IDEA 1 (EMEKA):
For my initial idea I have conjured up a more than basic idea
and draft towards a final idea using all my research from former blogs and from
the data I had collected in my questionnaires. Further research may help me in
further improving my idea rather than changing the full thing and also help my
group to decide on a final idea with some aspects and influence of my initial
idea.
Narrative –
For the narrative of my opening I went for a character trying
to run away from his mistakes and regrets which are portrayed as big men in
suits with no face to the audience but to him are still just his mistakes and
regrets. Which I found a good idea as most thrillers tend to have the character
running from an actual thing whereas I would have made it his own problems
based on the things he done portrayed through characters with no identity. The
idea was based on an episode in Sci-Fi Drama, Doctor Who of which the
characters were aliens in black suits called The Silence.
Title –
The title of my film was hard to decide and I had many ideas
including taking the name of the characters I named in Doctor Who and calling
it the Silence as his thoughts are portrayed differently to the audience which
could leave the audience confused yet intrigued as to what the movie will be
about. Another name I went for was Who’s Who as if to say both the audience and
the character are confused and we have no idea who is who, whether his troubles
are caused by him or they are caused by these men in suits is something the audience
will want to pay attention to. Another name I may use for my opening thriller
is ‘?’ as if to say we as a production company are speechless and don’t know
what to say or what to make as the thriller title which helps to aid in
confusing and adding a psychological effect to the thriller.
Sub-Genre –
Considering the many different sub-genres available for my
thriller opening I came to the conclusion that I could make it whatever but to
suit the purpose the sub-genres I have chosen from the possible many are first,
Psychological as many scenes will give the audience a spice of authenticity in
order to gain a psychological response and receive better feedback. The other
sub-genre was Drama as it has the sense that is has an intention to be more
serious than relaxed and comedic, with the focus of having characters dealing
with realistic ordeals and emotional struggles.
Character –
For characters, I have gone for the victim of which he is to
himself and has to find a way to do everything himself, he has no-one and is
his own hero, due to the fact the characters face may not be seen often it will
be better to make the character a bit of a subtle character in terms of noise
and not action Another character is the men in the suits as his thoughts and
regrets but the audience don’t know and won’t understand if they are real or
just his imagination. Another character I include in my opening is a
psychiatrist in which their part may be to tell him that he is alright but that
character too is just in his head and isn’t apparent to the audience but to us
a producers and him as it is his worries.
Theory Application –
With theory application I would use Todorov’s theory of
Equilibrium, Disequilibrium and then New Equilibrium but may switch the last
around to leave the audience on a cliff hanger instead of ending it there and
then, this would be better as it would leave the audience questioning the
motion and what just happened further making them more interested in my
opening. Todorov’s theory is by far the most simplest of the four of them as
for films like this where there aren’t that many characters it allows someone
to make something without too much hassle or problems of what to add to a small
scene. Using elements from Aristotle who centered his theories round themes and
emotions. I may use his structure which consisted of the film going from an
‘Exposition’ in order to know the character. Then next in his theory was the
Rising Action which is when the protagonist is able to finally understand
his/her goal allowing them to start working towards it. It reaches the Climax
which becomes point of the greatest overall tension; the phase in which
everything goes mostly wrong. Then the climax ends and there comes the Falling
Action which is the turning point of the story and is where the main character
makes the decision that defines the outcome of the story, then lastly comes the
Denouement which is the resolution and all mysteries are solved.
Conclusion –
Conclusively putting all my research and ideas together I can
come to a final idea using thoughts from my initial idea and my group idea.
IDEA 2 (UMUT):
Narrative:
A heist is being planned by a group of teenagers who have
been involved in previous crimes and a federal agent is trying to gather enough
evidence to lock them away. One of the five teenagers are caught and being
interviewed by a federal agent, he is given an option to come out with lowest
consequences possible, but in return to cooperate and bring his partners in
crime in. He is then found guilty by his peers and brutally murdered.
Title:
No Face No Case
Sub-Genre:
Crime, Drama
Characters:
5 Teenagers around the ages of 17-23
All big builds to look intimidating
Masks on face
Theory Application:
“Propp’s theory” could be applied to my narrative because
there is the hero, (the federal agent) the villain, (the teenager in charge of
the heist) the dispatcher, (in this instance the commander) the helper, (other
police officers and agents put on this task).
Even though all the characters don’t take place we are still able to
apply this theory.
Narrative Structure:
A teenager is being interrogated by an officer and is being
told to wear a wire so the charges are dropped. Then the next scene we see a
group of masked individuals robbing a store and fleeing from the scene via
bikes. The boy wearing the wire drops and the device is visible to his group.
He is chased out and caught, also murdered in a disturbing manner with a
message sent to the officers in charge using the boy’s blood.
MES:
Lighting and colour:
Interrogation room could have high key lighting with no
filters to show the seriousness and security. However the heist could be
carried out in the nigh, therefore low key lighting and maybe a grey colour
filter to portray danger and death.
Settings and iconography:
An interrogation room is a typical setting for a thriller
film, especially for an opening scene. The store could be a warehouse or
factory, which may still be really convenient to a thriller film.
Body language and facial expression:
Body language should portray strength and power so the
actors would have to keep their muscles stiff. Facial expression wouldn’t be a
problem as the heist is going to carried out with masks, however the other
characters such as the police officer, teenager being interrogate and owner and
workers of the store may be difficult to get into character.
Advantages of this
idea:
·
Bikes are easy to access
·
Teenagers could be found easily as were in a
school
Disadvantages of this
idea:
·
Murder may be difficult to look realistic
·
Finding a device
·
Finding a store to participate
IDEA 3 (ABASS):
Narrative: a man is stalking a young teenage girl that goes to school. He does
this by looking at her Facebook looking where she is at times of the day and
going outside her school looking where she hangs out after school. One day he
sees the girl alone in a park and attacks her until she is unstably damaged.
Police and ambulance come and the man runs away and loses the police. The girls
is damaged and is near death. The true motives of the man is unknown.
Title:
who’s who- this is the title because you don’t know who the actual attack is.
Sub-genre:
drama- as the friends and family of the victim are devastated
Psychological-because seeing the way the girl gets attacked affects the audience in
a psychological way
Characters: antagonist-the man, victim-Jessica (the girl)
Themes:
violence- when the man attacks the girl.
Stalking-when the man finds out everything
about the girl.
Narrative structure: todorov’s theory: equilibrium-when everything is
fine and the girl is going to school. Disequilibrium-when the guy attacks the
girl. New equilibrium- when the attack is over.
Advantages:
the Narrative of the story has a good effect on the audience.
The story of the opening
scene is good.
Disadvantages: the story is too conventional.
We might not be able to
find an empty park for this too take place.
Lighting: low
key lighting because it creates more fear to the audience and it affects them
psychologically. If I were to use high key lighting it wouldn’t be as effective
as the audience would think the guy doesn’t pose a threat.
Cinematography: close-up on girl in order to show facial expression. And establishing
shot to show the environment.
