage of the market share.

'Get Out' was a hugely popular film made in 2017. It showed that the thriller genre is far from dead, especially after winning the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.

It is also the highest-grossing original debut ever, as well as being the third highest grossing R-rated horror film ever.

The table above shows budget and profits of the top films produced by Blumhouse Productions. It shows that Get Out, although not having the highest budget, but made the most at the box office and made the most profit.

A thriller/suspense that didn't make as much as 'Get Out' was 'The Snowman'. Produced by Universal Studios, it made a little over $6.5 million at the box office, compared to its $35 million budget. This demonstrates some of the aspects needed in order to make a thriller successful. 

Get Out was full of suspense, appealing to audiences worldwide which contributed to its success. The Snowman, however, had very little of any of these aspects and performed very poorly, ensuring that it wouldn't be successful at all 

Possible Story Ideas

Hired hitman kills wrong target. He goes through phone to find out he is a government agent and ends up running from the government.

• Pros
• No External funding needed
• Easy to film
• Leave a good cliffhanger for the rest of the film
• Cons
• Cant use imitation weapons in public 
• Difficult to shoot a killing

Kidnapping of small child. Bad mother leaves house with child unattended. Kidnapping opens up the rest of the story

• Pros
• Not an overused story, kind of original
•  Already have the child to use
• Cons
• Baby will have to act
• Would have to work around her timings
• Where does the story go - not much content in a kidnapping

Storyline for Hitman:

• Short over-the-phone dialogue between hitman and his employer
• We dont see the employer
• He starts picking the lock of a house
• Goes in and kills person living in the house
• Checks the ID. Finds out it was the wrong person and turns out it was a government agent
• Short dialogue

Credit Sequence Analysis

James Bond films are well known for their long and complex opening credit sequence, and Daniel Craig's fourth appearance in the series, Spectre (2015) is no exception. As a sequence, it lasts 3:40, much longer than most opening credits

As audiences are already judging the film by the opening credits, its important to get them just right. This sequence starts and ends with a close up shot of a ring, leading the audience to believe that this will play a major part of the film.

• The font used is small and simple, placed in various parts of the screen as the sequence continues. It's small enough that it doesn't distract the viewer from the main action, however its still noticeable enough to be seen. 
• It uses plain white for the font colour. Again, this isn't distracting, but it stands out from the background in order to stay easy to read.
• The text moves around different parts of the screen as the action goes on, drawing the audiences attention each time it moves
• Most of the graphics behind the credits are computer generated. It involved lots of different images, such as snakes, and lots of gold colours. It shifts to a silhouette of a woman, being covered by snakes, seen in the image above.