2. Part G
Cliff-hangers
False
Investigations
Accusations
Murders Thrillers Suspension
Mind
Games
Science Uncertainty
Crime Anxiety
Tension
Psychological
Thrillers
Conscience Paranoia
Existence Perception
3. Part G
Suspense Using-Created by the main character’s
actions and music
Mind Games/ Paranoia- Using-Having The Doll Keep Going Missing
and not knowing what the doll would do
next
Anxiety Developing-Have moments where we can
build up tension to cause anxiety.
Murder Challenging-To Show A Previous Murder in a
Flashback
Cliff-hangers Challenging-By not giving too much away
within the opening sequence
4. • Suspense-created by the main Part G
character’s actions and music
Using • Mind Games/ Paranoia- Having The
Doll Keep Going Missing and not
knowing what the doll would do next
• Anxiety-Have moments where we can
Developing build up tension to cause anxiety.
• Murder- To Show A Previous Murder
in a Flashback
Challenging • Cliff-hangers-By not giving too much
away within the opening sequence
5. Part H
In our opening sequence there are going to be 2 characters and 2 actors.
1st Character is Nia acted by Mickella Swaby 2nd Character is Kylie by Paula Duru
Nia is a shy, lonely, quiet character, Nia is in Kylie doesn’t have much of a role in the
her own world. She is shown to be mentally sequence but she is a friend of Nia. She
disturbed in the sequence. She's not much of does seem to worry about Nia a lot
a bold character but she is very vulnerable. because of her shy behaviour. But she
She's gone through past experiences which lives around the area, and she greets Nia
made her have a sort of abnormal behaviour from time to time.
or is she just seeing things that are not really
there. Stereotype – confident, cheerful
Stereotype – hidden, alone Costume – bright, stylish
Costume – dark clothing, winter wear Language – modern, slang, talkative
Language – low toned voice. Body language – loud and proud
Body language - hostile
6. Part H
This is Nia as This is Kylie as dressed as
Character Character
(Black, hidden shy (Smart, bold, colourful attire)
clothing)
And Paula the
And Mickella as
Actor
Actor
7. Part I
Filming will also take
place outside the house.
( Long shot)
Point of view shot from
the door (Nia passes by)
8. Part I
She then
walks
Then
through
into the
he
kitchen/
corridor.
dining
area.
Most of the
setting will be A mid
set at home. shot will
Nia will be the be
main character filmed
. She walks here.
through this
door after
seeing Kylie
9. Part I
Shaina and Shammar –
Laptop – this is one of the
Kylie’s kids walking with
props that will be used by
her when they witness
Nia when she’s checking
Nia’s strange behaviour
abortion side effects
Baby doll – the most
important prop
used as a supposed Letter – this letter
threat to Nia. envelope will be posted
in the letter box as a Notepad – Nia’s note pad
message revealing … where she is scribbling
out the word “sorry”
10. Part J
Enigma; A question that is not immediately
answered and thus draws an audience into a
text.
Ways To Create Enigma;
Appropriate Mise-en-scene:
Sound (non-diegetic and diegetic)
Lightening- diming when tension or
mystery needs to be created
Camera shots that don’t give away to
much information. Just focus shots on what
we want our audience to question.
Time Manipulation:
Flashbacks
Dream sequences
Repetition
Different characters' POV
11. 5 Bullet Points Overview Of Open
Part K
Sequence
• Nia comes (Main Character) from the bathroom (looking sick) goes downstairs
into the kitchen on the laptop to research about symptoms of abortion.
• Nia (Main character) is completing a scrapbook about the baby she aborted
same time she gets mail so she picks it up. she opens it and its has pictures of
aborted babies with the meanings of revenge& abortion. couple of minutes later
the door Knocks
• Nia (Main character) opens the door and finds a doll outside thinking it’s a prank
she puts the doll in the bin where she sees her neighbour Kylie (Other Character)
and her kids (extras) they have a brief conversation.
