The Next One - It refers to the main character (Hollie) seeing her friend dead and another person seeing an onlooker. Whether he's the killer the audience wouldn't know.
Type of Thriller
The opening of our Thriller Film would be a Crime Thriller. The main character would be a witness to murders happening.
When Set
The opening of our Thriller Film is set in modern times. The locations have streetlamps, the characters are wearing modern clothes and using modern technology such as mobile phones.
Primary Locations
There are pictures of the locations we chose on the previous post of my Blog.
Narrative Structure
A girl walks through the pavements on the outskirts of the city at night. She receives a phone call to meet up with her friends in the City Centre. The only way to get to the City Centre is by taking a shortcut through a bridge and alleyways. Her friend calls her and says where they'll meet up and when. She rings her back and suddenly there's a ringing of a phone. She walks closer and she sees her friend lying on the floor dead with her phone on her hand flashing. She went hysterical and was shocked and horrified. She looks around and she sees a man in the shadow looking at her.
Characters
Character 1
Name : Mary
Age: 16-18
Gender: Female
Character 2
Name: Timothy
Age: 16-18
Gender: Male
Character 3
Name: Hollie
Age: 16-18
Gender: Female
Costume
The stalker would be wearing what any type of normal clothing that a man would wear in this modern day and age which would be Hoodie and Jeans. The female victim would be wearing a black dress, what would a typical young woman would wear on a night out on the city. The female witness would be wearing what a typical retail worker would wear. which could be Jeans and Shirt.
Soundtrack Ideas
I am going to use soundtrack which would be Diagetic sounds throughout the whole opening but there would also be Non-Diagetic sounds such as the girl screaming and the sound of the character's breath
Cliffhanger at the end of sequence
The cliffhanger at the end of the sequence would be Hollie seeing her friend dead and sees that there is an onlooker looking at her with her being frightened and shocked.
Representation of the place
The bridge would represent the entrance of hell. An example of this would be Essex Boys when Billy was going through the tunnel and it shows that he is going somewhere bad and it shows that he might not be coming back.
Sources of Ideas
Our sources of Ideas originally generated from a mix of Independent and Mainstream films.
A few of these include:
- Witness (1985)
- The Strangers (2009)
- The Third Man (1949)
The sequences establishes the thriller genre because the characters shows the characteristics you would see in a Thriller film. These are:
- Innocent Victims
- Enigma (Couldn't see the Killer's face)
Well done Tim for completing your pitch but there are a few problems.
ReplyDeleteFirstly the plot is too complicated to communicate in two minutes. The plot is overused and very difficult to inject freshness into the action. Remember simple ideas work the best. You have some shots on your blog which are very impressive. The shots of the bridge over the river and the autumn leaves. You can shoot somebody walking thinking of the high angle close up shots in the clip from Heavenly Creatures.
Girl walking home at dusk
Girl enters her house where the front door is open light on etc;
Close up of feet coming downstairs
Cut to closeup of girl's face white with fear Cut to leather glove on stair banister then cut!!!
A burglary would be the central plot.
These are ideas inspired by your photographs and original pitch, the love triange wouldn't be possible to achieve in 2 minutes. Think about ideas I've suggested. Keep ideas simple but dramatic.
Tim you need to speak to somebody at CNS 6th form admin re going onto our email system. You have apparently had a school digi camera out for some time, could you please return it without delay becuase students are only allowed to borrow cameras for a limited time.
ReplyDeleteWell done for revising your shot list so that it can be clearly read and understood. Re the cliff hanger, you could do two versions, one where the victim is still alive (just!) thus adding to suspense, and another cliff hanger which indicates the victim is dead.
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