Our thriller opening narrative:
We have decided that the narrative of our film will be based around a girl who gets kidnapped and is held hostage for numerous months. The kidnapper treats her extremely badly and rarely feeds her. She starts to physically and mentally deteriorate. Time passes and she uses all the limitless amounts of time she has to slowly form an escape plan. Eventually, she manages to channel all the strength she has from within and breaks free. Of course, nothing is that easy, the kidnapper spots her and chases her - what will happen next? will he catch her? will she really escape? we will build our suspense through leaving the audience to decide what happens themselves. We plan to not feature any dialogue within the scenes of our opening and use a voice over instead, in which we will hear the girl narrating us through what is happening in her tape recorded police interview. However, again, as we don't want to give the whole film away, we are limiting the dialogue to a minimal amount.
Location:
For our film opening, we would like to film in an orchard based in Upchurch. We think that this would be a good location to film in due to the fact that the woodland area will enhance the creepy theme we are aiming for- also orchards/woods can symbolise mystery and are a typical conventional setting for the thriller genre, therefore meaning that the audience will easily be able to identify this straight away.
Camera shots and story board:
For our opening we are hoping to use a variation of shots. The shots we plan on using consist of tracking shots, close-ups, point of view and high angle shots.
Tracking shot: We plan on using this particular shot when the victim is getting chased through the orchard. This will be a successful shot to use for this scene because it will feel as though you are following them and are actually there. Therefore, the viewers will be able to sympathise with the main character and will be able to get a grasp on how she may be feeling.
Close-up: We will be using a close-up shot of the victims feet when she is running. Not only does this emphasise the action she is doing in more detail but it also adds mystery as to who she is as we do not plan on featuring her face regularly throughout the opening. Not showing her face will leave the viewers on edge and wanting to see more.
Point of view: This shot will be used when the victim is looking for an escape route. We feel this shot will be appropriate because it allows the audience to almost experience the horror of the situation she is in.
High angled shot: High angled shots are really effective in the fact that they make the person within them appear small and vulnerable within their surroundings. The feeling of isolation is important within our thriller because it accentuates the victims loneliness.
Sound:
As for music and sound effects, we decided on editing them in after we have edited our film so that we can see which ones fit it best and make it look realistic. We think music and sound effects are an important feature within thriller films and can either make or break them. We want minimal dialogue other the voice over because it creates the feeling of not knowing which will unsettle the audience.
The voiceover will consist of the victim relaying the traumatic experience she went through, however she will not give detail and will only state the emotions she felt at specific moments within the time period she was captivated for.
Editing:
Editing is something we want to think about when we have actually filmed our video. Doing so will allow us to create an overall successful opening. Although we haven’t thought a lot about it we do know we want lots of face paced cuts which will excite the audience and add a sense of mystery as the clips are not long enough to provide with any information.
Mise en Scene:
We have begun to think about mise-en-scene by discussing what the costume could be like. We think the character should have scraggly, tangled, dirty, unbrushed hair so that straight away you can tell the awful conditions she has been 'living' in. The clothes are one of the main aspects of the film opening due to the fact that her tattered rags will really tell the story whilst at the same time, make it appear moreprofessionally created. As well as this, we think her makeup should look withdrawn, pale and lifeless which will make her appear gaunt and also reflect on the physical aspects of being held hostage for such a long period of time. We plan to develop this further as this is all just an idea.
Target Audience:
As our film will be rated 15, our target audience will be from the age of 16 all the way up to 24, as this is the age range that spends the most on cinema tickets also 16 year olds are allowed more freedom and can relate to more themes within the film.
-We are going to appeal to the 16 year olds as the main character is a teenager, like they are so they can relate to her in some way.
-We are going to appeal to the 24 year olds as the story line is quite grown up and the use of psychological themes will intrigue them, as they are more likely to understand it.
-Our target audience is obviously aimed towards people who like horror films as they are the most likely to watch our film.
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