Individual storyboard - Miss Miller

Individual storyboard

The purpose of a storyboard is to be able to plan what is going to happen in the film and it is the best way to share your ideas with the rest of the production teams. A storyboard also saves time and makes the production much easier for everyone. I made a individual planning storyboard so that i could share my ideas with others so they could easily and quickly understand it and be able to put their input in and make it the best sequence. I then will be making a group storyboard that all the members of the group agree to base the narrative on. With all our own individual storyboards we can mix them up in a more organised way and come up with a group narrative quicker including ideas from all of our storyboards. 

In my individual storyboard planning i have including 20 frame shots which show a girl waking up and seeing a dead body on the floor and notices she is tied up. She eventually escapes and comes across the victim in the shadows and starts screaming however when she turns around the killer stands in front of her with a bloody knife. Flashbacks then occur to her being at home on her laptop when she sees a embarrassing video of herself and suddenly receiver anonymous threat messages from somebody. She then sees photos of herself which triggers flashbacks back to when she was hostage then sees a phone on the floor with the same threat messages. She finally sees a photo of herself circled that the killer has targeted and then comes back to reality and the killer is not in front of her anymore. She then walks towards the door to escape and the killer killer is at the front and goes forwards to stab her then the scene blacks out before he does harm her. 

Throughout my whole storyboard i have included Mise-en-scene techniques, for example;low key lighting even in the flashback bits to her being in her bedroom relaxing. I included this throughout so that it causes tension and creates suspense for the audience so they would be engaged the whole time from the dark and spooky settings and so that they would expect something thrilling to happen the whole time. This would mean that they would be enticed into watching the whole film and finding out what would be happening next. I also used point of view and over shoulder shot a few times throughout my storyboard. I used these two shots as they are used to show the audience the same image as the character within the film. This would mean that the audience would be more engaged in the film and want to find out what more would happen as they would feel like they are in the characters shoes and understand what is happening from the characters point of view more clearly. This would build a relationship between the audience and the characters and would make the audience react more and be more sympathetic when something bad or dangerous happens to the victim as they would care for her and want her to be safe and survive when the antagonist tries to harm her. The location in most of the opening sequence will be in a isolated location. This would show the audience that no one is around and the place is very dangerous as anything can happen to the victim and no one would hear or know about it. This would frighten the audience more as the setting is isolated however is still a house so makes it very realistic for the audience as they all obviously live in a house and can imagine something like that happening in to them in a location like that. Mostly throughout the film tense music and tense sounds will be playing to engage the audience and keep them on edge waiting for more to happen. This will build up suspense so when something does happen it will shock and surprise the audience more making the experience of watching a thriller film more scary and enjoyable for them. The different types of mise-en-scene i decided to use will make the audience feel as they are in more of a sinister atmosphere which will engage them and make them on edge waiting to see if the antagonist pops out of the dark ready to strike the victim and put her life in danger, which the audience would not like to see as they feel sympathetic towards the victim and want her to survive.

I also used Mise-en-scene for my inspiration of the setting being in a isolated spooky house was taken from the thriller film, Halloween. This inspired me as the setting is realistic so it would make the audience feel as they are involved in the narrative more. The fact that the girl would be in a house that is all damaged would clearly show the audience that she is in danger and may be hurt so when the flashbacks occur it would show a perfectly sage and normal bedroom which would makes the audience understand clearly that it is a flashback and the girl is now in danger remembering things before she got hurt. This setting will start the audience off feeling scared and enticed as they want to know how the victim will try to escape as nothing is around to help her and keep her out of danger and out of the hands of the psychotic antagonist.
 
I used cinematography for my inspiration of using a reaction shot was taken from the thriller film, Psycho. This shot showed the audience the facial expression of the characters. This shot would entice the audience more into feeling more sympathetic for the victim and helps the them understand how the character is feeling more clearly. The reaction shot helps the audience follow the narrative more as they feel sympathetic towards the victim and when they see the facial expressions of the victim when something happens the audience feel even more scared and engaged into finding out what will happen next and if the victim will be safe and survive. This will be used to make the audience feel as they are in the characters shoes and feel the same feelings and emotions that the victim is feeling which would end up making the experience more enjoyable and thrilling for the audience.


