Our Final Cover

Blurb (My Final Version)


The fifth film from cult director Joel Lanza (‘Bulldog’, ‘Night of the Reaper’), ‘Rupture’ is one of this year’s most thrilling and poignant films.

Focusing on one sister’s revenge, ‘Rupture’ tells the story of two sisters trying to make a fresh start in Central London. Everything seems to be going fine, until a tragic act of brutality by a gang of thugs results in the death of the younger of the two. The eldest, Jasmine (Nicola Forelli – ‘The Puppeteer’, ‘Away from L.A.’), seeks vengeance on a journey that will take her deep into the seedy underbelly of London.

Lanza’s finest film to date, ‘Rupture’ has shocked and wowed audiences, even picking up the 2008 Palm d’Or.



How is this like a Thriller Cover:


1) Use of red connotates blood and violence

2) The grey wall on the background has a real industrial feel about it and is reference to the location we used for the opening

3) The title 'Rupture' suggests violence and acts as an enigma

4) The 18 certificate suggests that it is an explicit film and should therefore appeal more to the part of the audience wanting to be 'shocked' and jaded thriller watchers

5) The Palm D'Or acts as a seal of quality for the film, making it seem like a well made film

6) The recommendation by Empire also acts as a seal of quality as Empire is one of the bestselling film magazines

7) The screenshots on the back give a sense of violence and of hostage taking, which are two of the central themes

8) Region 2 suggests that it is a UK DVD



Influence with our final DVD cover

With our final DVD cover we took influence from the posters for Eli Roth's Hostel, as they were simple yet effective. This was because the choice if colour as well as 'texture' of the background made it look like the film was set in some kind of torture chamber. As well as this the actual image of the beheaded man is startling as you do not see it at first, its only as you look in the bottom right hand corner that you realise.

What Friends thought of Rupture?

This is a selection of quotes and things mentioned by Friends and Family who watched 'Rupture':

'The Cinematography is excellent, but the acting really lets it down'

'The music's really powerful, like a heart beat and really build's tension'

'The black and white makes it look like a thriller like Sin City'

'The blood looks really convincing, but the male actor doesn't look scared enough'

Thriller DVD cover inspiration

Here’s the cover for ‘Scarface’. The reason I’ve picked it out for inspiration is because it is very simple, yet iconic. Similarly this DVD Cover for the DVD special edition of ‘A Better Tomorrow’ follows a similar style. I would quite like to use something ‘pop arty’ like this for our final DVD cover.

Directing Inspiration - tarantino

Tarantino
Tarantino I felt has been a huge influence upon our project. For instance the opening to kill bill was the original inspiration for the opening of Rupture. Here we see woman lying on the floor, battered and bruised. This is followed by the entrance of a male character. But we do not see him. As the audience we are only allowed to see his boots, gun and hear his voice. This builds up suspense for the rest of the film, where we are left wondering who he is.


Reservoir Dogs was also a huge influence when thinking about hostage situations. In the hostage scene the hostage's chair was used as a pivot for the camera. This means that the victim seemed stationary and thus vulnerable, while the torturer walks around him. As well as this the playful style adopted by the torturer, also inspired us as in the film the torturer seems alot more dangerous