Characters & Prop List

Characters:

IRIS: Lauren Isaacs
DAMIEN: Raphi Patterson
ASH/ASHTON: Candid photograph (not actually acting in the film)

Locations:

Damien's room: 
Iris's Study: Sophia's house
Train Station & Platform: Golders Green Station
Garage: North End Road 

Props:

Television
Ash Tray
Cigarettes 
Beer Bottles
Signet Ring
2 Mobile Phones
Computer (Desktop)

Clothing:

Extra: Thriller mood board

Here is another mood board of the opening scene of our thriller, just a combination of dynamic lighting which will create a darkened mood and enigma. There are a few other props we have used to make the character seem more troubled. 

On the right (it's hard to see) it says "

The lighting will have high contrast, dark and maybe peeping through windows (as shown in the photo above)

The tv screen will be lighting up his face, it will be filmed so when the lighting/colours on the screen it will on the face aswel. This is also shown in the photo above.

Perhaps the only lighting in the room will be from the tv screen. 

Fonts for our thriller

We have been researching different fonts for the opening of our thriller, we agreed together we didn't want anything cliché and too typical for our thriller. We have also researched different thriller movies and looked at their opening credits which also gave us inspiration for the fonts we wanted to use. For example 'SE7EN' used a font which automatically makes the person watching expecting a thriller/horror genre. For example 'The Lovely Bones' has quite a modern font and is not usual for a thriller, where if I wouldn't have watched the film I would of have expected it to be a thriller, maybe more  drama/romance genre. Paranormal Activity is another example of a typical thriller, not just that the font is quit spooky but also the colour red represents danger, energy, war, danger, strength, power, determination as well as passion, desire, and love.

SE7EN FONT



SE7VEN FONT

The Social Network

These are the different websites we used: http://www.1001fonts.com/new-and-fresh-fonts.html?page=27&items=10

http://www.fonts.com/

http://www.artofthetitle.com/

Thriller: Shot Lists

Here attached are the shot lists for our movie:

Updated thriller treatment: Our final opening and story

Close up shot of a bare, exposed wall, with a blue hue of light on it. A medium shot of a few newspaper articles pinned to a wall, all of which have titles on the topic of abduction and kidnapping in the local area. Then a flickering shot of a TV screen, which is creating the blue hue of the room. The TV is playing the news reports. Then a medium shot of a man’s hand, resting on the arm of a sofa, holding a glass of whisky. Cut to more shots of the room, the wall and the newspaper articles. Then back to the TV screen and the news reporter. Then cut to close up shots of the man again: of his eye, of his clothes- a shirts and cardigan, of the newspaper sat next to him, and of his features, e.g mouth and stubble. His phone buzzes and he receives a message from a girl ‘Are you around this Tuesday?’ 

Iris, 16, is sitting in her study on her computer. The room is fairly girly and typical of a teenager, with a desk and folders full of work.  A Facebook message appears on her screen; it’s from a boy and it reads ‘can’t wait to see you later’. She opens up the full chat, and from the past conversation saved in the window it is clear that they have been talking for some time.

Iris is waiting on the train platform. It is clear from her body language that she is nervous and uncomfortable; twiddling her fingers, tapping her feet, biting her lip. Suddenly it cuts to a flash back- a man is shouting and throwing punches in the air out of frustration. It is unclear to make out his face, but some features are visible, similar to those of the man in the first scene. A ring is noticeable on his finger and he continues to throw his arms around in frustration. He is shouting at Iris and harassing her, the situation is visibly uncomfortable. He throws a glass across the room and shouts something especially vile at Iris. Cut back to Iris on the platform, she blinks her eyes open as the screams of her abusive ex- boyfriend fade into the past.  Iris is no longer nervous, but seems more frightened from her flashbacks. Her train arrives at the platform and she cautiously steps on.

Iris is walking up the street in the bitter evening air from the train station. The light is beginning to fade and she wraps herself tighter in her coat. She reaches the area where she is supposed to meet the boy. It is an empty entrance to a car park. Iris begins to look around slightly impatient. She begins to look nervous again. Her hands fiddling and feet tapping. As she looks along the empty road, there is nothing but the noise of rustling leave and a bitter chill that fills the air. She checks her phone and sees no messages, its 10 minutes past the time she was meant to meet the boy she was speaking to on the phone. She shoves her phone into her pocket and just as it looks like Iris is about to give up and leave a man comes up from behind her and covers her mouth. It’s the same hand that was seen in the opening scene and of her abusive boyfriend. The screen cuts to black.