My inspiration of tense sounds and eery music throughout the opening sequence of my thriller was inspired by the film, Saw 1; Reverse Bear Trap. This element creates suspense and tension for the audience intriguing them into wanting to watch more and find out what is going to happen next. The tense sounds and music make the audience feel as they are in the film and help them experience the danger and suspense for themselves. This will be used so that the audience will not be bored and will be on edge from the elements of suspense, shock and surprise that has been built into wanting to watch the rest of the film and make the experience more enjoyable for them.

When we are making our group storyboard we will need to all look at each others individual storyboards and note the strengths and weaknesses of each members storyboards. We will then all discuss what we think is really good about each members and what can be improved on to make it even better to add into the group storyboard. Then as a group we will take the best ideas and put it forward for our group storyboard however we can then have the best ideas from each individual storyboard and mix them together to produce a final group storyboard with ideas from every group member. The specific ideas i want the group to put into the group storyboard from my individual storyboard are; the location and lighting of each frame. I also want the group to include some of the the editing techniques such as; handheld and Kuleshov. However, most importantly i would like the group to include my ideas of the flashbacks occurring each time the victim sees something on the floor, in the isolated house she is being kept hostage in, that triggers memories of how and maybe the reason why she is being kept hostage in the first place.

In conclusion, i think that my storyboard has a very interesting and thrilling narrative that the audience will enjoy and engage to very quickly wanting to find out more and what would happen to the victim and especially how the victim got into that situation in the first place. However, i think that my individual storyboard can be improved with the help of my group as some of the narrative of the flashback may be a bit confusing and not clear for the audience so my group can help me identify the issue properly and resolve it by changing it around a little bit to make it more understandable and intriguing for the audience. Planning my individual storyboard has been extremely helpful in regards of filming my sequence as it was a very clear and useful way of me planning my own ideas and narrative to put down on paper in a very quick and easy method to show my group, for us to all see and understand and build on as a team to make the best group narrative to make the audiences experience of watching our opening thriller sequence a very joyful experience. 

Planning characters

Planning characters

The most important thing in any film, even a thriller is the characters. Characters are very important in a thriller film as they are the people that play the narrative and explain the narrative to the audience. Therefore, the audience build a relationship with characters. The audience always build a strong relationship with the characters especially the victims as they always feel sympathetic towards them because they understand the emotions the characters are feeling and they know that the victim is going to die or be in danger from something. On the other hand, the audience also build a strong relationship with the antagonist. However, feel intimidated and menaced by this character as they are portrayed as being capable of murder which the audience see as making them strong and overpowering. Characters also set the narrative and the genre of the film by the way they act and their appearance. The audience building a good relationship with the characters lead to them being more engaged into the film making them wanting to watch it more and see if the character will be safe or if they will die. The fact that it will be a male would also mean he will look more taller and bugger built so would be shown to the audience as being strong compared to the victim who would be much smaller and portrayed as helpless, weak and vulnerable. My male antagonist will have a hidden identity. This is so that the suspense and thrill being created will  create enigma to the audience and engage them more into watching the rest of the film wanting to find out what else is going to happen. In every other film, a hidden identity will create dramatic tension because the audience will not know what the killer will look like so the plot would not be revealed straight away. The antagonist will be wearing a black costume as it shows the audience that the killer is evil and capable of murder as the black symbolises death and darkness. A black costume will also foreshadow instability in the characters personality and will make the audience realise he is cape of killing people. The audience therefore will build a strong relationship with the characters as they feel threatened and intimidated by the victim feeling more sympathetic towards the victim. An antagonist is conventional to every genre especially thrillers as there is always one to harm a protagonist. A killer most importantly determines the narrative and lets the audience know what the genre of the film is. The convention of having a antagonist in a thriller is to scare the audience when they least expect it by building a sinister atmosphere and creating suspense, shock and surprise. 

