The Card

We got the idea about the smartly dressed character handing a card to the ruff grubby character played by Taylor. We do not actually know what is going to actually happen in the whole film so we got the influence of the card from the joker from Batman as he gives out cards to people. I used Microsoft publisher to create all of the cards and editing some of the photos in Paint Shop Pro.



This was my first card I created. I was told by my group to make it simple and to have a Water Lillie because that is the name of our thriller. I used it to create a contrapuntal enigma to make the audience ask questions. A disadvantage to this card is that it looks like a mother’s day card. It wouldn’t work well in a thriller movie and would look strange coming from a character that is supporting the dominant ideology.






This is another card I created to what I think would look good to create enigmas. I thought this was good because it doesn’t look like the type of iconography you would see in a thriller movie. We want our film to be different so that it will stand out from other thrillers. Although this card is different it still would be strange coming from a character supporting the dominant ideology which in a way is good because it creates enigmas, but on the other hand what we don’t want is the audience getter the wrong idea about the character. We want to raise as many questions about him as possible. It also does seem a bit too contrapuntal for a thriller movie and we do not want to go over the top with the whole controversy idea as the audience may be annoyed by this.




This is another card that I created. I thought this would fit in well because I am wearing a purple shirt and tie with my suit. The card fits in with my costume but does not fit the low key lighting we will be using to create a dark, dingy, grubby feeling to show how the main characters life has been messed up by the pills. So far this is the best card because it is not to bright and will not overdo the whole controversial conflict between the characters which will build a hype for the audience. This will also look good because the room we are using is very bleak and the card will stand out against the walls which were once white but now have got so dirty due to no windows they are grey. The drawbacks with this card is that it does not portray a scary image, when the audience see this they may think “ok, why has he given him a card to a florist?” this is not the image we are trying to create so I made a more formal card.






This is the final card I created and the card I am going to use in the film. It has a harsh, broken and messed up feeling to it. It also shows that both characters could be messed up and that my character is handing it over to offer help, just another enigma being created. The bad thing about this card is that it is not producing any contrapuntal image to make the audience ask questions to what is happening. I chose this card because it is a simply black and white, consequently the same colours as the room with all the dirt on the wall. It also looks most like a business card, which adds to the effect of the character it is being handed to may try and get his life back together, but this is creating more enigmas because we know this is not the case.



-Bradley Hart