Aimee came up with the idea of following the story of a teenager who has been abducted. We planned to open the scene with a close up of her in a car boot, possibly illuminated by a security light. This type of shot indicates the cramped and uncomfortable situation that she is in. The scene would then cut to her throughout the day, edited out of chronological order with black screens, showing our credits, integrated in. By doing this we intend to create a sense of confusion to reflect how the character would feel. The types of scenes we would use would be familiar to someone of her age in order to create realism, for example her at school, home and with her friends.
The diegetic sound in the opening would be speech, both her's and her friends' and family's. There would also be the sound of the car on the road and other traffic. We were also considering having the sound of her breathing amplified to draw attention to her panicked state.
The positives of this idea are that a thriller is an easy genre to work in as there are many different sub-genres to pursue; such as action, psychological or sci-fi thriller. This means that we have many different options of narratives, allowing us to create a more innovative opening.
The negatives of this are that a school is a difficult setting to use as we would need lots of actors to all be in character at the same time. We would therefore be more likely to get continuity errors (if we filmed it more than once and edited together the parts we wanted) or breaking of the fourth wall. We also thought that this could easily become very cliché as we are using a stereotypical victim in films; a teenage girl, in commonly seen locations.
Idea 2:
The main idea for this film opening is the main character being followed by someone or something. This stalker will be the camera as it will be shot in a point of view style. This stalker scenario will be immediately recognised due to the first being watching the protagonist through a window. The character will just be doing normal activities for example reading or sitting at a table. The main character will then move but the shot will continue in one movement from the outside as they walk from wherever they were situated to the front door and out of it, whilst the camera remains outside watching them. As the protagonist walks across the front of the house the shot will then switch to the camera being situated in a bush but still following the character. Location will then be changed to a train station and the character walking onto the platform. The camera will be placed on the opposite platform to make it look more distant. Some non-diegetic music will begin to play but only quietly. Another key character could be introduced here by having the protagonist quickly bump into them. A train will go by and the character would have disappeared. There will then be the sound of a car door closing. A taxi (or just a normal car) will then drive off as the camera moves back from it. The audience will be able to see the character in the car squinting out of the window towards the camera suggesting that they have noticed something. The car could then turn and start driving towards the camera as if it is trying to run it over. The camera will then do a whip pan backwards as the car is about to hit it. It will then cut to a ‘flashback’ of the scene in the driveway, but from the character’s perspective as they look around after hearing the rustling of the leaves. The camera will then whip pan again but downwards this time and back into the road where the car was about to drive into the camera, but the camera is now behind the car, watching it screech as it comes to a standstill. The credits will be integrated throughout the opening for example, when the train goes by the film title will be revealed.
The problem with this idea is that it has a complicated concept. We will need to carefully plan this to make sure other people like our actors can understand what they are doing. It also has many locations that are in public places. This is bad as we may have problems with continuity errors as there are so many people in different places. Furthermore we would need to change the location of the train station as we can not film there.
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