Sarah:
This is our final idea for our thriller film opening. We decided to do a very mysterious thriller film which contains a lot of concealment which is a typical thriller convention. The basic plot is that a girl is "abused" by someone and she goes to see a therapist about it and then has flashbacks of the attack. The therapist is a red-herring as we think he could be attacker, but actually he is just her therapist but we will leave it for the audience to figure out on their own which is why it will be a red-herring. Concealment will take place as you won't see the victims face throughout the opening until the very end and the audience also won't ever see the attacker's face. This is because the film would continue on to figure out who the attacker is but we are only doing the opening and so want to keep the atmosphere very mysterious. Also, one of our main things will be props. The attacker is going to have a weapon of some description, the therapist will have something to take notes on and the victim will be fiddling with something in her hand. This will give us different camera angles as we can use close ups and extreme close ups. Overall, we are going to try and use as many thriller conventions within the 2 minutes as we can.
Jack:
The Final Idea Presentation!
Our idea is explained in the presentation but here is a brief explanation:
Innocent girl is abused in a criminal case (unsure of the abuse at the moment), due to her trauma after the attack she goes to a therapist- the therapist is a red herring, is he the abuser as well as the therapist- where the therapist dissects the case by getting into the mind of the victim. the case is then shown in the rest of the film (if we were making the whole film). at the end of the opening there will be a reverse quick cut of key points of the case like a tape rewinding.
The case is therefore incorporating key conventions of Flashback, Red herring, chiaroscuro lighting and quick cut. the inspiration for the flashback case came from inception and the quick cut from Snatch and Shaun of the dead. There will be a blog post soon about the quick cut research including if possible the clips from snatch and Shaun of the dead. As Sarah has mentioned above we are going to use concealment as a key feature of our thriller as the audience will not be able to see the abusers face and also the therapists face. therefore creating even more suspicion on whether the abuser and therapist have something in common or are they the same person. There will be key props to help highlight camera angles including a mask and weapon for the abuser and a clipboard or notepad for the therapist to write the notes down. The main idea of our film opening is to use as many conventions as possible but only if they work with the scene or shot type.
Harmony:
From looking at our presentation you can get a brief understanding of what our thriller film is about. However, I shall explain further in detail about our story line so you, the audience can really get a detailed idea and understanding of what it's all about.
Firstly, we had to think about who our target audience were going to be so we can get a real idea about what sort of story line would most interest our desired target audience. We, as a group came to the conclusion that an audience of teenagers to young adults would be our best bet. We decided on this particular age group as we ourselves are teenagers so we understand what we would want to see from a thriller film, we felt that if we had picked a different target audience (say ages 25-30) it would be much harder to have came up with a maturer story line based for an older audience as we ourselves are not from that specific target audience so we would not completely know what they would want to see from a thriller film. Of course we want our film to appeal to both genders so we will keep that in mind.
We came up with many characters bases on the common thriller conventions however, we have slightly challenged the rules. Instead of the typical male hard-man figure as the main character we've gone for a sweet innocent young girl. We decided to choose this character as not having a male as the main character is unexpected in the thriller film genre. Secondly, we decided to have a therapist as another main character. We decided to do this because this sort of character is seen a lot in the thriller genre, therapists are extremely typical in the thriller genre along with character such as cops, vandals, and investigators. We decided to use this typical character to portray the thriller genre as much as possible. In any thriller film you need an attacker, so an attacker is what we have. As to now we are unsure about what they are going to do to this sweet innocent girl but all we know is that they have mentally and physically abused her. All the way through the film we will never see the attacker, they will be wearing a mask to hide their identity. We have decided to do this as is portrays the idea of concealment to the audience which is a very common theme in the thriller genre. As well as the attacker being masked and hidden we plan for the girl's face to not be shown while the therapist is talking to her and asking questions about what has happened to her. We have decided not to show her face until the very end of the film as it again, displays the theme of concealment and creates suspense for the audience as they are on the edges of their seats wondering who this girl is. Along with all these characters we aim to add a possible red herring into the mix of our film. We have decided to do this as it completely swings the audience off track making them follow a false story line creating confusion.
