Friday 5 February 2010

Finalised ideas for thriller

Title - Dark Dreamer

0.00-0.10 -
fades in from black to an establishing shot rotating around the detective and his desk. No audio at this time.
Dark office room.
Computer, photos, reports, desk lamp.

0.10-0.20 - Shot changed to an ariel shot above the desk showing photos, reports and office equipment in detail. the camera is tracking over the desk from one side to the other.
Dark office room.
Computer, photos, reports, desk lamp.

0.20-0.30 - halfway through panning across the table, the camera zooms into a photo of the victim with a rope around their neck. a light flashes and a sound is created to show that there is a flashback. the scene changes to a high angle over the shoulder shot of the antagonist approaching on the same victim who was hung up. the scene is very dark and the antagonist is holding a rope in his hand. very quiet music is playing to build up tension, the music is going to sound very eerie.
A grimy room, for the victims house.
Rope. furniture a normal house would have.

0.30-0.40 - The shot fades to a closer shot of the antagonist close to the victim with a zoom on the rope in his hand, the music rises at this point to suggest action soon connected to the rope. after 5 seconds or so, the shot changes to a closeup of the victims face in dim light and a rope is brought around to his neck and shows him being choked until the flashback stops with the same effects that started it. the choking scene uses a canted angle and the music becomes violent and thrilling at the point of the choking scene.
A grimy room, for the victims house.
Rope. furniture a normal house would have.

0.40-0.50 - The camera continues to track across the top of the desk for about 5 seconds. Then the camera zooms into a suicide note written on lined paper. another flashback is triggered using the same light flash and sound effect that was used before. The music has faded down to how it was during the first pan across the desk at the start of the scene.
Back in the office.

0.50-1.00 - The shot shows an aerial view of the body of the victim on the floor and the antagonist securing the rope around their neck, this lasts around 5 seconds. the next scene shows the antagonist dragging a body that is out of shot, all we see is the antagonist pulling on the rope suggesting it. this lasts another 5 seconds and is using a mid shot.
Back to the grimy house.
1.00-1.10 - The antagonist places a suicide note he has written to cover up the evidence.
The camera will zoom in on his hand as he places it on a desk, lasting around 5 seconds.
There will then be a cross fade to his wife's hand tapping him on his shoulder to wake him up, to cause confusion.
still at grimy house, with suicide note, and table.
The changes back to the office.

1.10-1.20 - Zoom out, to over the shoulder shots, of the wife telling him to come to bed / moaning.
changes back to the office.

1.20-1.30 - Zoom in on detectives face showing confusion, then over the shoulder shot of him looking at his notes on the desk.
changes back to the office.

1.30-1.40 - Canted low angle shot, detective gets up aggressively, and walks to bed slamming the door behind him.
which triggers the credits.
changes back to the office.

1.40-1.50 - The Title appears with a an impact, straight in your face, with a killer feeling, in the font, and the music comes in suddenly to give the shock to the viewers, similar to the exorcist music, which is a mental rhythm.
changes back to the office.

1.50-2.00 - The credits then role, the name of the actors, hopefully a decoding affect, which gives the impressions this is going to be hard to solve.
Black screen, no setting.

4 comments:

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  2. Feedback from P3-70
    We thought that your ideas and plan were very thorough and are in great detail. we think that you have met most of the conventions of a thriller film. the description of the credits could have been done better. there is a wide range of shots however i think that some of them might be difficult to accomplish.

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  3. This is well detailed however there are a few details missing such as the title. You also say that the music will be "eerie" but it does not say how you will achieve this, as eerie does not describe the type of music eg: fast paced, slow paced, drums, guitar etc. I really like the idea and think that the filming will be easy to achieve as you have kept the physical side simple, while still keeping it very interesting. This idea seems interesting although it will be hard to find a effective way to illustrate the woman with the rope round her neck.
    Much love and blesses P3-69 x

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  4. P3-67 - We think your work is very detailed and you have included all the mise-en-scene in detail. Your thriller has a story line as well as conventions of a thriller which is really good as its more dramatic and engaging. As the audience we have a clear understanding of your thriller. We will be interested how you will produce an Ariel shot so maybe in brackets say how you might achieve this. We think maybe you should include further detail on how you will portray the hanging scene of the woman as this may be quite challenging. Over all your thriller sounds really exciting, interesting and we are looking forward to seeing your final product. Good luck.

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