Opening Scene Narration - Miss Miller
As a group we all evaluated each-others individual storyboards and compared the strengths and weaknesses of each one. We then discussed which parts of each members individual storyboard we were going to add to our final group one to help us as a plan while we are filming. This lead to us coming up with our final ideas for our group narrative.
In our narrative we planned that the scene would start with a long shot of the abandoned house and no iconography would be used. The lighting used will be low key lighting and this will set the dark settings to scare he audience. During the first frame no actors would be present in the frame. The sound that will be used will be non diegetic and would be low rumbling. The editing technique used will be linking of section and in this first frame the shot will just show the location of the abandoned house. The next frame would be an extreme long shot of the isolated wooded area that the house is in. The iconography and actors would not be present in this frame. The lighting used will be low key lighting again to keep the dark atmosphere set from frame 1. The sound will be the same from frame 1 as the two frames would be joined together by linking of shots. This frame would show the isolated location and the house in the middle of it. Frame 3 would be a point of view shot however would be in a different location which would be the basement. The iconography used will be a rope and the lighting would remain as low key. The victim would be the only actor available in this frame. The sound used would be the same as the first two frames however just louder. The editing technique for this frame would be a jump cut. In this frame the girl would look down at her wrists and see she is tied up and held hostage. Frame 4 would be a close up still located in the basement the girl is being held hostage and the iconography would not be used or seen in this frame. The actors would only be the protagonist and the lighting would still be low key to keep the dark atmosphere throughout the sequence. The editing technique used would be continuity editing and this frame would show the girls body and facial expressions as she panics and is confused to why she is there.
Frame 5 would be a close up of the iconography of the knife in the same location, the basement. This frame would show the girl looking around and spotting a blood covered knife on the floor. The actors would not be available as it is a close up showing the iconography and the lighting would still be low key lighting to keep the audience feeling tense creating an enigma for them. The sound used in this frame would be non diegetic and the editing used would be the Kuleshov effect to make the audience think and try solve what is happening or what has happened for the victim to be in this position. Frame 6 would be a mid shot in the basement of a dead man on the floor covered in blood which the victim realises. The sound used would be non diegetic and the low key lighting would carry on the dark atmosphere throughout which would be suspenseful and tense for the audience. The Kuleshov effect would be used again to create even more enigma for the audience making them think that the victim may be in the dead bodies position on the floor later on in the film. Frame 7 is a long shot in the same location of the girl being in a room alone with the dead body and the knife. This would make the audience weary of what is around her and the environment she is in and the sound use again would be non diegetic with low key lighting to keep the suspense and tension built going on till the very end of the film. Frame 8 would be a point of view shot in the basement of the victim as she breaks free of the rope. This camera shot would intrigue the audience more making them feel as they are in the characters shoes and understand what is going through her mind and emotions even more. The lighting would be low key and the iconography would be the rope in this frame. The editing technique would be a jump cut which would entice the audience and seek there attention more keeping them engaged and on edge of what is going on and what they are watching.
In frame 9 the camera shot would be a long shot however would be zooming in. This shot will show the victim seeing a shadow figure in the mirror in the basement. The lighting would be low key to create tension and a spooky atmosphere and the sounds would be parallel to shock the audience and keep them suspenseful as they see shadows of the antagonist in the mirror that makes them feel scared for the victim. The editing used in this frame would be slow editing and the speed of this editing would slow everything down so more tension is been built and the audience feel more tense and suspenseful to finding out what is going to happen. Frame 10 is a zooming in shot to he mirror in the basement to show the girl making her way towards the mirror. The editing and lighting would again be same as the last frame for the same reasons and so would the sound. However in this frame both the antagonist and protagonist would be seen together. In frame 11 point of view would be used again as the victim finds a broken picture frame on the floor with a picture of her in it. This would be located in the basement again and would trigger a flashback so the editing used would be linking of shots again. The lighting would be low key with diegetic sounds to make it more realistic for the audience. The actor would only be the victim in this frame and the iconography would only be the broken picture frame. Frame 12 would again be a point of view shot however would be a flashback of her in her bedroom on Facebook and the iconography would be the laptop. The lighting in this shot would be natural to show it is realistic and she was at home doing what every normal teenager does before being put into the position of being a hostage as she is now. The editing would be linking of shots and the sound would be diegetic.
In frame 13 it will show the girl remembering that she saw an embarrassing video of herself and this would be shown through an extreme close up in her bedroom of the iconography used in this frame, her laptop. The lighting would be natural again and the sound would be diegetic of the video playing from her laptop to make the audience understand it more and think of it as more realistic as they would recognise the sounds. The editing would again be a jump cut to keep the audience enticed. Frame 14 would be a point of view shot of the broken phone on the floor, in the basement, with low key lighting to keep the audience intrigued and on edge waiting for a scare. The sound would be diegetic of the shattered glass again to make it realistic for the audience and the iconography in the frame would only be the smashed phone. Linking of shots would be used in this frame to link onto the next frame which would be frame 15. In this frame it would be another extreme close up of the laptop that the girl is on in her bedroom. This frame would trigger flashbacks of nasty messages being sent to the girl before she was captured and held hostage, The lighting would be low key and the sounds would be diegetic of the clicks coming from the laptop. Editing technique again would be linking of shots which would take us to frame 16 when a shallow focus shot is used to show that the girl sees a targeted photo of herself. In this frame the sound would be non diegetic and the lighting in the basement would be low key again just like all the other basement shots.
