- Scream: hidden identity of killer
- Prom Night: false sense of happy teen film, achieved by costumes
- The Happening: unique plot
- The Strangers: isolation
- Orphan: killer has a bond with a family, killer is female, killer is unexpected/seemingly harmless
- Saw: killer has an emotional backstory
- The Conjuring: strange events, builds suspense, realistic
- Se7en: jerky, uneasy, mysterious opening sequence
- Narrative idea: point of view of killer, mysterious (inspiration from Se7en)
- Opening Sequence: jerky images, hidden identity of character (inspiration from Se7en and Scream)
- Characters: unknown killer, family of husband, bride/killer, husband's new wife, killer's therapist (inspiration from Orphan - domestic idea)
- Conventions: low-key lighting, hidden identity, suspense
- Mise-En-Scene: domestic settings, somewhat isolated (inspiration from Scream and The Strangers)
- Plot: Woman's fiance leaves her at the altar, her mental state deteriorates and she kills his friends and then him, for revenge. Opening sequence includes her in a dark, bedroom flipping through a photo album of everyone who was invited to the wedding [then a flashback to the wedding], and landing on her ex-fiance's face and crossing it out. Flashbacks to killing him and his friends. Several flashbacks of wedding memories throughout.
The target audience for my thriller film will be older teens (15 certificate). I have chosen this because the film may be too frightening, complicated and intense for children younger than 15 years of age.
You have made a start in identifying the conventions that have inspired you in creating a narrative for your own thriller. However, further explanation is needed, by considering your points in more detail.
ReplyDeleteYou have also made a start in identifying the narrative for your film, but again this needs to be explained and explored in a lot more detail. This is so the opening sequence is discussed in more detail