Genre: Psychological thriller
Target audience: teenagers 17-20 years old
Plot:
The scene begins with quick shots of a young man, making his way to somewhere. We see lots of quick images of trains and him. The audience get a sense that the character is mysterious and dangerous. The lighting used here is dark with elements of red, creating suspense. During this sequence some of the credits come up, everything seems dark and the audience are wondering what is going to happen later in the sequence.
Then there are a series of quick cuts between a teenage house party and the mysterious man, making his way there. In the party there is a continuation of the theme of darkness and quick shots, showing that it is a teenage party. During this however the camera tends to focus in on one particular girl. Then there is a series of cross cuts between the man and the party with the girl in it.
The man then arrives at the party and there is a build up of music here. When he opens the door the music changes to the dance music that is coming from the party. The girl then comes to see the man and they make their way upstairs. Once upstairs they come to the bathroom; with no communication between them. The girl enters and then there is three very quick but faded shots of the girls face, the man’s face and a knife behind his back and the scene ends in darkness.
I think that this plot will be challenging to produce but is also very intense. The sequence will grip the audience to want to watch more; and the sequence also fits the conventions of a typical opening sequence. As it has introduced the characters, the genre, the setting and a small part of the whole plot.
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An opening sequence of a thriller genre needs to :
introduce the main charactersintroduce the genreintroducing the plot introduce the themesidentify time and placeit must hook the audience into wanting to continue watching the filminclude titles and credit sequencemise-en-scene linked with the storyline
Genre:
Teen Psychological Thriller
Target Audience:
16-19 year old
Plot:
It begins in the dark, we see cross cutting of a persons journey to a party, cuts between him walking down a pathway to a door with images of his travels: train tracks, a highway etc.
Inside the door is a party: violent, with drugs, alcohol and loud rave music. The person walks into the party, it is all from his point of view ( he is the killer and mystery is added by not seeing his face), he sees a girl, she smiles. Chemistry is created between them as there are a range of close ups of her. She walks up stairs into the bathroom and doesnt lock the door, the killer follows her, no body notices this. As she sits in the bathroom with a bottle of beer, he walks in, locks the door. The final shots are of a knife behind his back and a change of her facial expression from happy and high to distorted and scared. Within these final shots there are cross cuts between the upstairs and downstairs, The silence of the murder contrasting with the loud downstairs event. The perfect murder.
Mise-en-scene:
The setting will be in an run down house, urban and dark. There will be use of mise-en-scene like trains that will be red, symbolising danger, death and anger of the main character. It will also establish setting of a urban area. People at the party will be dressed in ordinary clothes, but they will be ripped, torn and dirty, they must portray an incredibly outrageous party! There will be props like empty beer & vodka bottles scattered so create a dangerous and unstable atmosphere, the music will also be loud rave music to emphasis the teen party.
Another idea that we had, was to do a murder scene- although it is very typical of A Level students and film makers. The idea that arose, what an attempted burglary that went wrong. This could involve a typical family house - proven by the use of mise-en-scene, like pictures etc. with family members or school children. The beginning would show an every day day at home, consiting on continuity, love and normality.There would then be a disturbance, for example people breaking in, causing a riot, breaking things, threatening people and eventually hurting and killing someone. Throughout this whole opening sequence, there is quick, short and unpredictable shots. Adding pace, realism and suspense for the audience, which will indeed make them hooked on to the sequence and make them watch it.
introduce the main charactersintroduce the genreintroducing the plot introduce the themesidentify time and placeit must hook the audience into wanting to continue watching the filminclude titles and credit sequencemise-en-scene linked with the storyline
Genre:
Teen Psychological Thriller
Target Audience:
16-19 year old
Plot:
It begins in the dark, we see cross cutting of a persons journey to a party, cuts between him walking down a pathway to a door with images of his travels: train tracks, a highway etc.
Inside the door is a party: violent, with drugs, alcohol and loud rave music. The person walks into the party, it is all from his point of view ( he is the killer and mystery is added by not seeing his face), he sees a girl, she smiles. Chemistry is created between them as there are a range of close ups of her. She walks up stairs into the bathroom and doesnt lock the door, the killer follows her, no body notices this. As she sits in the bathroom with a bottle of beer, he walks in, locks the door. The final shots are of a knife behind his back and a change of her facial expression from happy and high to distorted and scared. Within these final shots there are cross cuts between the upstairs and downstairs, The silence of the murder contrasting with the loud downstairs event. The perfect murder.
Mise-en-scene:
The setting will be in an run down house, urban and dark. There will be use of mise-en-scene like trains that will be red, symbolising danger, death and anger of the main character. It will also establish setting of a urban area. People at the party will be dressed in ordinary clothes, but they will be ripped, torn and dirty, they must portray an incredibly outrageous party! There will be props like empty beer & vodka bottles scattered so create a dangerous and unstable atmosphere, the music will also be loud rave music to emphasis the teen party.
Another idea that we had, was to do a murder scene- although it is very typical of A Level students and film makers. The idea that arose, what an attempted burglary that went wrong. This could involve a typical family house - proven by the use of mise-en-scene, like pictures etc. with family members or school children. The beginning would show an every day day at home, consiting on continuity, love and normality.There would then be a disturbance, for example people breaking in, causing a riot, breaking things, threatening people and eventually hurting and killing someone. Throughout this whole opening sequence, there is quick, short and unpredictable shots. Adding pace, realism and suspense for the audience, which will indeed make them hooked on to the sequence and make them watch it.
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