In frame 17, the camera shot would be a mid shot in the basement of the victim turning around and not seeing the killer in her sight. The lighting would be low key again as they are in the basement still and a dark atmosphere has already been created to intrigue the audience and engage them more. The sound would be a non diegetic climatic sound to entice the audience and build more tension and suspense to keep them on edge wanting to find out what is going to happen next and if the victim is going to get hurt or not. The editing technique would be a jump cut to engage them even more. Frame 18 would be an extreme close up camera shot and the editing would be a reaction shot to show the audience how the girl is feeling. The reaction shot would clearly show the audience the girls facial expressions and would help the audience understand how she is feeling more clearly and makes them feel more sympathetic towards the victim. The sound would be silence to build up more tension to the audience and keep them on edge more waiting for a jump scare of something to happen. Frame 19 would be a low angle shot of the victim in the basement running up to the top of the stairs in a low key lighting environment so that the setting is dark and scary. The sound would be suspenseful music and would grow as she runs up the stairs. Only the victim would be seen in this frame and the editing technique would be faced paced editing to built on the tension and suspense of the girl running away from her death trying to escape the killer. Lastly, frame 20 would be a mid shot in the basement of the girl opening the door and getting stabbed by the killer standing in front of her outside. The iconography used in this frame would be a knife and the lighting again would be low key to show it is dark spooky and scary outside. The actors included in this frame would be the antagonist and the victim and the sounds would be dietetic stabbing sounds and diegetic climax music to build up tension and shock the audience more when the victim gets killed as the antagonist jumps out on her. The editing technique would be a jump cut so that the audience gets intrigued into it even more and experience one final jump scare before the victim gets killed and it finishes.
To conclude, I believe our opening has the elements to include all the conventions of a thriller film. We, as a group, attempted to consolidate the ideas of typical thriller conventions for example, low key lighting. We thought to incorporate this idea as it underlines the iconography of the young innocent girl making her appear to be brighter on the grounds of what she is wearing. In this case we made the young girl wear a white costume. This will make her be portrayed as looking pure and vulnerable and therefore will add to the already established relationship between both the audience and the characters in the light of the fact that it will make the audience feel more sympathetic towards her and they would not want to see her get hurt.
In our narrative we planned that the scene would start with a long shot of the abandoned house and no iconography would be used. The lighting used will be low key lighting and this will set the dark settings to scare he audience. During the first frame no actors would be present in the frame. The sound that will be used will be non diegetic and would be low rumbling. The editing technique used will be linking of section and in this first frame the shot will just show the location of the abandoned house. The next frame would be an extreme long shot of the isolated wooded area that the house is in. The iconography and actors would not be present in this frame. The lighting used will be low key lighting again to keep the dark atmosphere set from frame 1. The sound will be the same from frame 1 as the two frames would be joined together by linking of shots. This frame would show the isolated location and the house in the middle of it. Frame 3 would be a point of view shot however would be in a different location which would be the basement. The iconography used will be a rope and the lighting would remain as low key. The victim would be the only actor available in this frame. The sound used would be the same as the first two frames however just louder. The editing technique for this frame would be a jump cut. In this frame the girl would look down at her wrists and see she is tied up and held hostage. Frame 4 would be a close up still located in the basement the girl is being held hostage and the iconography would not be used or seen in this frame. The actors would only be the protagonist and the lighting would still be low key to keep the dark atmosphere throughout the sequence. The editing technique used would be continuity editing and this frame would show the girls body and facial expressions as she panics and is confused to why she is there.
Frame 5 would be a close up of the iconography of the knife in the same location, the basement. This frame would show the girl looking around and spotting a blood covered knife on the floor. The actors would not be available as it is a close up showing the iconography and the lighting would still be low key lighting to keep the audience feeling tense creating an enigma for them. The sound used in this frame would be non diegetic and the editing used would be the Kuleshov effect to make the audience think and try solve what is happening or what has happened for the victim to be in this position. Frame 6 would be a mid shot in the basement of a dead man on the floor covered in blood which the victim realises. The sound used would be non diegetic and the low key lighting would carry on the dark atmosphere throughout which would be suspenseful and tense for the audience. The Kuleshov effect would be used again to create even more enigma for the audience making them think that the victim may be in the dead bodies position on the floor later on in the film. Frame 7 is a long shot in the same location of the girl being in a room alone with the dead body and the knife. This would make the audience weary of what is around her and the environment she is in and the sound use again would be non diegetic with low key lighting to keep the suspense and tension built going on till the very end of the film. Frame 8 would be a point of view shot in the basement of the victim as she breaks free of the rope. This camera shot would intrigue the audience more making them feel as they are in the characters shoes and understand what is going through her mind and emotions even more. The lighting would be low key and the iconography would be the rope in this frame. The editing technique would be a jump cut which would entice the audience and seek there attention more keeping them engaged and on edge of what is going on and what they are watching.