Iris wakes up. She looks around but her eyes cannot see anything. As she continues to stare at her blank surrounding she begins to remember what happened, up to the point when she was grabbed from behind then blacked out. She touches her wet face, as she realises she’s began to cry. Her body is aching all over, she can feel that her skin is saw and sensitive. The bed she is lying on is hard, with no bedding, with only her clothes to keep her warm. She stubbles out of bed, and feebly finds her way to what she assumes is the door. She bangs on it and screams, but its locked. After twenty minutes of banging, kicking and screaming at the door Iris gives up and goes back to the mattress, curls up in a ball, and begins to whimper. 

She wakes up again to a dimly lit room, with a single light bulb. She looks over to the door to see a plate and cup. Hesitant, she gets up to go and see what it is. Iris picks up the plate of plain pasta, and the cup of luke warm water, her stomach grumbles as she realises that she can’t remember the last time she ate. She goes back to the bed to eat her meal, and surveys the room, she looks around and can only see a bucket in one corner. She is surprised that the food she is been given is warm. Then it occurs to her that if it is warm then whoever kidnapped her must be in the building. Iris quickly runs over to the door, banging violently on it.

‘I know you’re there’ she screams, ‘I know you’re up there you monster’. After around 30 minutes of banging and screaming, Iris stops, weak and tired she slumps down the door she once again and cries herself to sleep.

The same events occur for about four months, with intervals of sexual abuse and rape. Iris found out that the man who kidnapped her was her abusive ex-boyfriend** NAME**. After they broke up he began to plot a way to get her back. But his plan for love soon turned into a plan for ownership and revenge for how Iris’ abandonment of him. She had treated him so badly throughout their relationship that his only way to defend himself was through violence and control- which he knew was harsh but it was the only way.

Iris began to hate herself and her life, she could barely cope being in her own skin- she had not washed since the day she was capture, or had a change of clothes. She had to begin to create coping mechanisms, like pretending she was still leading a normal life, going to school, going to work, seeing friends, having dinner with her family, even imagining herself doing mundane tasks such as doing the washing up or walking her dog. Iris would look down at her bruised and battered body, she could barely move some days she was in so much pain from **boys names** abuse, and she was becoming skeletal from her diet of two cold plates of pasta a day, accompanied with a glass of water. She was also beginning to throw up the very little food she had eaten that day, due to stress, which was no help to her physical state. She prayed every day that she would survive this, with every bit of her will.

When it was getting to the end of the fifth month of her imprisonment there was a night when **boys name** threw her against the wall so hard that she passed out for three days. She woke up with a pillow under her head and a rough thin blanket over her. **boys name** stood over her with a blank expression on his face.

‘you’ve been out for three days’ he snarled, ‘and I think you may have also had a miscarriage.’ He glanced over her body as he slinked towards the door, ‘You know I don’t want to treat you this way, but you make me do it’.

Iris was so stunned she could hardly process the information. For the last few months she had been carrying a child, a being, one which had been produced by that man, that devil, and his abuse. How could she have once loved that man? She feebly put her hand on her swollen stomach. Her body ached all over, but she could not focus on the pain, it was out of her conscience, unlike the dead child. She rocked herself back and forth as she cried and screamed into her pillow. How could she have even brought a child into a world like this anyway?

Act 3

In the sixth month, Iris woke to loud crashing and then an extremely loud bang. She shuddered and covered her head with her arms at the thought of **boys name** coming into the room for the third time that day. The banging continued on the door, along with the clinking of keys and muttering. With one last final bang, **boys name** stopped and went back upstairs. Iris breathed a sigh of relief as she began to relax a bit.  After half an hour a door upstairs slammed, **boys name** must have left the house, which was highly unusual. Iris glanced over at the door wondering why **boys name** was banging on it, he had never done it before, unless he was really angry, and if that ever did happen he would open the door and come straight in to take his anger out on her. The door looked slightly different, almost crooked. Iris got up to look closer, as it may have just been the angle she was sitting at. The closer she got the more crooked the door looked, with the hinges looking very loose. The locks on the door also appeared a bit worse of ware, with the middle and towards the bottom of the door looking warped from all the kicking. She pushed the door out of curiosity and it creaked. The door never creeks and it has also never looked like this before.

