Opening Scene
For the opening scene of our thriller film, we are going to start off by using fast editing. At the beginning we will use a variety of different camera shots to show the stalker doing various things like burning a girls picture and cutting his own hand etc. This is conventional to a thriller because we are going to keep the stalkers identity hidden so this will helps build up suspense for the audience. We will have the stalker dressed in all black, a black hoody, black leggings, black gloves and black boots, this is also conventional to a thriller because the colour black connotes death and this foreshadows what the stalker will do later in the film. We have decided to use low-key lighting in this scene so it created strong shadows and keeps the identity hidden throughout.
In the next scene, it will show a teenage girl tied up on the floor with makeup running down her face. She wakes up now knowing where she is and tries to get herself out of the rope which was unsuccessful. This will show that she has been kidnapped and trapped in a small room. The camera shot starts off zoomed into her hands, and slowly the camera zooms out to show her body tied up. This is conventional to a thriller because it will show the use of iconography and emphasize the fact that this girl is trapped and can't escape. She will be wearing a white/cream top and the colour of her costume straight away tells the audience that she is the victim in the film as the colour white/cream symbolises purity. The use of camera shots will make the scene look a lot more effective seeing as it will show a lot more detail like the facial expression which gives the audience a chance to develop a relationship with the victim. This is conventional to a thriller because it allows the audience to experience the fear and adrenaline that the character is going through that that moment. Again we will use low key lighting in this scene because it helps create a shadow behind he girl of the stalker walking towards the girl which builds up tension for the audience leaving them wondering what he is going to do to her. Also it keeps the stalkers identity hidden throughout. We decided that at that point, the girl should have a flashback of how she ended up where she was also because a flashback creates a good effect. We will zoom into the victims eye when she is trapped and that straight away leads into the flashback and how it started.
The third scene is the flashback and it starts of with the victim walking to her friends house to pick up some books. The camera starts off zoomed into the victim walking and slowly zooms out of her while she is walking towards the camera. At this point the stalker will be staring at her from different angles. One of the shots we are going to use is a point of view shot to show the stalkers perspective. We will show this by the stalker standing behind a tree and holding the camera to show the audience what he can see which is the victim walking up towards her friends house with some small branches in the way. These camera shots are conventional to a thriller because the stalkers identity is still hidden but yet again it lets the audience see what the stalker can see and it builds up suspense for the audience because they can see that the stalker is watching the victims every move. This also created enigma for the audience. When the victim reaches her friends house and rings the doorbell the camera will show her friend on the laptop from behind, as she goes to open the door, we use a couple different camera shot. When the door opens the two girls exchange a little conversation. Here we use camera shots like over the shoulder and close ups so you can see the facial expressions and what the character can see. As the victims friend goes upstairs to get the book, the victim receives a text from an unknown number talking about the book. One of the camera shots we will use at this point of the is zoom, we decided to zoom into the phone as the victim is unlocking her phone to emphasize what the text said and to build suspense for the audience as the camera is zooming into the phone. The victims friend then comes down the stairs questioning who the text message was from but the victim closes the text and acts like it was nothing and she tries to ignore the fact that she is getting stalked. The victims friend kindly offers her a drink or something but the victim refuses and says she has to rush home.
In this next scene we will show the victim going home but taking the short cut through the ally way then the forest. We will film the victim casually walking into the ally way but then we show the stalker standing behind the victim in the ally way watching her walk from a distance. We decided to use the location of a forest and ally way because they are conventional to the thriller genre and it highlights to the audience that it is an isolated setting and no one would be able to hear her scream.
As the victim is walking through the forest we done a camera shot of the victims feet walking and the
stalkers black boots following behind. This is effective because you can only see the feet of the stalker, so it keeps the identity hidden and builds suspense and tension. Suddenly the victim hears a twig snap behind her. Here we show the victim seeing the stalker standing behind her so she screams and drops her books and runs away. The camera shot we use at this point is a hand held camera to show a chase so the audience experience the fear and adrenalin that the victim is feeling at that moment. This camera shot is effective because it makes the scene appear as unsettling and chaotic.
The victim then runs and hides behind a bush, she tries calling her friend but her friend fails to pick up her phone. So we end our opening of the stalkers hand covering up the victims mouth. This is an effective way of ending our opening because it leaves the audience thinking what happens next? So it ends on a cliff-hanger.
