Filed under: Coursework 321: Thriller Opening Sequence
We were given the task to brainstorm our ideas for our thriller opening, below are the ideas that we have come up with so far…
Characters
- Five teenagers
- A homeless person
- A man dressed in black
The teenagers will be around the same age as us (16-17) to appeal to our target audience.
We, ourselves will be playing the three teenage girls shown in the film.
We will invite other actors to play the characters of our friends.
The ‘homeless’ character will wear fingerless gloves as this is the stereotypical item of clothes that homeless people are usually associated with.
Where will we film?
We will film at the back of a nearby church. We will have scenes that will include the graveyard, but will mainly focus on a pathway/alley that is situated near the church. The pathway is rather long and wide which allows our cameras to get a good shot of our characters running as we use this shot in one of our scenes.
When will we film?
Filming will depend on the actor’s schedules because everyone will need to be free at the same time so that we can film continously.
We will need to film during the day for some parts as a few scenes are during this time. We will also need to film during dark as this will help capture mystery and atmosphere.
Notes about shots that we could use
- At the beginning of our film we will be using snapshots swirling onto the screen of the night before. We could also use freeze frames here aswell.
- We could use the pan and zoom effect on the last freeze frame.
- We could also split the screen into four areas and have pictures of everyone in each corner.
- We will use a range of different shots to try and make the audience feel like they are in the main characters shoes, we will establish this by using a ‘point of view’ shot.
- We will use close-ups of body parts e.g. Eyes opening, hands pressing against the ground as the characters awake and we will be filming the characters feet as they run away.
- Low angle shots of the man in black and shots that do not show his face. This will add a sense of anxiousness to the viewer.
- We could end the film on a close-up of the man in black’s feet with the camera slowly going up his body, then it could cut out and end on a black screen. This makes the audience wonder what he looks like and what will happen next to the girl and her boyfriend.
Below is a clip from the film Lord of rings;
In this clip is a character wearing a black cloke. When our group first watched this we found that the character, by wearing the cloke around his head, creates the feeling of needing to know more about the character. We have decided to use this in our film and also add suspense by never showing the audience what the man looks like without his face covered.
Below is a clip from Final Destination;
This short clip from the film shows flashbacks that one girl has. This is the effect we would like to use in our thriller.
Published by Vickie Paxton
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