It occurred to Iris that **boys name** had weakened the wood of the door a considerable amount, along with damaging the hinges and locks. Now, maybe, the door was weaker, weaker than normal, weaker then when she kicks it everyday, so maybe she would be able to kick the door open. With a sudden flush of excitement and hope Iris began to kick the door. She punched the door, ran at the door, threw her shoes at the door and kicked it with all the strength she could muster, and with each bout of aggression and energy the door would buckle and warp slightly more. She gave one final kick and the door buckled completely in the middle. She broke apart the cracked wood in the middle of the door making a whole just big enough to squeeze through. She put one leg and then the other through the whole, then her feet touched down on the other side of the door. She then pulled her torso through, her top pulled up resulting in the spikes of the wood ripping her skin, but Iris continued to pull herself through as nothing was going to stop her. Finally, she pulled her head through carefully, making sure not to scratch it like her torso.

Iris could not believe it; she was out. The first time she had left that filthy, disgusting room since the day she woke up there, at least six months ago. Once she had calmed herself down, she realised that she needed to be quick as **boys name** could be home any second. She raced up the stairs and as soon as she reached the top she heard jangling of keys. He was back. She quickly hid round the corner of the stair case. **boys name** swung open the door, dropped his bags and pulled out a wrench from one of them, then began to thundered down the corridor. She could hear his heavy breathing, and smell the familiar scent of stale sweat on his skin. As he came closer, Iris readied herself. Just as he got to the top of the stairs he let out a bellowing scream. He ran down the stairs and stuck his head through the hole. This was her chance, she had to run. She raced to the door, praying that **boys name** wouldn’t see her- but unfortunately he did. He began to clamber up the stairs just as Iris had grabbed his keys off the floor where he dropped the bags, and began to fumble with the locks. She could hear hi, coming up behind her shouting the same abuse that he always did, but with the added remarks of what he would if she didn’t get back in the basement. She continued to fumble with the keys, getting more nervous and sweaty, making it increasingly more difficult to get the correct keys in the locks. As he placed a hand on Iris’ shoulder, she swung at him with all the momentum and weight of her body. What **boys name** didn’t realise was that Iris had picked up the spare wrench from the bag next to the keys, which was two sizes larger than the one he had picked up. When Iris knocked him over the head with this, he fell to the floor and lay there unconscious.

Iris managed to open the door and run outside. She breathed in the fresh air and let the cold wind hit her face, with the last rays of the sun shining through the trees. She fell to her knees.

Mood Board for our Thriller

Here is a mood board for our thriller, we have included:

Slide 1: Our male kidnapper- His character is going to have a plain appearance, whom is typically wearing hoodie, jeans, a baseball cap, trainers  and obviously the ring which is the most symbolic accessory he will be wearing. His clothes will be dark which will help with heightening his intimidating figure.

Side 2: Location- Our thriller opening will be set in the young girls study, a train station and a garage. This board just represents the mood we are trying to create with each location. So isolation is a key theme we will try to create which will make the scenes look much more scarier. Also we will also try and use lighting to create a more dark scene.

Slide 3: We want our main character (the girl) to be quite rebellious, and we want you to capture this from her appearance. So as you can see she provokes people around her to become involved with her. She wears a lot of makeup, and dresses and looks much older than her age. We included the phone and mac computer to show that her world revolves around social media and the use of technology overpowers her.

Mood board from sophiamusmarmedia

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

I went to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens yesterday at the Vue Cinema. I really enjoyed the film, although to be honest I'm not actually a huge fan of the movies, I really liked this one. Disappointedly the cinema was really small, the cinema only consisted of about five rows of seats and we sat around the front. This wasn't good for a film like this because the around sound system was so intense and it was actually uncomfortable to sit and watch. The sound team working on the film said "For the team working on the sounds of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the goal was to deliver a film that would be both ground-breaking and an instant classic at the same time. The film was really sophisticatedly filmed, using practical effects and creatures, this was usually enhanced with CG imagery and for example the Millennium Falcon chase which was on the Jakku, shots were entirely digital with no use of photography.

Rating:	PG-13 (for sci-fi action violence)
Genre:	Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Directed By:	J.J. Abrams
Written By:	J.J. Abrams, Lawrence Kasdan, Michael Arndt
In Theaters:	Dec 17, 2015 Wide
US Box Office:	£851.1M
Runtime:	2 hr. 16 min.

