Video Inspiration

We wanted to create a home video feel for the beginning of our trailer when the protagonist post his video on the internet. In order to do this we looked at other home videos that has a dangerous feel and were well known by the public. We looked at Al-Qaeda's founder and first leader, Osama bin Laden's video messages he sent to the United States of America. Jihadist video messages became a symbol of the terrorist group and instantly recognisable to the world's population. Fear and anger is associated with the sight of the videos in the West as it sparks emotions about the 9/11 attacks and the "war on terrorism". The way the videos evoked a certain range of emotion is something we wanted to recreate on a smaller scale. These videos were obviously "home made" as the quality is poor. This is something we wanted to achieve in our shot but also to ensure the protagonist was recognisable. The Jihadi videos have been mimicked in the film "Four Lions" which is a comedy about the extremist group. We also looked at their version for more inspiration. We learnt that the background is plain and the person in the video is the main focus. In both these examples guns are present on shot which adds to the sense of fear and violence.

In our trailer we used the symbol of the cult our protagonist represented to create fear. This is shown as the background. It is still plain and the main focus is on the speech and the mask which is what we wanted. 

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