In frame 9 the camera shot would be a long shot however would be zooming in. This shot will show the victim seeing a shadow figure in the mirror in the basement. The lighting would be low key to create tension and a spooky atmosphere and the sounds would be parallel to shock the audience and keep them suspenseful as they see shadows of the antagonist in the mirror that makes them feel scared for the victim. The editing used in this frame would be slow editing and the speed of this editing would slow everything down so more tension is been built and the audience feel more tense and suspenseful to finding out what is going to happen. Frame 10 is a zooming in shot to he mirror in the basement to show the girl making her way towards the mirror. The editing and lighting would again be same as the last frame for the same reasons and so would the sound. However in this frame both the antagonist and protagonist would be seen together. In frame 11 point of view would be used again as the victim finds a broken picture frame on the floor with a picture of her in it. This would be located in the basement again and would trigger a flashback so the editing used would be linking of shots again. The lighting would be low key with diegetic sounds to make it more realistic for the audience. The actor would only be the victim in this frame and the iconography would only be the broken picture frame. Frame 12 would again be a point of view shot however would be a flashback of her in her bedroom on Facebook and the iconography would be the laptop. The lighting in this shot would be natural to show it is realistic and she was at home doing what every normal teenager does before being put into the position of being a hostage as she is now. The editing would be linking of shots and the sound would be diegetic.
In frame 13 it will show the girl remembering that she saw an embarrassing video of herself and this would be shown through an extreme close up in her bedroom of the iconography used in this frame, her laptop. The lighting would be natural again and the sound would be diegetic of the video playing from her laptop to make the audience understand it more and think of it as more realistic as they would recognise the sounds. The editing would again be a jump cut to keep the audience enticed. Frame 14 would be a point of view shot of the broken phone on the floor, in the basement, with low key lighting to keep the audience intrigued and on edge waiting for a scare. The sound would be diegetic of the shattered glass again to make it realistic for the audience and the iconography in the frame would only be the smashed phone. Linking of shots would be used in this frame to link onto the next frame which would be frame 15. In this frame it would be another extreme close up of the laptop that the girl is on in her bedroom. This frame would trigger flashbacks of nasty messages being sent to the girl before she was captured and held hostage, The lighting would be low key and the sounds would be diegetic of the clicks coming from the laptop. Editing technique again would be linking of shots which would take us to frame 16 when a shallow focus shot is used to show that the girl sees a targeted photo of herself. In this frame the sound would be non diegetic and the lighting in the basement would be low key again just like all the other basement shots.
In frame 17, the camera shot would be a mid shot in the basement of the victim turning around and not seeing the killer in her sight. The lighting would be low key again as they are in the basement still and a dark atmosphere has already been created to intrigue the audience and engage them more. The sound would be a non diegetic climatic sound to entice the audience and build more tension and suspense to keep them on edge wanting to find out what is going to happen next and if the victim is going to get hurt or not. The editing technique would be a jump cut to engage them even more. Frame 18 would be an extreme close up camera shot and the editing would be a reaction shot to show the audience how the girl is feeling. The reaction shot would clearly show the audience the girls facial expressions and would help the audience understand how she is feeling more clearly and makes them feel more sympathetic towards the victim. The sound would be silence to build up more tension to the audience and keep them on edge more waiting for a jump scare of something to happen. Frame 19 would be a low angle shot of the victim in the basement running up to the top of the stairs in a low key lighting environment so that the setting is dark and scary. The sound would be suspenseful music and would grow as she runs up the stairs. Only the victim would be seen in this frame and the editing technique would be faced paced editing to built on the tension and suspense of the girl running away from her death trying to escape the killer. Lastly, frame 20 would be a mid shot in the basement of the girl opening the door and getting stabbed by the killer standing in front of her outside. The iconography used in this frame would be a knife and the lighting again would be low key to show it is dark spooky and scary outside. The actors included in this frame would be the antagonist and the victim and the sounds would be dietetic stabbing sounds and diegetic climax music to build up tension and shock the audience more when the victim gets killed as the antagonist jumps out on her. The editing technique would be a jump cut so that the audience gets intrigued into it even more and experience one final jump scare before the victim gets killed and it finishes.
To conclude, I believe our opening has the elements to include all the conventions of a thriller film. We, as a group, attempted to consolidate the ideas of typical thriller conventions for example, low key lighting. We thought to incorporate this idea as it underlines the iconography of the young innocent girl making her appear to be brighter on the grounds of what she is wearing. In this case we made the young girl wear a white costume. This will make her be portrayed as looking pure and vulnerable and therefore will add to the already established relationship between both the audience and the characters in the light of the fact that it will make the audience feel more sympathetic towards her and they would not want to see her get hurt.
You have provided a good recount of your group's opening scene narration, explaining what happens at each stage, and even providing a brief explanation of what the purpose of each frame/element is, at some points
ReplyDeleteYou need to:
1) Make sure you cover sound for each frame and describe the sound that can be heard