Initial props list for opening thriller

Tent- pop up tent (small)
String
Tea cup/kettle/milk - tea making stuff

• The man is sleeping in the tent with a large duvet over him
• There is sounds of him sleeping and there is an axe next to where he is sleeping, suggesting that he is hunting something.
• He wakes up normally, stretches and looks around.
• He then hears a sound which is coming from the trap he has set outside and he throws off the duvet
• The man unzips the tent to view the trap he has set out
• Shot of the trap consisting of all the strings and one of them vibrating signalling there is something there
• Shot from outside the tent, his shadow being shown and we can see him picking up the axe
• He unzips the tent, close up of the tent zip
• As he stands up with the axe in his hand there will be a close up of his face showing facial scars and an odd eye (different colour) indicating he has been attacked by something
• He slowly approaches the door the bang from the door getting louder
• Close up of the mans face showing fear as he walks towards to the door
• Long shot of him walking towards the door
• Over the shoulder shot

First story board of thriller

The idea

Our idea so far...

• Sound occurs and sturs the character who is asleep in the tent.
• explores around the his tent and each differnt pods/sections they are set up as differnt rooms like an office, kitchen etc
• pictures of the person he is hiding from or hunting stuck on the inside of the tent (black and white).
• then unzip the tent and see that you are in a massive hallway
• lots of strings everywhere more pictures on the floor.
• floow a string that is moving and it is between a big get of front doors and open the door slowly and then finish.

We discussed the main details of the main chacacter:

• wearing convict suit
• one eye differnt colour
• beard
• axe
• middle aged

Possible ideas for what happens when the man opens the tent entrance;

• could wake up inside a living room or an office
• you could be on a beach
• in the middle on a forest or a field
• an island in the middle of a lake or the sea
• on a hard shoulder of the motorway or in the middle of the motorway
• in the middle of a film, or tv studio

The First pitching of our ideas:

The First pitching of our ideas:

During our lesson we had a discussion about two main ideas and discussed the ideas, by drawing out the positives and highlighting the negatives.

Idea 1 – D of E

Start inside the tent, point of view shot, teacher drugged so the vision blurry. Vandalised shot of the campsite. Running into the forest. Stumbling and vision slightly blurred. Handheld camera. Flash back of the children happy around the campfire, this contrasts with the feelings the teacher is experiencing; scared and anxious. Blurred shot of the lake and then focus on dead kids floating. Close up reaction shot of the teachers expressions. Pan shot and sees a person hanging in the corner.

 This was our strongest idea, Matt and Adam the media teachers and we all decided that our theme would come under the title as abandonment. Both Matt and Adam divided the ideas into two groups the ideas which were workable and the ideas which weren’t.  Firstly, we all agreed on the idea opening with the tent as a great start to an opening thriller because it allows anything to follow, you could go to sleep in a tent in the forest, but wake up in a living room. Also the drugged teacher with the blurred in focused shots we agreed would be affective. Secondly we discussed the ideas which were pointed out to us by the media teachers as being hard to do. The idea with the floating bodies in the lake, would not be appropriate and would be hard to film because the filming would take place in February, which means the weather conditions may not be suitable for people to be in a lake. We also discussed the fact that we need more thought on the ending of the scene.

Idea 2 – baby sitter

Starts with a toddler/young girl sitting at the kitchen table playing with paint and finger painting, while teenage baby sitter watching TV. Then a power cut happens (blackout ) and the tv fusses out/ babysitter goes up stairs to sort out the electricity and tells the girl to stay down stairs. Still the screen is blacked out and shot of the kitchen table is shown when electricity is on but the girl is no longer there. There are finger prints and smudges on the wall which is being followed with a torch light from the baby sitter and the hand prints lead the teenager to the bathroom and she looks in the mirror  and sees the child’s reflection in the mirror with a messed up place.

Adam and Matt liked the ideas of the fingerprints on the walls following the playing with the paint at the beginning. However, we discussed the idea of the girls face as a reflection in the mirror as being a not so strong idea and cliché.

During the end of the meeting we talked about thinking of some more ideas, but with the beginning on the scene starting with the tent.

My first initial 4 opening scene ideas for a thriller

1. There is a funeral which is set in a graveyard (with several graves) there would be a flash back of what has happened, tragic accident of somebody drowning in a swimming pool. The flash back involves a party which has gone wrong, intruders? The funeral would fade into a black-out and then the party scene which goes completely wrong. By using the flashbacks it creates a disjointed feel.
2. or another angle involving the drowning idea is: the opening scene could start with someone floating in the swimming pool and slowly bring the lights up to reveal a body in the swimming pool and then fade out. Then a cose up of some part of the body and the second part would be a flash back of the party and then continue to follow the story and then end with the body flating in the swimming pool.
3. Duiga board. The board with the alphabet and yes and no stages with a glass in the middle, surrounded with a group of people in a room. The spirits would move the glass. Flash back? The lighting would be dim and a male character would mess around moving the glass and the scared girls would be saying 'stop moving it, stop moving it' and then the boy goes 'im not, its moving on its own.'
4. Family/friends watching the TV and a power cut occur. People being tortured, the scream could be flashing and then screen is focused on the suspect being tortured. Foot prints going up the stairs. Blood on the walls? errie feel. People outside trying to break in, the people in side being held as hostage. The telephone wire been cut so they cant phone for help.
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