Individual ideas for a narrative- Miss Georgiou.

When thinking about ideas for the opening of a thriller film, in which I will be doing as part of my coursework, I get my inspiration from the films that I have watched within my lessons and outside. The films that I watched all build tension and suspense which is what I also want to achieve in my clip.

A film that I watched was Insidious. In this film there is great use of low key lighting which gives the film and eerie and spooky feel that makes the audience feel uncomfortable and on edge which I want to achieve in my lip. Low key lighting is extremely conventional of the thriller genre because it gives a sense of spookiness. Insidious is set in house which is extremely realistic, this builds the fear and horror within the film because it makes the audience feel as if it could happen to them at any time. This is also conventional because its extremely realistic, increasing the fear.

I also watched The Shining. Within this film I noticed that there was great use of slow editing, this is shown when "Johnny' is about to axe down the door. Slow editing is used to create mystery and also builds the tension because we never know what may happen to the girl, something could potentionaly happen at any time making the audience feel uncomfortable and sit on edge. Reaction shots are also used in this film, this gives a wide view of what is occurring within the film which presents fear as we can understand fully what is going on. Because of this, the audience can engage fully with the characters and feel the characters pain and fear. Also, the victim in this film is female. This builds the tension and fear because she is seen as an easy target therefore making it seem that something bad will happen which forces the audience to feel uncomfortable and on edge. This is extremely conventional of the thriller genre because females are seen to be most vulnerable.

Sinister is another film in which I have watched. In sinister, the killers identity is never revealed. The hidden identities create mystery and suspense because we never know who it could be which makes the audience start to question who it could be and therefore engaging immensely with the film. Also in sinister, there is use of handheld movements, these movements present chaos and urgency within the film and makes it very fast pace. This forces the audience to feel that something serious and scary will happen at any time. This is conventional in the thriller genre because it increases the fear and horror. There is use of iconography within sinister which builds the fear and makes the audience believe something bad will happen to the victim. This is conventional to thrillers because iconography forces us to believe that something bad will happen even if it doesn't.

The final film I have watched is The Conjouring. Again using low key lighting, realistic locations and iconography. I noticed in this film that there was use of high angles. With the use of low key lighting and a high angled shot looking down on the girl, this makes the audience believe that she is the victim because she is being shown smaller than she is. Also, with use of the realistic location we believe that something bad will happen to her, increasing our belief that she is the victim. High angles are conventional of thriller films because they present the victim clearly and increase fear.

My individual idea:

From taking inspiration from each of these films I have been able to come up with an idea for my narrative. My narrative will include alot of mise-en-scene that are typical to the thriller genre. For instance, I  will set my narrative within a sucluded area, a forest or in a house because these enviornments are realistic and enhance the fear within the scene. I will also be using low key lighting in the location to give it an eerie and spooky feel. 

I will also use a teenage female victim in my scene this is because females are seen to be most vulnerable and is an indicator of the thriller genre. The victim will also be a young person, around the age of 15/16, linking it with the target audience, therefore increasing the audiences fear and horror. There will be a killer yet, his identity will be hidden to make it more suspicious and scary.

There will be use of iconography such as a knife. I will use iconography because it is a typical thing we expect to see within the thriller genre and it increases the tension and shock factor within the scene.