The main idea of our thriller opening two minutes, is to have a murder in an alleyway/in the woods. We thought of this as it is a classic convention that is found in thriller films. We also thought it would be fun to film, and be able to use interesting camera shots and editing in able to create an exciting and tense atmosphere in our film. We have decided there will be 4 friends that are fairly close. One of which will become the victim of the assault. Character 1 and character 2 agree to meet up in a local coffee shop, however character 1 mysteriously gets killed. This creates a rift in the friendship, as character 2 is unsure why she has been stood up. We then have character 3 and 4, who we want to represent as being shady, and mysterious. We feel this will fit the conventions of thriller films, as there is always a mysterious character that has underlying problems that are revealed to the audience at the end of the film. We may include some theft in the film to suit to conventions of horror, and we want to introduce the concept of technology, as gadgets are a common prop seen in thriller films. We may include a mobile phone, with creepy, weird messages. By doing this, it will create suspense, and excitement to our audience, as our target audience is 15+ meaning that this is the age where mobile phone use is at its peak. This will make our audience be able to relate to our film more.
Characters:
Tara- Our Victim of assault. Played by Nadiye Killick.
Ellie- Tara's best friend, girl waiting for her in the coffee shop. Played by Mae Fisher.
Rosemary- Our antagonist, responsible for assault of Tara. Played by Chloe Bennett.
Bella- Rosemary's partner in crime, helps to cover the assault. ( side kick). Played by Katy Welch.
Film name suggestions:
We feel that our film is hard to come up with a name, before having filmed it. This is because some of our ideas main change, meaning the name may not make sense. However, we have come up with some brainstorms to help get us started:
"Missing" - We feel that by having a short, snappy title can engage the audience more. By keeping it "short and sweet" as it were, we feel it can be more captivating, as it is very ambiguous, leaving the audience to use their imagination to suggest what happens.
"Help"- We thought of an idea of having a text at the end of the film reading the word "help" coming from Tara's phone onto Ellie's phone. We feel by incorporating this text to the title, would show a clear link to the film and the name of it. The use of the monosyllabic language, creates tension, and suspense, which will keep our audience of edge, which we want to be able to do.
"Murder Alley"- This is my least favorite of our suggested film names. I think this because, i feel it gives too much away in the title. By naming it "murder alley" it immediately insinuates that someone gets killed in an alley, which defeats the purpose of having a dramatic climax in our film.
Technology:
For our film we will be using various film equipment and applications in order to achieve a successful and realistic film. We will be using Adobe Premiere, to edit our film. This is a software that allows you to be very creative with how you want your film to look. I feel this is better than using " Movie Maker" or " IMovie" as it has more complex sound systems, and better use of applications to use as well. We will also be using photoshop. This will be used for our front cover of our film, as it has effective editing tools to help us edit our film effectively. To film our opening two minutes, we may use a go-pro. We feel this is the best film camera to film with as the motion is really good on it. They are also easy to function, and have a long battery life which will be important if we are filming all day. Along with this, we will have a tri-pod. This will help us to film precisely, without any movement on still shots. Alternatively, we may just use an ordinary Nikon camera, as they are easy to function.
Mise en scene:
For the beginning of our opening two minutes, we want to have the shot of an alley way or the woods. We feel this fits the conventions of a thriller film. This is because woods and alleyways are very isolated, and desolate. There is very few people there, which creates suspense in the film. Also, it allows people to be camouflaged behind trees, and be able to grab people easily, with an unlikelihood of being seen. Furthermore, by filming in the woods to begin with, the lighting will be darker, but light enough for our audience to see efficiently. This will help set a spooky, sinister atmosphere for the beginning of the film. This is important, as we want our audience to be thrown right into the action of the film, to make the audience feel the suspense. The victim, will be appearance will be kept very ordinary and natural. This is because we want her to appear innocent, which will make the audience more on edge, as it proves an attack can happen to anyone. It will also make it more relatable. Props consist of a dog on a lead, and the killer with a see-through plastic bag to kill the victim with. (suffocation). By using a dog, it will help emphasize the innocence, and give the victim a reason for being in the woods. Different locations will be used- we will use a coffee shop to place the victims best friend in. This is where the victim was supposed to be meeting the friend, but has obviously not turned up. We thought using a coffee shop is effective, as everyone can relate to it. Its a popular, busy place where the general public enjoy going to. So, we wanted to show a sense of reality, so that our audience can relate to the settings as well as the characters emotions. Furthermore, we will also be using a house, where the antagonist will return home, after having attacked the victim. This will create a tense climax, as its unusual for a killer to return home after having attacked or murdered someone.
Sound:
As this is only what we have planned, our ideas may change. We thought for sound, we would have non-diegetic sound playing at the beginning, we would have spooky, mellow, music playing, which will help create a tense, sinister atmosphere, and keep our audience on edge. We may use our own "Foley Process" to emphasise the sound of the victims footsteps at the beginning, this will make the footsteps seem significant, and will make the audience question why the footsteps have been made louder. It could suggest that she is being followed? or that something shocking is about to happen? We know that diegetic sound will be used when the characters are talking. However, we have not planned a script yet. When we write the script, we will write on there whether its diegetic or non diegetic, so it is clear to the reader.
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