9. • From draft four to our final draft, we made a
few amendments to our opening sequence
idea.
• For this, we had to change the ending as we
received feedback stating that it wasn’t exciting
and that there wasn’t a good climax.
• This is essential for a thriller opening sequence.
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• This was a challenge, as we were limited for
time, however we were able to justify going
over 2 minuets as we had to create suspense.
• This change helped us to improve overall
because it made our opening sequence more
appealing to our target audience, as it
became more exciting and scary.
11. New Idea.
• Drew sits at her desk uploading a video she recorded onto her blog of when books were
falling from her shelf. She has a flashback of this event. Suddenly the door opens slowly.
• Drew gets up to look if there's someone there but there isn't so she closes it. As she walks
away it open again more violently and drew shuts it in fright. As she stands against the door
the TV turns on by itself, Drew grabs her camera to record this.
• She tries to switch it off with the remote, then she presses the button on the screen but it
doesn’t turn off. Suddenly the TV witches off and Drew sees a dark figure walk behind her in
the screen reflection.
• She turns to record this but nothing is there. Out of nowhere the closet doors start
aggressively moving and banging. She walks towards them still recording. She quickly opens
the doors and finds nothing but cloths.
• While filming inside of the closet she hear her necklaces jingle. She turns with her camera
and sees them moving. She backs away and runs to the door in an attempt to leave the room
but it wont open. Struggling to open the door she feels something behind her and turns
quickly in horror and gasps.
16. Conventions of Thrillers...
Conventions Example Image Use/Develop/
Challenge
Fatal Use- Someone
Attraction becoming obsessed
after a relationship
Challenge – using a
female as the stalker
instead of a male.
Stalkers/
Obsession
The Fan Develop – Instead of
being obsessed with a
woman and or a
family, De Niro is
obsessed with his
favourite sports star
and stalks him.
17. D
Conventions of Thrillers...
Conventions Example Image Use/Develop/
Challenge
The Hand Challenge- it does it
That Rocks through using a
The Cradle women as the crazy
killer stalker who
seeks revenge instead
of the normal use of a
male
Stalkers/
Obsession
Stir of Develop – Its more
echoes obsession as Kevin
Bacon tries to find the
answers to an ever
haunting mystery
18. D
Conventions of Thrillers...
Conventions Example Image Use/Develop/
Challenge
Eye For An Eye Develop – A woman
is used as the
person seeking
revenge for the
crime rather than
the typical use of a
male character.
Crime The Ambulance Develop – Not
giving the audience
a clear
understanding of
what the crime
actually is at first.
19. (Possible) Conventions of D
Thrillers...
Conventions Example Image Use/Challenge/
Develop
The Others Challenge – In this film
they made you aware
of the wrong ghost,
whereas in regular
horrors, the ghostly
figure is clear.
Ghosts
House On A Use/Challenge – They
Haunted Hill used the ghost to
create fear amongst
the audience and for
the characters.
They challenged it by
making the ghost
physically scary.
20. Conventions of Thrillers...
Conventions Example Image Use/Develop/
Challenge
Use/Develop.
The common feature of
wrongful accusation was
used and it was
Primal
developed because the
Fear character accused was
religious, young and
didn’t fit the stereotype
Misidentificatio of who would be
n or Wrongful accused.
Accusation.
Challenge – It seems
to the audience like
there has been a
The wrongful accusation,
Usual as the only survivor is
Suspects then questioned
about the incident
that occurred and this
typically doesn’t
happen.
21. Convention Explanation Use/Develop/
Challenge
Our character is Using – We’re using
haunted by a ghost this as we are doing
Ghosts/Spirits in her home. possession which
can be quite a
typical feature.
Mysterious things Using– We’re are
keep on happening using this
to the character, and convention by
Mystery as she becomes included mystery all
aware of this, these the way through the
happenings get plot.
worse.
At the end of film, Developing – We’re
our character is fully developing this
possessed. But because our
Possession during the opening character is
sequence, the possessed slowly
character has a close and is aware of this
encounter with the possession.
ghost.
22. Inspirational Films E
The H and That R o The
cks
Cradle
What I found
Inspirational about this
scene is the kind of
lighting they used
through out the more
dark scenes
emphasises the
emotions of the
actor /actress
23. E
Inspirational Films
Black
What I found inspirational
Swan from this movie is the use
of close up shots which was
clearly present in this film
It gives a clear picture of
the characters emotions
and helps the audience to
connect with the character
by seeing their emotions so
closely.
24. Inspirational Films – The Ring
• The film that inspired me most is ‘The Ring’
• I want to use a similar long shot in our opening sequence.
• It’s an effective way of keeping the audience’s attention to the puddle of
water whilst showing the character come up the stairs.
• I also want to use a fast zoom in our opening sequence.
25. Use of costume and make-up in ‘The
Ring’
• Quite frightening to look at and an effective way of scaring the
audience.
• The lighting throughout the whole movie is kept more or less the
same.
• This creates a very eerie and creepy atmosphere in the movie, common
in most horrors and thrillers.
• I want to use dark lighting in our opening sequences .
26. Inspirational Films - The
Haunting In Connecticut.
• Another film that inspired me was ‘The Haunting in Connecticut ’
• Its paranormal theme has inspired me to make my opening sequence
about a haunting.
• Slamming doors…
• It especially inspired me to set my opening sequence in a building
that’s haunted. E.g. a haunted house.
• I would like to use old newspaper
articles such as this to briefly show the
history of the area.
27. Inspirational Films – Rosemary’s
Baby
• A scene from ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ also inspired me.
Close up of hand reaching into crib
Draws the audiences attention
to what she's doing.
.
Allows imagination to run Close up of Rosemary’s face
It never shows what emphasises her shock, and
wild making the audience she sees, only her reaction.
uneasy. horror at what she sees.