My other main character in my opening thriller sequence is going to be a victim. I am going to make her teenage girl so it shows the audience that she is weak and cannot protect herself as much as a grown man would stereotypically do. The fact that she is a teenage girl would also mean the killer has more of a chance of killing her as she will be an easy victim. She will also be a blonde girl who is wearing a white costume. She will wearing a white costume so that the audience can clearly see her innocence and purity through the colour white and so that the audience feel sorry for her as she is portrayed as helpless. She will have blonde hair so that she will be portrayed as weak and not intelligent, which would mean she is an even easier target for the killer to harm. My audience will build a better relationship with her and relate with her more because I made her seem as a typical teenager who is at home on her laptop browsing through social media sites which the audience probably do themselves so they can put themselves in her shoes and understand how she is feeling more. By me making my victim look like this will build a relationship with the audience more as they will feel sorry for her due to the idea that she is portrayed as; weak, innocent and vulnerable and would make them not want anything bad happening to her. Doing this would create an enigma for the audience because they would not know what is about to happen to the victim and they do not know whether or not she will be safe and survive the pain the antagonist will be putting her through. Also, having a female victim is conventional to the thriller genre as they are shown to look as they are helpless which makes them an easy target for the victim as they will not fight back and will have less of a chance of escaping safety. Lastly, a female victim is typically in a thriller film because they are shown to be powerless and weaker compared to male victims, which shows the power and innocence they have.

In conclusion, planning characters for my opening thriller sequence is important because in a thriller you always need an antagonist and protagonist to set the genre to the audience. Having both antagonist and protagonist gives the audience an idea and foreshadows what events is to come later on in the film. The audience can straight away see which character is portrayed as good and which is portrayed as evil and this can be shown through; actions, speech, body language and costume. The audience builds a relationship with the characters and relates to them even more throughout the film. Once the audience build a relationship with the characters they are enticed and intrigued in wanting to know what will happen in the rest of the film so created and enigma keeping them engaged and waiting for the rest of the film to find out more. I believe that my main characters are very conventional as they are what everyone expects to see in a triller film and having them in my one would mean that my opening thriller sequence would be more successful than it would be without these two main characters. A better relationship is built by me having conventional characters because for example; me having a teenage girl as a victim instead of a young, strong male made the audience more scared for the victims safety and made them more sympathetic wanting her to stay safe and not get hurt. In my opinion my characters are conventional to the genre because of many different reasons that engage the audience and help them build more of a relationship with them. 

The pictures on the left are pictures of our female victim and our male antagonist before in costume and the pictures on the right are pictures of them when they are in costume with make up on before filming.

Planning editing - Miss Georgiou

Planning Editing

Editing styles are important to include within a thriller film because they help the audience focus on certain things in the film and it also intrigues the audience by adding dramatic effect. Editing styles also make the thriller sequence seem scarier and portrays the vulnerability of the victim.

The first editing style i will use in my opening thriller sequence will be slow editing. This will be used when the victim is making her way towards the curtain and she see's objects on the floor. This technique builds up suspense for the audience and keeps them on edge. This is conventional to the thriller genre as the suspense being built engages the audience into waiting to see what will happen next and the dramatic slow editing builds a relationship with the audience and the character as they feel scared and weary for the innocent victim as they know something bad is about to happen to her. 

The next editing style i will use in my opening thriller sequence will be reaction shot. This will be when the victim see's the killer in the window and when she see's him standing behind her. This technique puts the audience in the victims position and makes helps them relate back to what is happening as they are experiencing it themselves. This technique builds a relationship between the audience and the innocent character as the audience feel more sympathetic for her as the expressions on the girls face is clearly understood by the audience as they feel they are the victim about to get hurt in the thriller film. The audience also build a relationship with the characters as they feel intimidated by the antagonist which links a relationship with the audience and the victim as they both feel vulnerable. This is conventional to the thriller genre as it creates an element of surprise and suspense and intrigues the audience into wanting to watch the rest of the sequence to find out what else is going to happen. 

