2. KEY CHARACTERS
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OLIVIA MONTABELLO: Olivia Montabello is the 16 year old daughter of Aldous
Montabello one of the richest men around town. She has a close relationship with her
father as she has always lived alone with him and does not have a motherly figure. Olivia
is intelligent as she has always been provided with the best education money can buy.
She is also very independent as although having a close relationship with her father, he is
often away or out of the country due to work or business. There are some staff that are
employed to look after her well being but overall Olivia does most things alone.
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ALDOUS MONTABELLO: Aldous Montabello is insanely rich due to business but greatly
lacks moral integrity and compunction causing him create many enemies. His only loving
connection is with his daughter who he idolizes and would do anything for.
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MARCO CAPELLO: Marco Capello is an Italian enemy of Aldous Montabello who he is
unaware of. Marco holds a grudge and seeks revenge.
3. SYNOPSIS
• A very wealthy man has a close, protective relationship with his teenage
daughter. He has never lived on the straight and narrow, and through the
dangerous work he does he has created enemies that want revenge. They do
this by kidnapping his precious daughter.
• Beginning: The close relationship between the father and daughter is shown.
And the kidnappers motives are explained.
• Middle: The daughter is kidnapped on her way home from a party, and held in
an unknown location. After receiving a phone call from the kidnappers, the
father sets out on finding her. He is instructed to complete a number of violent
tasks in order to get her back.
• End: After having completed all of the tasks, he reaches the location of his
daughter only to find that they are not there. The daughter then uses her
initiative to escape from the kidnappers and get back to her father.
4. TARGET AUDINCE PROFILE
This is Lucy and she is 20 years of
age. She likes going out with her
friends and watching TV in her
spare time. When she’s at home
she goes on social networking
sites, such as Facebook and
Twitter and she also enjoys
listening to music on YouTube.
This person would like our film,
therefore, we will market and
advertise on sites such as
Facebook and Twitter, as well as
having adverts pop up on YouTube.
Lucy fits our target age market,
therefore, hopefully she would be
interested in watching our new
film.
This is Josh and he is 19 years of
age. In his spare time he enjoys
playing video games and reading
magazines. He also enjoys going to
the cinema with his friends. Our film
would appeal to this person because
he enjoys going to the cinema, so he
obviously enjoys watching films. In
the run up to our film release we will
have adverts playing in the cinema
before other films of a similar genre
begin. Josh is representative of our
target audience, so we would work
on heavily on marketing our film to
these types of people.
5. WHAT WE WANT TO ESTABLISH IN THE OPENING
SEQUENCE
• Close relationship between the father and
the daughter
• The wealth of the family
• The type of work the father does
• Hints of threat and danger from others.
6. Opening Sequences That Have Influenced Our Opening Sequence
The opening sequence for thriller, ‘Taken’ influenced our own opening sequence as the film
includes similar themes and ideas that we are going to include in our own film/opening sequence.
For example, kidnapping, danger and revenge. The film also includes the father-daughter
relationship that we are also going to include in our film/opening sequence.
The opening sequence for the James Bond film, Casino Royale, influenced our opening sequence
as it has a similar plot line, where the character has to go on a mission to find and get what he
wants. There are also elements of action and danger which we want to include in our film/opening
sequence.
The opening sequence for The Bourne Identity influenced our opening sequence as it has similar
themes and characters that we want to include in our film.
For example, The Bourne Identity features a man who is being hunted
and he goes on a mission to find out why. We want to include this
element of danger and being hunted in out film/opening sequence.
