Planning; Final Idea/ Opening scene narration

In our group, we came up with and decided the narrative of our final idea for our thriller production. Our thriller is about a young woman in her late teens or early 20's, Who breaks up with her boyfriend after finding someone new; The boyfriend mentally snaps, he then decides to sneak into her home to murder her.

Our Chosen Title: It's Not Over.

Narrative/Plot:

The beginning starts with a mid-shot introducing the female character walking home during a night time setting. The location for this will be on the Great Cambridge Road, this location would be suitable for this first shot because it provides a generous amount of lighting but still dark enough to keep it low-key. As she is walking, a close-up shot will be used to show her messaging her boyfriend saying ''It's over ! I'm sorry but I'm in love with someone else..'' She will then continue walking home. A variety and mixture of shots will be used to then show her entering her garden. The lighting is a mixture of natural with low-key.

We then see mid-shot again from the behind of the female character as she opens the front door and enters her house. As she enters her house, a high angle long shot will be used to show her walking into the house. The lighting here will be low-key as no one else is at home and the house is covered in darkness.

As we continue into the scene , we then see the female victim go up into her bedroom to change into her pyjamas, we will use a camera trick to "jump" the process of her getting changed; once she is changed she will then walk out of her bedroom and enter her bathroom to wash her face, A high-angle mixed with a mid-shot is being used to film her as she does this. The light will be on in the bathroom this will provide some lighting in the shot.

Once she returns to her bedroom The female victim will then lay down on her bed to sleep. There will be lighting provided by a small lamp.

As the female is laying down in bed sleeping, a panning shot is being used to film slowly her feet and travelling up to her head, to then showing a clock on her chest of draws next to her bed displaying that it's really late; the pan will continue to travel towards the lamp to reveal the antagonists hand turning it off . The female wakes up in a panic turns the light back on, she then goes down to her kitchen to get a cup of water. Once She has then walked downstairs into her kitchen. As she enters the kitchen, she then gets her cup of water. There will be lighting used in the kitchen provided by the kitchens light.

After drinking her water she places the glass down on the kitchen counter, we will then use a close-up shot to zoom in to a reflective surface, this will be used to reveal a reflection showing her ex boyfriend standing behind her holding a knife. He then lunges out at her and grabs her by her hair, throw her on the ground and stabs her repeatedly in the stomach. A long shot is being used  to show what is going on but a close-up will then be used here to show her facial expressions as she's is being brutally stabbed to death. 

After a certain number of stabs, we then see the female victim once again wake up in panic from a nightmare. Once sat on the bed a reaction shot mixed with close-up shot will be used to show the relieved expression of the female victim as she realizes that it was only a nightmare, a point of view shot will be used to show her looking around her bedroom. She will notice a dark ominous figure, holding a knife is gazing at her from the corner of the room. Then it will cut to black to add tension and suspense.

Narrative Structure:
Aristotle & Bathes

Characters:
Female victim, antagonist.

Mise en scene:

- Locations: Home, Street

- Lighting: Natural lighting, back lighting, low-key lighting.

Costume:

- Female victim: White/Cream jumper + a coat, Light blue jeans.

- Boyfriend (antagonist): Black trouser, black hoodie + black coat.

Film influences:

- Takers 2010 gave us the idea/ theme of obssension.

-Panic Room gave us the idea of a mysterious killer sneaking into the female victim's home.

-Scream 1996 influenced us the idea of the female victim being home alone.

Why is the opening conventional to a thriller?
- Our thriller opening is conventional to thriller because we include typical themes of death and obssesion which is conventional to the thriller genre.

What themes does our thriller present?

- The themes that our thriller present are Obsession, Love and Death. 

Conclusion

- Our group have come together and discussed and agreed as to what we want for our final idea to be and we are all happy with the idea.