Thirdly, the next editing style i will use in my opening thriller sequence will be linking of sections. This will be used when the flash backs take place. This technique makes the audience understand the plot more and intrigues them to watch the rest of the film. This builds a relationship with the characters and the audience as it makes the audience feel more sympathetic for the innocent victim in the sequence as the suspense and tension being built up by this technique makes them assume something is definitely about to take place and harm the victim. This is conventional to the thriller genre as it creates tension for the audience and the suspense keeps them ready and on edge waiting for something bad to happen or something thrilling to jump out on them. 

The last technique i will be using in my opening thriller sequence will be Kuleshov effect. This will be used when she see's the dead body and the knife on the floor. This technique makes the audience feel sympathy for the victim and foreshadow events that will happen to her. This is conventional to the thriller genre as it makes the audience intrigued and ready to find out what is going to happen next. This builds a relationship with the audience and the characters as the audience can see what she is going to go through so feel scared and worried for her as they see harmful weapons on the floor in a dangerous environment which can only lead them to thinking she is going to be seriously hurt or even killed. 

My planning of editing styles will help create a conventional opening thriller sequence as it sets the emotions and helps the understandings of what is happening in the film to the audience. My target audience will build  relationship with the characters as the editing techniques used will all engage them more making them feel the elements of; shock, suspense and surprise which will make their experience of watching the thriller better and make the sequence more successful. The different techniques used is to create a menacing affect and not only to entice the audience but to also thrill them at certain parts when they least expect it. The reaction shot will show the facial expressions and body language used which will create surprise and will shock the audience even more as they will understand what the character is going through and feeling more.

Planning Mise-en-Scene

Planning Mise-en-Scene

All 5 elements of mise-en-scene which are; settings & iconography, costume hair & make-up, facial expression & body language, lighting & colour and positioning of object or character within the frame are all important to include in a thriller film as they are the reasons whether or not a audience enjoy watching the film and are interested in actually what is happening. If the correct type of mise-en-scene are used it would build a relationship between the audience and the character by causing them more to feel the elements of surprise, shock and suspense throughout their experience of watching a thriller film.

Firstly, I would like to use setting and iconography in my own opening thriller sequence. The setting I want to use would be a isolated house/room and a non isolated house when the flashbacks occur. I chose these settings as it is more realistic so it would make the audience feel as they understand the narrative more. However, the girl would be in a house that is all damaged to show that she is been hurt and is in danger but the flashbacks would show a perfectly 
normal and safe house so the audience understand clearly that it is a flashback and the girl is now in danger remembering things from before she got hurt. 


The iconography I want to use is a knife, rope and mask when she is in the present time and in danger to show that she is in jeopardy of losing her life but also a smashed photo frame and a phone to help the character trigger her flashbacks into remembering how she could of been in that situation in the first place. These settings and iconography are conventional to the thriller genre as they create a dark atmosphere which engages the audience more and makes them feel more sympathetic towards the characters as these conventions build a strong relationship between the characters and the audience. 

Secondly, i would like to use lighting and colour in my own opening thriller sequence. The type of lighting i would use would be; low key lighting and backlight. The backlight would be projected from the lamp in the room. I chose these lightings as it would create a spooky scene which would engage the audience more and make them more scared as the darkness would imply death which foreshadows the victim dying. The colour i want to use are; shadows and dark black red. These colours would cause suspense as the black portrays death and red portrays blood so the audience would automatically think something dangerous is going to happen.
 The shadow would cause even more suspense as it would make the audience feel as the antagonist is there the whole time about to jump out and harm the innocent victim. These types of lighting and colour is conventional to the thriller genre as the audience do not know what is happening because they can't visually see it so when something does happen they jump and get scared. This builds a relationship with the audience and the characters as the audience feel more scared as that is the theme due to the lighting and colour so when something bad happens to the characters they feel sympathetic and upset for them.