As the story line unfolds we begin to enter the girls mind and see the brutal attack in her eyes. We are planning to use the quick cut editing technique to present this attack to the audience, we have decided to do this as the fast pace will create a sense of adrenaline for the audience. As well as this we are thinking about using high contrast in lighting to show how it was in the past, almost a flashback of the attack. Flashbacks are very common in thriller films so we really wanted to take this idea and put it into our own thriller film to present the genre to the audience as much as possible.
Our location is going to be fairly basic, a therapists room where the girl and therapist will be discussing the attack and how she feels about it and then a location for the attack. We are still unsure on the final location for the attack but we want somewhere isolated and abandoned to really create suspense and reflect the thriller genre as typically, locations in thriller films are dark mysterious and most importantly isolated.
Obviously there are many practical elements that we need to consider while out filming. We need to keep the filming continuos so this means even if we film on different days we need to remember the same costume etc.. so we get a sense of continuity. As well as this we wanted to have a range of dark and light lightening, we could possibly film at night so we need to keep that in mind as we will need to act quickly before it's too dark to get decent enough shots.
All in all I think our presentation went well even though it was slightly brief, however we are still processing our final ideas exactly so, we are not completely certain on every aspect of our thriller film yet but we have the basics which I personally believe are still very good strong ideas.
The class' opinions:
This is our final idea for our thriller film opening. We decided to do a very mysterious thriller film which contains a lot of concealment which is a typical thriller convention. The basic plot is that a girl is "abused" by someone and she goes to see a therapist about it and then has flashbacks of the attack. The therapist is a red-herring as we think he could be attacker, but actually he is just her therapist but we will leave it for the audience to figure out on their own which is why it will be a red-herring. Concealment will take place as you won't see the victims face throughout the opening until the very end and the audience also won't ever see the attacker's face. This is because the film would continue on to figure out who the attacker is but we are only doing the opening and so want to keep the atmosphere very mysterious. Also, one of our main things will be props. The attacker is going to have a weapon of some description, the therapist will have something to take notes on and the victim will be fiddling with something in her hand. This will give us different camera angles as we can use close ups and extreme close ups. Overall, we are going to try and use as many thriller conventions within the 2 minutes as we can.
Jack:
The Final Idea Presentation!
Our idea is explained in the presentation but here is a brief explanation:
Innocent girl is abused in a criminal case (unsure of the abuse at the moment), due to her trauma after the attack she goes to a therapist- the therapist is a red herring, is he the abuser as well as the therapist- where the therapist dissects the case by getting into the mind of the victim. the case is then shown in the rest of the film (if we were making the whole film). at the end of the opening there will be a reverse quick cut of key points of the case like a tape rewinding.
The case is therefore incorporating key conventions of Flashback, Red herring, chiaroscuro lighting and quick cut. the inspiration for the flashback case came from inception and the quick cut from Snatch and Shaun of the dead. There will be a blog post soon about the quick cut research including if possible the clips from snatch and Shaun of the dead. As Sarah has mentioned above we are going to use concealment as a key feature of our thriller as the audience will not be able to see the abusers face and also the therapists face. therefore creating even more suspicion on whether the abuser and therapist have something in common or are they the same person. There will be key props to help highlight camera angles including a mask and weapon for the abuser and a clipboard or notepad for the therapist to write the notes down. The main idea of our film opening is to use as many conventions as possible but only if they work with the scene or shot type.
Harmony:
From looking at our presentation you can get a brief understanding of what our thriller film is about. However, I shall explain further in detail about our story line so you, the audience can really get a detailed idea and understanding of what it's all about.
Firstly, we had to think about who our target audience were going to be so we can get a real idea about what sort of story line would most interest our desired target audience. We, as a group came to the conclusion that an audience of teenagers to young adults would be our best bet. We decided on this particular age group as we ourselves are teenagers so we understand what we would want to see from a thriller film, we felt that if we had picked a different target audience (say ages 25-30) it would be much harder to have came up with a maturer story line based for an older audience as we ourselves are not from that specific target audience so we would not completely know what they would want to see from a thriller film. Of course we want our film to appeal to both genders so we will keep that in mind.
