I looked at different trailers to spot the 'Universal Narratemes' structure, and here is 2 of them:
- 'Bridesmaids'
The concept of this film is the struggle to organise a wedding and the high significance of a bridesmaid. An inspiration to the film may be '27 Dresses' as it is also about a wedding planner's life. the 'narratemes' used include the Hero being tested through the demanding role. the film's USP would be that it goes into detail about a real wedding's crisis which many different groups can relate to, for example married couples as they have been trough it and or those who will get married soon, it will prepare them for these crisises and we feel that it is comedy as it doesn't affect us, it is their problem not ours as an audience member.
2. 'True Grit'
The concept of this film is an ex- Texas Ranger that is blind in one eye is asked to find Betty's father's killer. An inspiration to this film could be 'Orphan' as both killers didn't spare any victims on their quest. The 'narratemes' used include the Hero being tested as Betty is kidnapped and so he must save her during the quest. The film's USP would be that the ex- Texas Ranger is blind in one eye which is atypical for a Hero and this Hero can be classified as a 'trained killer'.
My Original Concept:
A surgeon is stalking an old school enemy to kill him after he releases his enemy's obituary.The protagonist is drugged and then placed in a morgue.When he wakes up he loses parts of his memory, and must convince everyone that the surgeon is 'evil'.My inspirations were from 'Stormbreaker' and 'Reccess: School's Out', where the plots are similar and its USP would be that the surgeon, who in society is seen as the hero, is now the villian. My group feedback included that they liked the memory loss idea but felt that the two inspirations did not link to my concept.
This links to my main task asit helped me develop my concept's genre and USP.