Thirdly, i would like to use costumes in my own opening thriller sequence. The type of costume i would like to use is; black costume for antagonist and white costume for victim. I chose a black costume for the antagonist as it would portray dark death. I chose this costume colour as it would create suspense towards the audience as they feel more engaged as the costume colour shows darkness and would just pop out of anywhere at any time even shadows. 
I chose a white costume for the victim as it portrays the victim as being pure, innocent and vulnerable  I chose this costume colour as it it would create more suspends towards the audience as they feel as the victim is sweet and pure and when something bad happens to her it engages them more and makes them feel more sympathetic. These types of costumes are conventional to the thriller genre as the audience feel more intrigued by what is happening as the costumes help them decide whether the character is a antagonist or protagonist. This builds a relationship with the audience and the characters as the audience feel more sympathetic for the victim as the costume portrays the character as holy, sweet and innocent and the other costume portrays the other character as being scary, dangerous and violent. 

Fourthly, i would like to use facial expressions and body language in my opening thriller sequence. The body languages used would be; closed in for the victim and relaxed for the antagonist. I chose closed in for the victim as it would portray her as being defenceless. I chose this body language for the victim as it would make the audience feel more scared for them as she looks more frightened. I chose relaxed for the antagonist as it would portray them as being more powerful. I chose these body languages for the antagonist as it would make the audience feel more scared for the victim as the antagonist looks big, scary and powerful but also relaxed which makes him seem as he is dangerous and can be relaxed while being dangerous. These types of body languages are conventional to the thriller genre as the audience feel more understanding of the narrative as they feel as they are in the characters shoes more and are very clear of what is happening and the emotions of all the characters. This builds a relationship with the characters and the audience as the audience feel more sympathetic for the characters and feel their emotions more. The facial expressions i chose to use are; shocked and worried for the scared victim and focused for the antagonist. I chose shocked and worried for the scared victim as it would portray her as being powerless ad petrified through her facial expressions. I chose this for the victim as it would entice the audience into feeling more sympathetic for the victim and understand how she is feeling more clearly. I chose focused for the antagonist as it would portray them as being determined to kill the protagonist. I chose this for the antagonist as it would entice the audience into feeling more afraid for the victim as the antagonist looks like he has targeted the other character. These types of facial expressions are conventional to the thriller genre as it helps the audience follow the narrative more as they have already built a strong bond with the characters as they already feel sympathetic towards the victim and want her to be safe and aware from the antagonist who is plotting to kill her. 

Lastly, i would like to use positioning of characters in my opening thriller sequence. The positioning will be the victim as the main image and the antagonist behind the victim in the shadows. I chose this positioning of the characters as it would show the audience that the victim is in danger and is unaware that the antagonist is behind her getting ready to kill her. This is conventional to the thriller genre as it would build suspense and shock the innocent victim when she spots the killer therefore thrills the audience. This builds a relationship with the audience and the characters as the audience feel more engaged in what is happening so when they see the victim is in danger and does not know that her killer is behind her they feel more tense and scared for the victim as they have built a bond with them. 

My planning of miss-en-scene will help me create a conventional opening thriller sequence as it sets the genre of the sequence and gives the audience a idea of what might happen in the film. The Mise-en-scene I chose to use will make my sequence even more conventional as it will create an element of shock, surprise and suspense. The positioning of characters will create suspense for the audience making them nervous and on edge about what is going to happen. The facial expressions and body language used will create surprise and will shock the audience even more as they will understand what the character is going through and feeling more. The settings, iconography, costumes and lighting will all mix in with all three elements of; shock, surprise and suspense which will make the film more conventional and successful and will make the experience of watching it better for the audience. Mise-en-scene is used to create a sinister effect and this will not only engage my audience but will also thrill them and scare them when they least expect it.

Planning Sound - Miss Miller

Planning Sound

Sound is conventional in films as the music sets the mood for the audience and engages them more into wanting to watch the rest of the film without getting bored. Music and sound affects help to tell a story to the audience by telling them a story through adding a better visual to the images to help the audience understand the story more and intrigue them. There are many different sound techniques that directors use within a scene, examples of these are; diegetic, non-diegetic , parallel sound, on screen sound and off screen sound. .Planning is required to produce excellent sequences because then everybody can discuss the best sound to be used in certain shot or event taking place at a certain time. Sound links with the images seen on screen by portraying and elaborating on something that is going to happen with a certain sound to entice the audience more and make them understand what is happening more clearer by improving there experience in watching the film making it more thrilling. 

