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• The theme of my film would be a hybrid genre of drama/thriller.
• I want the audience at the end of my film to be shocked and surprised.
• My film is intended for entertainment and educational purposes. I hope my film would point out how unsafe modern day society is and hopefully educate people to take more precaution.
• Similar products to my film, including genre, theme and narrative are -

 

1) ‘Taken’ [2008]

Directed by: Pierre Morel. Cast: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace.

Genre: Drama/Action/Crime/Thriller.

Synopsis: A former spy relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been forced into the slave trade.

Tag line: “They took his daughter. He'll take their lives.”

 2) 'Don’t Say a Word' [2002]

Directed by: Gary Fleder. Cast: Michael Douglas, Sean Bean.

Genre: Crime/Drama/Thriller.
Synopsis: When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he's horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a post traumatic stress disorder suffering young woman who knows a secret...
Tag line: “You want what they want, don't you... I'll never tell... any of you.”

3) 'Trapped' [2002]

Directed by: Luis Mandoki.                                            

Cast: Charlize Theron, Kevin Bacon.

Genre: Crime/Drama/Thriller.

Synopsis: When their daughter is kidnapped by experienced nappers, the Jennings' turn the tables on this seemingly foolproof plan.

Tag line: “Fear Strikes Back.”

 

4) 'Cellular' [2004]

Directed by: David R. Ellis

Cast: Kim Basinger, Chris Evans.

Genre: Thriller/Crime

Synopsis: A young man receives an emergency phone call on his cell phone from an older woman. The catch? The woman claims to have been kidnapped; and the kidnappers have targeted her husband and child next.

Tag line: “If the signal dies, so does she.”