Planning: Final Idea

Final Idea

 

 

What makes a conventional thriller?
- A good range of characters. This is due to the fact that it will support the audience in configuring different opinions and likes/dislikes based on the characters personalities.

- An effective location. Setting the thriller within an effective location/locations will help to make sure the audience entertained.

- A good soundtrack. This is due to the fact that a good soundtrack can have a massive impact on a thriller. It contributes to giving the audience various feelings and emotions whilst watching a film.

- Use of costumes. Including a range of costumes for the characters to wear helps to apply and enforce gender roles and stereotypes which the audience will pick up on whilst watching the film.

- Different lighting and camera shots. Thia will also help the audience to keep entertained. An example of this is when fast-paced editing is used for scenes such as kidnapping or chase scenes which make it appealing for the audience to watch.

- Facial Expression and body language. These play a big role in a conventional thriller as they are what the audience will look upon the most. An example of this is if a murder has occured and a witness has been present.



Title: He knows you're not alone

 

Final Idea & (Opening Scene Narration)

'He Knows You're Alone'. The scene starts with a wide shot of the antagonist in a dark location looking at a storyboard full of images of a young teenage girl and her boyfriend including a very dark and gritty soundtrack made by myself and Kloe. A zoom shot will then be used when focussed on one image which will then show the entire board. The next scene is then the young teenage girl, aged 15, at home listening to music and planning on getting ready to go to a local house party that night. Normal paced editing will be used for this and also a camera will be left still in a singluar shot for this. We then see the boyfriend who was meant to attend the party but instead decides to go to his friends house and play video games all night. We see him then text his girlfriend, camera then focussed on the phone, asking her to stay home and he feels it is not going to be safe. Although when the scene cross cuts, we see the girl leaving her room, forgetting her phone behind on her drawer. The camera will again be focussed on the phone to view the text from him, plus the lights will be switched off to create a good atmosphere in the room for when the message is recieved.

As the scene develops it features the girl getting to the party and having a good time drinking and dancing with her friends. However, little does she know a hidden antagonist has followed her and is secretively watching her from the corner of the room whilst she is dancing. A birds eye view would be used to view this, and possibly slow paced editing to highlight the young girl and the antagonist.

It gets to the early hours of the morning and we see her walking home alone, very drunk and insecure with a nearly empty vodka bottle in her hand, walking through a park way with little clothing to cover her reavealing outfit. An extreme long shot and a camera-placed-on-floor shot will be used to show her slowly walking home and how dark it is throughout the park until we see the antagonist far behind her then fast paced editing will be used to show him catching up to her till she is gropped and kidnapped by the antagonist. Just after we hear her screams, we then use slow paced editing to view the alcohol bottle slowly smashing into pieces on the ground into a blackout.

The blackout will last appoximately 4 seconds until we hear the young girl breathing heavily, still in a blacked out location until a black cloak is removed from her face showing the unknown location she is in. We will use a Point Of View shot to show that she is tied up to a bed in a average boy's bedroom and is very scared of not knowing where she is and who has kidnapped her. The camera will then be placed on a desk in the corner of the room for when we see the antagonist dressed in all black, face hidden, enter the bedroom and -using fast paced editing- we witness her being sexually abused and clothing removed from the young teen.

A blackout is then used once again at the end of the scene and a tension building soundtrack is played quietly in the background throughout the final scene.

The black cloak is then removed of her hair again and we see her, looking very messed up and skatty, tied to a chair and mouth covered with a bandana in the outdoors where a large light is beamed onto her . A pan shot will then be used to view table containing a wide range of sharp tools which the antagonist has placed there.

Towards the end of the opening, he then appears behind her and starts smelling her hair in a very peverted way. This leads her to scream once again for help although it is very muffled and useless. The antagonist then selects a sharp butcher knife and places it against her neck intending to kill her, we use a reaction shot as she then begs and cries to be let free and then we use a close up shot of the antagonist, faced hidden with a black hood on, with a knife in his hand point it at her. As she screams once again the camera will be placed behind the antagonist who has the knife at her neck, then we see him -filming from behind- put the knife at the young teens neck as his hand quickly and forcefully strikes from her neck and up to the side. No sound is then made as seems as if he has killed her. He then places the knife back down on the table and we see the young teen still tied up but with her face down and hair covering proven that she is dead. At the end a deep and ghastly soundtrack is then used as the camera will pan the sight of a spade placed in already dug up soil where the antagonist intends to bury her. This is where the thriller opening will end. The audience will be left on the edge of their seats, empathising highly for the female victim and also the atmosphere will be very scare-filled and shocked.

Advantages:

~Also an interesting and basic storyline

~Will be quite simple to produce although some scenes may not be.

Disadvantages:

~Filming at a house party will be difficult as their will be a lot of characters which will make it hard to manage

~Filming at night will also be difficult due to weather conditions being very cold so tripods will be used to keep the camera still and not shaky also lowkey lighting will be managed

Characters:

Shanelle - 15 year old teenage girl. (Female Victim)

Jay - 15 year old teenage boyfriend of female victim

Hidden Antagonist - 'Unknown'

MES:
The thriller is filmed at night time so it will include a lot of dark lighting using lowkey lighting whilst filming.

Location - Home, Party, Hidden Location.

Lighting - LED's, Lowkey Lighting

Clothing - Revealing Clothing for Female Victim, Antagonist dressed in not black, Friends dressed casually

Key Iconography - Alcohol Bottles, Mobile Phones, Storyboards, Sharp Objects and Tools

Film Influences:

Scream 4 - This movie gave us the idea of a male antagonist causes harm on a female victim

Halloween - This movie gave us the idea of the antagonist stalking their victim

The Last House On The Left - This movie gave us the idea for the use of brutality shown by the Antagonist.

What themes does my thriller present?

The themes in which my thriller presents are Obsession and Hostage. This is evident as the antagonist is obsessed with the female victim and due to this obsession it leads him into kidnapping her and making her his own.

What response will i get from the audience?

I hope that my thriller will gain a fairly good response from the audience as it will be very entertaining and contains fast paced thriller scenes which will put the audience on the edges of their seat and create tension.

Conclusion

In conclusion, our group have now came up with our final idea for our thriller. We have identified what makes a conventional thriller, what MES will use and a full rundown of our narrative/plot.