Group Narrative

My Idea;

My film would be the beginning sequence of the thriller film. 

It would start in a dark, dirty room, with nothing in it but a chair, which a young female would be tied to. The windows would be boarded up and there would be one dim lamp near her, so the audience could see the character, but not too clearly. The floorboards would be dark, stained wood.  It would be instantly apparent to the audience that the character is in danger as she would be crying and her mouth would be tied up. She'd also have a trickle of blood running down her cheek from her forehead. 

A man would then walk in, but his identity would be kept hidden and he's be carrying a knife. She would keep quiet and look away from him as she doesn't want to know what he's about to do. 

The rest of the feature film would include this character's life in this house, she'd never be allowed to leave. The man would be convinced that she is his wife, and she would be forced to act as such and would be locked in the empty room and punished when she disobeyed him. She'd also be put locked in the room when he leaves the house, to prevent her from escaping. The film would end with a fight between the male and female, and the audience would knot know whether he killed her or not.  I picked an empty, seemingly abandoned room because it is conventional to a thriller film, because it created an enigma, suspense and tension and these are all things that would be good to include in my own thriller.

Advantages; Simple idea and location. Easy to obtain the iconography. Conventional to thriller films. 

Disadvantages; Could be hard to find an abandoned place with boarded up windows etc.

Sumbal's Idea;

The film with begin with a person with a young man who's identity would be hidden. A young man would walk in a room wearing a hood the hood would create a shadow on his face. This will make it unable for the audience to see the young man's face. The young man would walk into a big room dragging a bag inside the room. As he walks into the room. I will use a pan shot. Where i will pan the entire room. The room would have red spotlights.I will use low key lighting. the room will give a very scary feeling as i would be using red spotlights to give the room a feeling of fear. The colour red would represent blood. In the room there would be kids boys and girls sitting quietly in the corner weeping silently. 

Mise-en-scene

The room would have toys that have a very scary look. A big clown  in one corner of the room. In another corner there would be a messed up barbie doll. The eyes of the barbie are taken out and the hair is messed up. On the shelves the audience will see musical toys. An alarm clock that strikes 12 and a broken bird comes out. It keeps out 12 times to create affect. The young man comes inside with a bag he opens the bag up and there is a  little girl that comes out, The little girl is wearing a dress and has two pigtails. She is clutching onto a necklace. Her head is down. The young man pushes the little girl and gives one of the security guys a hand gesture. The security guy then takes the little girl  and ties her up with the others. The young man then shuts the do behind or him and the opening ends there. As soon as the door closes , the shot is changed to 3 hours earlier which will show hoe the little girl ended up there.
Characters
The young man : The young man's identity would be hidden. He isn't given a name in my opening film. The young man will be dressed in all black and will also be wearing a hood we wouldn't be able to see his face. The hood will create a shadow on the young man's face which will create a scary look.

The little girl : The little girl would be showed weak and vulnerable. Able to stand up for herself. The little girl needs to be shown small compared to the young man. The girl will be wearing a white dress which will show that she is innocent and pure. She would be clutching to a necklace which would show her fearful state. She would have tears running down her face but she wouldn't make a sound and would try not to make any sound.

Advantages; It would be obvious to the audience that it is supposed to be a thriller film. Conventional to thriller films. 
Disadvantages; Location and props may be hard to find. 

Drew's Idea;

Film openings are vitally important as it sets the scene for the whole of the film.  My narrative would begin in a dark forest in the early evening a woman would be seen running towards the camera frantically, her clothes would be ripped and she would look dirty and tear stains and blood would be visible on her face. 2 gun shots would be heard in the background of the forest and the woman's reaction would be to run faster and shriek loudly. She would then start to slow down so she was creeping around a tree trying not to be seen or heard, (this would fit the conventions of a thriller as it would create suspense and foreboding) she would look lost and helpless then suddenly as she steps out from behind the tree a mans gloved hand closes over he mouth she screams and struggles and the man whispers words to her suddenly she passes out and is dragged through the forest.

The rest of the film feature would include the story on the mans psychological ways and the woman's story on how she ended up a prisoner. There would be a dark cabin featured in the film that would have low key lighting to hide his identity and make the scenes seem more dark grimy and mysterious. I would use high key lighting for flash backs and memories that would play-out through-out the film as the audience is informed of the story. The enigma of the film would me the mystery of the woman's stalker keeping her captive and if/how will she get out.

Advantages; Easy location, not complications in using the forest. Conventional to thriller films. 

Disadvantages; It would be hard to put across that it is actually a thriller film. 

Final Group Narrative;

For our final group narrative, we decided to incorporate all three of our ideas. 

A young female victim would start of in a dark, abandoned room inside a lone house in the forest, from where she will later try to escape. She then has flashbacks of her running through the forest. For a while she is alone, which makes the audience feel like she's safe, it lures them into a false sense of security. But out of no where a man catches her, which solves the enigma of why she is on the room at the beginning of the scene. 

In the room, she is tied  up, crying, her clothes ripped and bloody. She looks scared and dishevelled  which would make the audience feel sympathy for the character. The man who earlier caught her walks in, wearing a hood that hides his identity, which creates another enigma.  He is carrying a knife and walks towards the victim. Then the screen fades to black.

We decided to pick the idea of an empty, seemingly abandoned room because it is conventional to a thriller film, because it created an enigma, suspense and tension, which is something the audience expects to see from a thriller film. Our idea is conventional to thriller films because it instantly includes a weak, vulnerable female victim who has been captured which is another feature that will build suspense. 

Another convention that our own thriller includes is the villain being a man, as men are usually the antagonists in thriller films because they are usually stronger and more powerful than women. His identity is also hidden in the film, which again is another convention as it builds fear, anxiety and suspense. Another convention of a thriller film is weapons and blood and we chose to incorporate both these elements into my thriller because, again, they build fear and suspense which engages and captures the interest of the audience. 

The character's will be represented in a very conventional and obvious way; weak, overpowered female victim under the control of a powerful male villain. The target audience will be able to develop a relationship  with the characters because the victim will be young, like the target audience, so they will instantly feel a connection with her. Then when they realise that she is being help captive, against her will, they will start to sympathise with her and fear for what would happen to her. Also, the hidden identity of the villain will evoke fear from the audience, which is another thing that will build the suspense of the film.