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1. Diegesis

1.1. Non-Diegetic

1.1.1. Gun Shots

1.1.2. Screams

1.2. Diegetic

1.2.1. Background music

1.2.2. Any narrative that is spoken

1.2.2.1. Hearing what the character is saying

2. Setting

2.1. Phonecall takes place in room.

2.2. Walking through a forest

2.3. Main Scene takes place in a more urban setting (cars etc)

3. Plot

3.1. 1st Scene

3.1.1. Talia is watching TV with Josephine

3.2. 2nd Scene

3.2.1. Goes to get popcorn in kitchen (recieves call about a person wanting to exchange money)

3.3. 3rd Scene

3.3.1. Returns to room to explain the situation to Josephine, she wants to go out and look for the person, Talia refuses and stays in.

3.4. 4th Scene

3.4.1. Josephine walks through the forest at a dusky hour and sees the person waiting (he doesn't see her).

3.5. 5th Scene

3.5.1. She runs home and tells Talia. (Talia is a secret agent who has weapons at home) She decides to go out and confront him.

4. Mise En Scene

4.1. Props

4.1.1. Guns

4.1.2. Belts of weapons

4.2. Costume

4.2.1. Black Top

4.2.2. Leather Trousers

4.2.3. Hair Tied back

4.3. Makeup

4.3.1. Dark

4.3.2. Mysterious

5. Conventions

5.1. Running

5.2. Fast action shots

5.3. Weapons

5.3.1. Guns

5.3.2. Knives

5.4. Crime

5.4.1. Drug Dealing

5.5. Fight scene

5.5.1. Between the two characters Talia+Antagonist

5.6. Dramatic effects

5.6.1. Sound effects

5.6.2. Dramatic acting

5.7. Isolated settings

6. Editing

6.1. Fast filming

6.1.1. Will bring suspense and tension

6.2. Visual Effects

6.2.1. Gun shot effect

6.2.2. Editing the filter of the entire movie opening

6.3. Sound Effects

6.3.1. Music

6.3.2. Heartbeat

6.3.3. Gun shots

7. Characters

7.1. Main Character

7.1.1. Talia Lincroft

7.1.1.1. A secret agent from the Central Intelligance Association whos parents died at a young age.

7.1.2. Josephine Primrose

7.1.2.1. Talias best friend, who is also from a CIA based family, but isn't actually one herself.

7.2. Antagonist

7.2.1. Not Named

7.2.1.1. He is a drug dealer who gets the girls confused with two other girls who sell drugs at their school.

8. Cinematography

8.1. Long shot when showing part of the setting

8.2. Medium shot when walking

8.3. Over the shoulder when looking at the antagonist

8.4. Close up when watching a movie