In my opening sequence i would want to use parallel sound which would occur when the victim is making her way to the curtains. Low beat music would be played to show that the victim is getting closer to the antagonist. Using parallel sound over the duration of this certain part of the sequence would create suspense for the audience and keep them on the edge of their seats to thinking that the victim is close to her death. This also shows that the victim is helpless as she doesn't know what is going to happen next and her death is being foreshadowed to the audience already. Parallel sound creates enigma to the audience which keeps them engaged into wanting to watch the rest and find out what else is going to happen to the victim. This gets the audience feeling the same emotions as the victim is and gets them on edge by creating a sinister atmosphere which gets them jumping when they least expect it. This is conventional to the thriller genre as the audience are made to believe that the film is very real, making it easier for them to put themselves in the situation of the characters. This builds a strong relationship between the characters and audience as they feel more sympathetic as they know the victim is getting close to a dangerous and life threatening moment in the film.   

Another type of sound I want to use in my opening thriller sequence is silence and this would occur when the victim sees the killer. This will create a sudden affect on the audience and would excite them more when a sudden thing occurs as they would already be on the edge of their seats. The silence used will build up tension getting the audience on edge and ready for something scary to happen after a dark atmosphere is created and set. It shows that the victim is vulnerable and suggests that she is no longer alone and the antagonist may be on the scene planning to strike and harm her.This is conventional to the thriller genre as the silence builds up suspense and tension which entices the audience more and thrills them more when something suddenly takes place. This builds a relationship between the character and audience as the audience feel more scared for them when something scary or dangerous happens to the innocent victim as they suspense built has kept them on edge and surprised which would lead them to feeling shocked when something suddenly happens to the character.

Diegetic sound is another type of sound I want to use in my own opening thriller sequence and this would occur when the victim steps on broken glass which is the picture frame on the floor. This will create a sinister scene to the audience and keep them excited and looking forward to what is going to happen later on in the film. The broken glass is realistic and engages the audience as they know what that sound actually sounds like. This also shows danger and creates enigma to the audience making them wonder what has happened previously for that glass to be broken on the floor like that. This is conventional to the thriller genre as it engages the audience more as they are kept in suspense and the sound builds a relationship with the audience and the character as it makes the audience feel as they are there because they have heard the sound before in real life so it is realistic to them and they feel as they are in the characters perspective. Diegetic sound also elongates a scene which is useful in a thriller as it creates more suspense for the audience and engages them more. 

Lastly, in my own thriller opening sequence I want to use non-diegetic sound and this would occur when the music plays over the flashbacks. This sound would be  spooky and low pitched music and would also create suspense for the audience. The high pitched sound will portray the victim and her instability while she tries to get away from the danger while the spooky sound portrays the antagonist looking for the victim to harm her and put her life in danger. The suspenseful music used will also set the genre of the film as it creates tension and foreshadows that something is about to happen to harm the victim. When i play the suspenseful music over the flashbacks creates enigma making the audience wonder what the antagonist is planning and what he is going to do to harm the innocent victim. This is conventional to the thriller genre as the sound would engage the audience more and make them feel more anxious to what they are seeing in the images. This would create a relationship with the audience and the character as the audience would feel more scared for the innocent victim as the music would go with the moving image and entice them into watching what will happen next as they would already be on the edge of their seats waiting. 

My own opening thriller sequence will be effective in creating certain emotions and reactions to entice the audience throughout to wanting to want to find out more and what is happening next through the different types of sound I have said I am going to include above. The sounds I have chose to use are all conventional to the thriller genre as they all make the audience feel engaged enough to see the film in the characters point of view as if they close their eyes and just hear the sounds they could imagine their selves in the actual film itself. I found planning the sounds in preparation for my filming very helpful as I sat down and thought about the types of sounds I can use in certain parts of the film that would make the audience enjoy their experience in watching the sequence more and I feel as I was successful in planning it.

