2. INSPIRATION
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1nsgU0meaw
• I find this trailer of Top Boy inspirational because of the narrative voiceover. It was edited to
have loads of montages and extreme close ups. The iconography of the genre which I will
then alternate to make it unique and to unit to our thriller.
• Halloween 1978 also inspires me. The idea that the murderer has mental health issues is
something I want to try and incorporate into my opening.
3. IDEAS
• So far, I thought an idea for what the film could be is someone who escapes from a mental
institute so that they get revenge on someone. The reason to the audience is unknown to
keep suspense and so they can discover the enigma.
• I thought I could start with a narrative (the escaper) explaining their story, why they are doing
what they’re doing and why they think they should do it.
• Another possible idea could be that the girl is having family problems, and is running away
from home.
4. NAMES
• I am still uncertain of a name, however here are a few ideas.
Film Names
Mad House
Who?
There’s Always One
Wrong
Headed
It’s Up To Me
My List
Countdown
The Last One
5. LOCATION
• For my film opening, we will be using a lot of different locations, the opening of the film is set
in a park/woods which will either be filmed in Crystal Palace, Blackheath etc.
• For the montage there will be a series of shots filmed in a lot of different areas such as a
forest, house both interior and exterior, a quite road, and at Maudsley hospital.
6. SOUND
• For the opening of my film, I’ve have decided to use slow soft orchestral music which slowly
speeds up gets louder. I have decided to use this because it will gain tension between the
viewers, and also sets the tone of the film.
• Here is a piece of music we are thinking of using for the opening;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdd4wkWgvfs – adele- hometown instrumental
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeEDQMLtyGY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZemAoRzmobw – One missed call music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hio1fHy_3HM&list=RD02ZemAoRzmobw – dead silence music
There will also be a lot of enhanced diagetic sound which will exaggerate scene and make the viewers
tense.
8. LIGHTING
• In the thriller opening I am using, there will be a lot of low key lighting during the
narrative part of the opening, but as the opening continues into the montage it will
contain a lot of fairly high key lighting of the main characters and the setting.
9. CAMERA ANGLES
• I will be using a range of camera angles which will firstly establish the setting of where the film
might be set, also I will be using a lot of close ups and extreme close ups to show the emotion
of the characters face, I will also be taking a lot of long shots and wide shots to show that the
character is vulnerable and isolated.
10. EDITING
• There will be a huge amount of editing done in this opening scene, I plan to use a voiceover at
the beginning of the opening, to tell a story as the starts straight into an action scene, also I
will be including a montage of different scenes and locations what will appear into a film.
• There is also going to be a filter on the camera which will make it seem melancholy and
gloomy, which is also a typical convention for a thriller film.
11. CAMERA ANGLES
• We will be using a range of camera angles which will to firstly
establish the setting and also give viewers an idea of who is
who.
ESTABLISHING
SHOTS
At the beginning, I plan to use
many establishing shots to set
the scene and let the audience
get a sense of where they are.
CLOSE UP’S
In the trailer for Top Boy, there was a series of close ups on
what is probably the main characters. I liked this idea and
thought I could in cooperate
it into my opening.
OVER THE
SHOLDER
I want to use this shot to give
put the audience in the shoes
Mise-En-Scene
I also though it
would be good to
do a few shots of
items that are
typically found in
a thriller e.g.
Blood, knifes...
FOLLOWING SHOTS
I want to use following shots when the
‘victim’ is running through different
places, to emphasise how far she ran
for.
Extreme Close-
Up
To show emotion
of the character.