We came up with many characters bases on the common thriller conventions however, we have slightly challenged the rules. Instead of the typical male hard-man figure as the main character we've gone for a sweet innocent young girl. We decided to choose this character as not having a male as the main character is unexpected in the thriller film genre. Secondly, we decided to have a therapist as another main character. We decided to do this because this sort of character is seen a lot in the thriller genre, therapists are extremely typical in the thriller genre along with character such as cops, vandals, and investigators. We decided to use this typical character to portray the thriller genre as much as possible. In any thriller film you need an attacker, so an attacker is what we have. As to now we are unsure about what they are going to do to this sweet innocent girl but all we know is that they have mentally and physically abused her. All the way through the film we will never see the attacker, they will be wearing a mask to hide their identity. We have decided to do this as is portrays the idea of concealment to the audience which is a very common theme in the thriller genre. As well as the attacker being masked and hidden we plan for the girl's face to not be shown while the therapist is talking to her and asking questions about what has happened to her. We have decided not to show her face until the very end of the film as it again, displays the theme of concealment and creates suspense for the audience as they are on the edges of their seats wondering who this girl is. Along with all these characters we aim to add a possible red herring into the mix of our film. We have decided to do this as it completely swings the audience off track making them follow a false story line creating confusion.
As the story line unfolds we begin to enter the girls mind and see the brutal attack in her eyes. We are planning to use the quick cut editing technique to present this attack to the audience, we have decided to do this as the fast pace will create a sense of adrenaline for the audience. As well as this we are thinking about using high contrast in lighting to show how it was in the past, almost a flashback of the attack. Flashbacks are very common in thriller films so we really wanted to take this idea and put it into our own thriller film to present the genre to the audience as much as possible.
Our location is going to be fairly basic, a therapists room where the girl and therapist will be discussing the attack and how she feels about it and then a location for the attack. We are still unsure on the final location for the attack but we want somewhere isolated and abandoned to really create suspense and reflect the thriller genre as typically, locations in thriller films are dark mysterious and most importantly isolated.
Obviously there are many practical elements that we need to consider while out filming. We need to keep the filming continuos so this means even if we film on different days we need to remember the same costume etc.. so we get a sense of continuity. As well as this we wanted to have a range of dark and light lightening, we could possibly film at night so we need to keep that in mind as we will need to act quickly before it's too dark to get decent enough shots.
All in all I think our presentation went well even though it was slightly brief, however we are still processing our final ideas exactly so, we are not completely certain on every aspect of our thriller film yet but we have the basics which I personally believe are still very good strong ideas.
The class' opinions:
- Props may be hard to get hold of, make sure you can find them before you finalise the idea. Good idea but didn't really understand the flashback.
- Good plot with some interesting ideas.Sounds like an entire film not just an opening. How are you going to find somewhere that looks like a therapists room? How old is the girl? What is the attack?
- A little bit more description on the opening narrative and the conventions that will be used. Day time/night time? In-coperating flashbacks is a really good idea.
- Good plot idea with intriguing ideas. Could have gone into more detail with the plot. How old is the girl? Need a name for the film.
- Interesting original idea. Remember to make the therapist look professional. It might be difficult to do all this in 2 minutes. Good sue of quick cuts (no-one else in the class did this).
Sarah - How we will overcome the negatives of the class' opinions:
- We have got the props that we need, except the therapist chair which we have decided not to use but will use normal chairs. The flashback is of the attack of the girl.
- The description was of more of the entire film but we have decided to have the girl in the therapist room, have a flashback of the attack and then go back to the therapists room. The therapists room will be the student support room in Thurston Community College school as it looks like a therapist room. The girl is about 16 years old to relate to the target audience. The attack is more of an 'attempted' rape as we don't want to film anything inappropriate but the attacker will also have some sort of weapon (probably a crowbar - easy to get hold of) to show his aggressive side.
- We will film the attack in the day time which high contrast so the audience understand it is a flashback/dream scene and also it will be more relatable to the audience as it is too obvious to happen but does and this is aimed to confuse and scare them.
- We haven't decided a name for the film because we want something interesting but can't think of something relevant but clever yet.
- We will make the therapist look professional with his costume, props and the setting. We will use quick cuts to make sure all the relevant clips get into the 2 minutes.
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