 Link for the Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer
Link for an interview about Visual Effects

Opening Synopsis

Scene 1: Close up shot of a bare, exposed wall, with a blue hue of light on it. A medium sot of a few newspaper articles pinned to a wall, of which have titles on the topic, of abduction and kidnapping in the local area. Then a flickering shot of a TV screen, which is creating the blue hue of the room. The TV is playing the news reporting on a story of a missing girl. Then a medium shot of a man’s hand with a ring on, resting on the arm of the sofa, holding a glass of whisky. Cut to more shots of the room, the walls, and the newspaper articles. Then back to the TV screen and the news reporter. Then cut to close up shots of the man again: of his eye, oh his clothes- a shirt and cardigan, of the newspaper sat next to him, and of his features, e.g. mouth and stubble. Close up shot of his arm on the arm rest, next to his phone, which receives a message from *girl*.

Scene 2: It opens with the young girl with her arms crossed lying on her desk whilst in class and glancing up at the clock. She is tapping her hands on the desk and shaking her knee irritably on the floor. Then there is a (close-up) shot of the clock, which reaches 4:00, and she quickly gathers all her belongings on the desk and shoves them in her bag. She then receives a message from the boy.

Scene 3: The girl is waiting at the platform; she starts to get nervous, twisting her fingers, tapping her feet (nervous body language). There is then a flash back of her previous abusive boyfriend. Shots of him shouting, hitting her etc.  

Scene 4: The girl gets off the train. She is walking up the street to where she is supposedly going to meet the boy (garage). The area is really empty, by looking at her body language she begins to get nervous again and suddenly a man hands (the same hands of her abusive boyfriend as we can tell by the same ring he is wearing in the flashback) cover her mouth and it cuts to black. 

Inspiration for our Thriller: Abduction (2011)

So we have currently been put into our groups for our thriller film and our ideas are quite similar due them including a young vulnerable girl that either gets stalked/abducted by an older man or gang. I think we are going to create more of an abduction film, so we have been watching movies with a similar story line. One of the films that caught our minds straight away was Abduction which casted Taylor Launter and Lily Collins. It is an american psychological action thriller film which was directed by John Singleton. The film is about a boy who lives with his parents, eventually finding out they are not actually his real guardians. He himself on a missing persons website and from then he is trying to be tracked down due to his real fathers hidden identity. This links with all of our ideas as it consists of an abduction, the use of social media for tracking the teen down and a group hunting the boy down.
Link for Abduction Trailer (2011)

Psycho 1960: Film Review

Psycho is a American horror-slasher film which was produced in 1960. The movie is directed by Alfred Hitchcock and the cast included Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin and Martin Balsam. The film was actually based on the 1956 novel (same name) by Robert Bloch. I actually went to the Psycho set at Universal Studios when I was in Los Angeles last year but I hadn't seen the movie then so I wasn't completely sure of the film. The set in person was actually similar to the film, the house was situated on a higher level to everything else and the motel rooms looked the same from the exterior.
I love Psycho, I just really enjoyed the movie and the whole plot line. I thought the actors worked really well in the film and all played their roles really well. I was completely blown away at the end of the film when the young boy managing the motel, was actually playing his mother as well and was killing everybody. I genuinely thought his mother was the killer and he just had a mould of her when he carried her out of the room to the basement. It worked really well in the movie and just gave it that extra good ending.

Is 2016 Is a Make-or-Break Year for the Superhero Movie Genre?

Whilst reading today i came across this article about whether if its a Make-or-Break it year for the Superhero movie genre, which is actually something i was thinking to myself the other day whilst watching The Avengers: Age of Ultron on Sky. I guess the 'superhero' genre has been going on for quite a while know and we question how long it will last for? Since Sam Raimi's Spider-Man and Bryan Singer's X-Men was reinvented all different filmmakers and studios have been messing about with different concepts of the genre trying to make other breakthroughs. We are currently living in the third phase of the Superhero movies, as we have witnessed Marvel have not only brought back the colourful, joyous tone back to the superhero theme but has created something most studios nowadays are trying to interpret: the interconnected universe. It could be possible that Warner Bros' breakout superhero film of 2016 isn't Batman v Superman but possibly David Ayers adaption Suicide Squad. Suicide Squad is a gamble on the studio and the story is about a superhero which is told from the villains' point of view rather than it being from the hero.
So either in 2016 the superhero films will either be a success or failure and this can have a major effect for not just the many different studios but for the whole genre as a whole.