• Nia (Main character) goes back in the house looks in the mirror depressed &
confused on what going on.
• Nia then looks to the left an sees the doll standing on the table
Scene ENDS
12. The Opening Scene
Part K
5 Bullet
Points • Teenage Girl Working On Her Laptop In The House
Alone, When An Envelope is sent through her letter
box, she goes to pick it up and brings back to the table
she was working on.
• When She Opens The Envelope little bits of different
colour paper spills out spelling the phrase “Knock
Knock”.
• She then receives a loud knock at the front door, she
approaches the magic hole to see no one there. She
Opens The Door To See no one there and as she looks
down there is a doll placed by the step of the door.
• She takes the doll inside and places it on the chair next
to her and stairs at it Confused.
• She Then Looks Away from the doll to look at the door
again to find the doll is missing.
13. Part K 5 Bullet Points Of The Whole Film
• Nia (Main Character) walks outside for some fresh air. She sees her Kylie (Good Friend/neighbour) they
have a brief conversation. Nia picks up a letter she opens it and it has letters cut up she puts the words
together and gets the word “KNOCK KNOCK” then in couple of minutes the door Knocks.
• Nia opens the door and there's no-one there she closes the door and when she looks a doll appears on the
table. Nia is puzzled but walks past the table with the doll on it As she walks past the doll disappears and
the scene is finished (Open Sequence)
• Nia notices the doll has gone missing and has no memory of moving it she panics and starts to run to the
door but the door is locked she then hears a young girl preferably whispering (Child murderer) she turns
around and finds the doll in the corridor who then repeats again.
• Nia passed out when she awakes she finds her self trapped to a table with a lot of medical equipment
around her. The doll explains who the real identity is of the doll is which is the main characters unborn
child that the main character had an abortion when she was 17 so the spirit of the unborn child lives and
plans to live inside her mothers body.
• Towards the end the doll kills the Nia and the doll transforms the spirit into Nia’s body
14. Part L
Storyboard 1 –Draft 1
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12
15. Part L
Storyboard 2 –Draft 1
13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24
16. Part L Shotlist
# Type of shot Description Prop/Costume needed
1 Establishing Shot Shows her house from None
outside to show where the
scene is being filmed at
2 Mid/Shot She’s on the laptop Laptop
searching abortion side
effects
3 Close Up shot Showing her reaction of Laptop
ehat she’s reading
4 Mid shot Letter goes through the Letter
box
5 Close up Nia is suspicious None
6 Mid shot She's still on the laptop Laptop
7 Long shot She’s walking to the door None
8 Long shot She goes through the door None
9 Mid shot/low angle She looks at letter Letter
10 Mid shot She picks up the letter Letter
11 Mid shot She reads letter Letter
12 Long shot She walks through the None
door
17. Shotlist
# Type of shot Description Prop/Costume needed
Part L
13 Close up She opens envelope to Envelope and bits of
see bits of paper paper
14 High angle She’s still trying to Bits of paper
figure out the letter
15 Point of view She see’s that each bit Bits of paper
of the paper has a
letter in it.
16 Close up The bits of paper reads Bits of paper
“Knock Knock”
17 Close up She's a little bit puzzled None
about the letter
18 High angle She is about to look None
outside the magic hole
19 Point of view shot She looks outside and None
see’s nothing
20 Point of view/Long shot All Nia see’s is a clear None
view
21 Low angle She comes back to see Baby doll
a baby doll
22 Low angle The baby doll is still on Baby doll
the floor
23
20. We are using Torodov’s Theory
Part N
because ..
Todorov Theory
• His theory is a calm beginning ,
something goes wrong in middle
then everything is goes either back
to normal or Happier at the end
which is more like a drama to us
How we are using it
• Our Idea Starts with a twist both
audience and character are
confused waiting to see what’s
going to happen next which is
what a psychological thriller does.