Group Narrative - Miss Georgiou

Group Narrative

Our group narrative is that a girl is kept hostage and she wakes up from being tied to a chair. The girl struggles to escape but she finally does. She see's a person lying on the floor next to her, covered in blood. She is covered in blood as well and suddenly see's a shadow in the curtain. She makes her way towards the curtain and as she opens it, a face and hand appears. The girl panics for a bit and as she turns around she see's the killer standing there with a blood covered knife. However, there will be a few short constant flashbacks from how she was kidnapped. The flashbacks contain her at home on Facebook and she see's an embarrassing video of herself and she suddenly gets a lot of messages from an anonymous person. The messages threaten her and say she is going to die. When the girl is in the room, held hostage she sees things on the floor which triggers memories and starts the flashback for instance ripped up photos of her on the floor and the phone with the messages on the screen. There is also a smashed up photo frame on the floor with a picture of the girl circled showing she is a target of the antagonist. 

Group member 1- Myself 

My idea for the narrative in my very own 2 minute thriller opening sequence is based on cyber-bullying. In the opening sequence it will show a young girl watching an embarrassing video of herself that has been posted on social media then she receives a disturbing anonymous message warning her about her death that is going to happen very soon. Later on in the film, other people die from being cyber bullied and the enigma is who is the killer. Discussing with my group we have established that the strengths of my narrative idea is good overall as it is unique and different from other thriller films. It isn't the typical psychological film but instead it is more about reality and so makes the sequence seem more realistic. Another strength is that it is fairly easy to do and so it means that it would be possible to film. The location and the plot is ideal as cyber bullying happens every fay and it happens on electronic device which means that it can be filmed anywhere. The plot isn't complicated either so it can be made easily. However, my idea doesn't create much of a mystery as a disequilibrium doesn't happen at the beginning of the film. This may not engage the audience as much and they may not be left in suspense as to what is going to happen next. A death doesn't take place at the beginning but instead the girl is getting warned about her death and this doesn't create much tension or build up suspense so the audience aren't intrigued to watch the rest of the film. It doesn't create that many thrilling scenes and so the target audience would range from 12 and over however the older years wouldn't become as thriller as the younger years and this could be seen as a bit boring to the older years. 

Group member 2 - Ciara

Ciaras idea for her narrative is about a young girl and her boyfriend who go on holiday to Russia but she soon realises that since she's been away everything is going wrong back at home. The girl is unaware that her boyfriend is part of the Russian Mafia and they want her, which is the reason why everything back home is going wrong. They're taking away all her family and everything she has so she decides t0 stay in Russia. The Russian Mafia take young innocent girls who are vulnerable and will believe in anything said to them. The strengths of this narrative would be creating suspense due to her not  knowing what's going on back at home, she is unaware that the person she trusts the most is the person ruining her life. Her thriller opening sequence is creating an enigma throughout which is another strength; by creating an enigma its showing the audience that something bad will eventually happen later on in the film. This is conventional to the thriller genre. Lastly, it will engage the audience as they start feeling sympathetic towards the young girl who's being persuaded into doing the wrong things. However, the weaknesses of her narrative is that it would be hard to create as you need a lot of people to stare in the film and the setting is not ideal and easy to get to and film on. Her plot isn't also that engaging as it doesn't contain any scenes that would intrigue the audience such as death or a jumpy scene. It doesn't intrigue the audience as they need to get enticed into the film and the opening sequence does not clearly set the plot of the film for the audience to understand clearly and understand what is going to happen after.