Thriller Treatment

Title

'Catch'

Logline

'A young girl aged Sixteen meets suppose ably a teenage boy of eighteen on a social media website. They arrange to meet up on the following weekend as the girl’s parents are away. When the two unite at a local train station, the girl soon realizes that the expected becomes the unexpected.'

Synopsis

The film opens with a young girl with her arms crossed lying on her desk whilst in class and glancing up at the clock. She is tapping her hands on the desk and shaking her knee irritably on the floor. Then there is a (close-up) shot of the clock, which reaches 4:00, and she quickly gathers all her belongings on the desk and shoves them in her bag. 

-In between there could be a slow-motion shot of the girl walking out of the school gates but we could have her speaking over of what she wishes to do when she gets home or possibly her emotions/feelings of excitement of getting home speaking to the boy which could set up the plot? The notification sound can go off and on the screen could come up some of the pleasing messages the boy has sent her...

The next scene will follow on with the teenage girl rushing through the front door to her home. She rapidly takes off her school shoes, throws her bag on the floor and pulls her jacket off her and hangs it up on the staircase. We could have her mum shouting "Are you home" and "How was your day" and she screams down "Yeah good" not really knowing what her mum is asking, she just wants to go upstairs as quickly as possible. The girl goes into her bedroom and logs straight onto her computer and goes straight onto social messenger (Skype/Facebook) realizing the boy isn't online yet she then decides she is uncomfortable in her school clothes she goes into her closet and changes into a jumper/vest and leggings. Then she hears a loud sound on her computer, and it was a notification from the boy asking her how her day was. So again she rushes back to the computer screen and starts typing away and on the screen will come up their messages. (So whoever is watching knows what they are taking about) There could be a zoom shot or a shot from behind the girl or her typing and then he asks her if she wants to meet up and then there is a close-up of her face where she is thinking of what to reply. So she shrugs her shoulders and agrees to meet up on the following weekend at a local train station. 

The next scene can start on the day of the day she meets the boy. She gets up and brushes her teeth, applies her makeup and gets changed. Possible try to make a silhouette of her getting changed by the window, so we have the light from the window and then we darken the body of the girl so it makes a sort of silhouette so nothing is revealed. This would also look quite spooky if the weather is raining? Next it can follow up from her getting on the train and the date comes up on the screen so we know it’s the day they meet (Maybe) (Not sure on the weather as it depends on the day) The girl can plug her music in and close her eyes, then next we can do a close-up shot of the girl opening her eyes and taking out her headphones then she is looking up at the tube map above her on the train. She realises she has a few more stops to go and checks the watch on her wrist. She has 5 minutes till 1:30, which is the time they wished to meet, currently making it 1:25. She gets off the tube walks to the exit of the tube. Currently there the tube isn’t busy so she takes a relaxed walk outside of the station. She looks around and cant seem to see anyone in the photo and description the boy had sent. So she walks outside and sees if she can find the boy. She walks back into the station and takes a seat (if there is one) or waits by the entrance. A few minutes later she appears up from staring at her phone for a while, trying to pick a song to fulfil her mood. A man around the age of 23 walks in and stares at her and then stares back to his phone, giving the girl a slight worry she puts her head back down. The man dressed in dark clothing walks out of the station and then walks back into the station, walking towards the young girl. As soon as she looks up he is standing in front of her. He asks her if her name is ‘Sarah Leslie’ and she confirms with a confused look upon her face, she asks if he was the supposed 18 year old she had been speaking too. He agrees awkwardly saying that he didn’t want to be honest with his age because he knew she wouldn’t agree to meeting, then confessing his real age as 25. She doesn’t seem too concerned and agrees to go for a drink with him.