The sounds we will be using throughout most of our thriller opening is going to be non diegetic sound. Non diegetic sound is .. sound that is not visible on screen for example, a narrators voice, or maybe a police siren in the background etc.
The non diegetic sounds we will be using is mostly background music to make the scene look more dramatic and seem more important then it is.
In the next scene, it will show a teenage girl tied up on the floor with makeup running down her face. She wakes up now knowing where she is and tries to get herself out of the rope which was unsuccessful. This will show that she has been kidnapped and trapped in a small room. The camera shot starts off zoomed into her hands, and slowly the camera zooms out to show her body tied up. This is conventional to a thriller because it will show the use of iconography and emphasize the fact that this girl is trapped and can't escape. She will be wearing a white/cream top and the colour of her costume straight away tells the audience that she is the victim in the film as the colour white/cream symbolises purity. The use of camera shots will make the scene look a lot more effective seeing as it will show a lot more detail like the facial expression which gives the audience a chance to develop a relationship with the victim. This is conventional to a thriller because it allows the audience to experience the fear and adrenaline that the character is going through that that moment. Again we will use low key lighting in this scene because it helps create a shadow behind he girl of the stalker walking towards the girl which builds up tension for the audience leaving them wondering what he is going to do to her. Also it keeps the stalkers identity hidden throughout. We decided that at that point, the girl should have a flashback of how she ended up where she was also because a flashback creates a good effect. We will zoom into the victims eye when she is trapped and that straight away leads into the flashback and how it started.
The third scene is the flashback and it starts of with the victim walking to her friends house to pick up some books. The camera starts off zoomed into the victim walking and slowly zooms out of her while she is walking towards the camera. At this point the stalker will be staring at her from different angles. One of the shots we are going to use is a point of view shot to show the stalkers perspective. We will show this by the stalker standing behind a tree and holding the camera to show the audience what he can see which is the victim walking up towards her friends house with some small branches in the way. These camera shots are conventional to a thriller because the stalkers identity is still hidden but yet again it lets the audience see what the stalker can see and it builds up suspense for the audience because they can see that the stalker is watching the victims every move. This also created enigma for the audience. When the victim reaches her friends house and rings the doorbell the camera will show her friend on the laptop from behind, as she goes to open the door, we use a couple different camera shot. When the door opens the two girls exchange a little conversation. Here we use camera shots like over the shoulder and close ups so you can see the facial expressions and what the character can see. As the victims friend goes upstairs to get the book, the victim receives a text from an unknown number talking about the book. One of the camera shots we will use at this point of the is zoom, we decided to zoom into the phone as the victim is unlocking her phone to emphasize what the text said and to build suspense for the audience as the camera is zooming into the phone. The victims friend then comes down the stairs questioning who the text message was from but the victim closes the text and acts like it was nothing and she tries to ignore the fact that she is getting stalked. The victims friend kindly offers her a drink or something but the victim refuses and says she has to rush home.
In this next scene we will show the victim going home but taking the short cut through the ally way then the forest. We will film the victim casually walking into the ally way but then we show the stalker standing behind the victim in the ally way watching her walk from a distance. We decided to use the location of a forest and ally way because they are conventional to the thriller genre and it highlights to the audience that it is an isolated setting and no one would be able to hear her scream.
As the victim is walking through the forest we done a camera shot of the victims feet walking and the
stalkers black boots following behind. This is effective because you can only see the feet of the stalker, so it keeps the identity hidden and builds suspense and tension. Suddenly the victim hears a twig snap behind her. Here we show the victim seeing the stalker standing behind her so she screams and drops her books and runs away. The camera shot we use at this point is a hand held camera to show a chase so the audience experience the fear and adrenalin that the victim is feeling at that moment. This camera shot is effective because it makes the scene appear as unsettling and chaotic.
The victim then runs and hides behind a bush, she tries calling her friend but her friend fails to pick up her phone. So we end our opening of the stalkers hand covering up the victims mouth. This is an effective way of ending our opening because it leaves the audience thinking what happens next? So it ends on a cliff-hanger.
The sounds we will be using throughout most of our thriller opening is going to be non diegetic sound. Non diegetic sound is .. sound that is not visible on screen for example, a narrators voice, or maybe a police siren in the background etc.
The non diegetic sounds we will be using is mostly background music to make the scene look more dramatic and seem more important then it is.
Your opening scene narration demonstrates good planning skills and this is because you have considered the different micro elements.
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