Influences

To help Jackie and I get the idea of our opening scene, we used one movie in particular which influenced us to make this type of film. We used the 2017 dramatic thriller “Kidnap” as an inspiration for our opening scene. We used the idea of the park setting just because that is one of the main areas children can get kidnapped from. We were influenced to make this type of film due to the fact that it actually happens in the real world and is an ongoing problem. We also were influenced by the idea in “Kidnap” of the mom being distracted by her phone. Phones today have become a major distraction for everyone and have drawn us away from being able to participate in what is going on around us. Jackie and I decided to make the mom in our film distracted by her phone so that she loses focus of her child. This happens all of the time today and is one of the main causes of child abduction.

The first picture is a clip from “Kidnap”. It is the mother of the child playing on the playground sitting on the park bench. The second picture is a screenshot taken from “The Vanished” which is the mom also sitting on the park bench with her phone in her hands. This is when she becomes distracted.