Next they go to a bar/restaurant located about 10 minutes away from the station. They sit down, the girl still feels awkward and unsure. The guy constantly seems to be staring at her in interest, making her feel uncomfortable and starts a conversation. They both order drinks and thinks start to flow. They start talking about school, family and friends, as you do when you first meet someone. He constantly keeps complimenting her on her appearance/looks. After a while he walks her back to the train station and asks her if they can hopefully meet again. She gives him a reassuring answer that they can meet again and heads back onto the train and he gets into his car and drives home. She lives about 20 minutes away but it is easier for her to get the train home. So she gets off the train and starts walking home, she plugs her headphones into her phone and puts on a song. She decides she is hungry and walks into the nearest café she can find and buys herself a sandwich, she pays for it and waits at the end of the counter. She is standing staring outside the window and realises she notices a silhouette of a man sitting a black medium sized car staring at her. She grabs the sandwich, which is being shoved in front of her face and walks back outside. She unplugs her headphones from her ears and as she looks back at the car again it starts to move away and drives off quickly. Ignoring the fact a random man was staring at her outside she starts to unfold her sandwich which is baking hot still from the brown packaging and excitingly she bites into it.  She is nearly home and walks through the shortcut home. The girl fears a little that someone is behind her and takes one of the headphones out of her ears, she turns around and no one is there she is just paranoid. So she carries on through the park only leaving one of her ears pounding with music and she hears a swing swinging from behind her. Although remembering that no one was there she turns around a guy standing by the swing is just swinging the swing. She pulls the other headphone out of her ear and runs for he life. She hastily runs round the block, exiting the park and running straight across the street home. She rushes the key out of her pocket and uncontrollable try’s to shove the key in the lock. Finally she gets it in and locks her door, she runs upstairs to her bedroom, whilst on the way checking the window which gives a full front view of the outside exterior of the front of her house. Nobody is there and she runs to her bedroom.

Next she decides to check her computer and the guy she met sends her a message asking if she got home okay and confesses to how she feared she was followed by a weird guy in a hoodie. He reply's in concern and asks if she is okay and she admits to being fine and just a little frightened. He asks if she wants him to come round and accompany her but she is adamant she is fine. 

The next day she gets up for school...following her normal routine for a early Monday morning. She has a good day at school and at the end of her day at school, she is waiting to get picked up from school and the boy she was talking to is standing outside her school gates. She gets a shiver up her arm and is actually a bit scared. His tall frame turns around gives her look as if she knew he was coming. There is actually something different about this time though and he is acting slightly different. He asks to go out after school but she is adamant she has to go home, he offers her a ride home and she declines.

Once she gets home she checks her computer and the boy asks her how her day was, the girl was slightly confused and replied saying how she was just having this conversation with him. He then replys in confusion and realises his mentally disturbed brother must have been reading the chat and had been stalking both of them. His brother was actually the one that turned up outside school....

Thriller Treatment Introduction

Over the past few weeks, I have been researching and writing up my ideas for my Thriller. I have never wrote a story like this before so it was easy at first when gathering your ideas but then trying to finish the story became quite complicated because sometimes the endings would not work. I came to the conclusion I wanted to write a Psychological Thriller because it incorporates elements of mystery and drama to the film, the suspenses comes from the mind, rather than a physical threat. So when watching the film the person watching will not have much of an idea of whats going on and usually at the end there is a twist. (Examples: Memento, Rear Window, Taxi Driver)
So this is the opening draft for two minutes and this will probably change over the course when making the film. Hope you enjoy

The Gift: Film Review

The Gift is a 2015 psychological thriller which was written, produced and directed by Joel Edgerton whom was making his directorial debut. The cast includes Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hall who meet an intimidated figure from their past who is played by the actor  Joel Edgerton. The film had a minor budget of $5 million dollars and made a whopping $59 million at box office, making it a success. I really enjoyed the film, although I got slightly confused at the end of the movie, not realising 'the gift' is the baby from Edgerton. The film beings with a married couple who relocate from Chicago to Los Angeles due to a new job given to Simon (Bateman). The couple then run into Simon's class mate from high school. At this moment in the movie you gather there is something weird going on, from the look of Gordo's eyes when he realises Simon through a shop window. From then on in the film Edgerton plays a stalker like persona and keeps dropping gifts off to the couples home and turning up at the house while Hall is at home, asking for Simon. I realised the wrong turn Rebecca makes when she lets Gordo into the home, giving him a tour of the house, he then finds where everything is situated. The film than carry's on with Simon telling Edgerton to keep away and form then this knocks the couples relationship as Simon isn't completely honest in telling his wife about his unpleasant behaviour from his school days.
The reason as to why I liked the movie is due to its twist at the end, because you know something wrong is bound to happen but you cant workout what its going to be. This is at the end when Rebecca Hall tells her husband she wants a divorce, once given birth to the baby. He then goes home and a baby gift basked turns up at their home. In the basked there is a CD, Video footage of Gordo preparing to molest Robyn after she fainted months earlier which the footage evidently cuts out. This overall finishes the film with a sort of cliff hanger as you want to know what happens after.

Our Trailer: Napoleon Dynamite