Group member 3- Sasha
Sasha's idea for the narrative is to have a hostage scene in which a young girl is kept hostage by someone. The scene starts off with her waking up and realising she has been kept in hostage. The girl see's someone lying on the floor next to her, dead and covered in blood. She soon realises that she is covered in blood as well and she panic and tries to escape. Eventually, she does escape however she finds a handprint and a face staring at her. The girl panics and as she turns around the killer is standing across the room with a knife covered in blood. Sasha's idea is good because it is set in a ideal location which can be easy to locate and film in. The opening sequence is set in a house and this is ideal as the scene can be filmed in any house. The plot is also fairly easy to do as there are no major faults which could stop the group from doing this narrative. The narrative also creates a suspense for the audience as automatically an enigma is created and this gets the audience intrigued into the film straight away and makes them want to ask questions about why the girl is there and why the killer wants to murder her. Sasha's idea also contains good conventions of a thriller film as death is involved and the scene uses conventional iconography such as a knife to set a sinister theme. Other conventions such as a female victim and a masked antagonist make the sequence seem thrilling and intrigued as the audience are engaged into watching the rest of the film more and want to find out who the killer is. There is elements of surprise, suspense and shock as unexpected clip take place which thrill the audience and tension is built up to keep the audience on edge. However, Sasha's idea is not as unique as it could be as typically in thriller films the female victim is shown as the target and there is always a hostage scene which makes the girl seem vulnerable and weak. The narrative follows an original baseline from other thriller films which also shows a girl being kept hostage and there is always someone out there wanting to kill her. This makes Sasha's idea not as good because it is not unique and original. Some scenes in the opening sequence could be hard to film for example point of view as that technique is hard to do and it could result in a camera shot that doesn't look very good and this wouldn't appeal to the audience and would not engage them into watching the rest of the film.

Group member 4- Luca
Luca's narrative is about a home invasion by a unknown man that is never seen while the man who owns the house definitely knows someone is there he is searching the whole of his house trying to find him and as the film goes on there are hints and his family is killed as the killer taunts him and makes him look all around his locked up house. Throughout the opening sequence the man is trying to find out who is inside his house and is not too afraid at the time, he keeps all his family with him and throughout the sequence the antagonist is making noise and putting signs around the house, the sequence ends with the antagonist still not revealed and given a sign to the victim as the antagonist locks the family in their own house with now way to escape. The strengths of Luca's idea is that it is set in an ideal location which means that it can get filmed easily. The location is in a house which is good because it means that it won't be hard to film in. Another strength is that his narrative is also fairly easy to do as it isn't impossible and it can be easily done. Luca's idea would also have good camera and sound techniques and his narrative is very conventional to a thriller genre. He has created an enigma as the audience constantly wonder what is going to happen to the victims and who is the killer. His narrative is also conventional to the thriller genre because it shows an isolated home and a killer is in the house trying to murder the victims, this is seen typically in a lot of thriller films and so it is a good narrative to have. Another strength is that it engages the audience and intrigues them to watch the rest of the film as an enigma is created which keeps the audience on edge and makes them want to find out what is going to happen next. However Luca's idea doesn't have a lot of thriller conventions which wouldn't intrigue the audience as much because thriller conventions are what engage the audience into watching the film. His narrative does contain an enigma however it doesn't entice the audience that much as his narrative is very repetitive and this could make the audience become bored. He also may not have enough narrative to fill the 2 minute sequence and so this could become a problem when filming and it would be difficult to add bits on.

We came out with a group narrative by sitting together and finding the strengths and weaknesses of each individual narrative and trying to incorporate all of them in one group narrative by adding together the positives from each of  them. In the end our group all decided to mix up my individual narrative with Sasha's one. We added my ideas of cyber bullying and the flashbacks within our group narrative. Adding both our ideas together will not only extend the length of our production but will also help the audience understand what is happening more and enticing them into wanting to watch the rest of the sequence and find out why the girls is kept hostage and what will happen to her.

Out of Vladimir Propp, Tzvetan Todorov and Aristoile our group narrative follows Aristoile's theory the most because his theme was narrative and included a protagonist and antagonist, a incident and sympathy and this relates to our one because the audience are constantly feeling sorry for the victim and there is a dramatic question which creates an enigma and engages them more. It does not follow Vladimir Propp's theory as his was based on characters including victim, hero, victims father and many other characters while our sequence only contains a victim and antagonist. Our thriller does not follow Propp's theory as the characters are not consisting of; princesses and false heroes as these types of characters are not conventional to the thriller genre. Our narrative does not follow Tzvetan Todorov's theory either as it is about narrative however is a fairy tale like because he thinks all narratives should start with an equilibrium then go into a disequilibrium and then finally back into a equilibrium. Our narrative is not fairly tale like and does not focus on loads of different characters to set the film therefore follows Aristoile's theory the most. Aristoile's theory is the most conventional theory for a thriller genre and also is the most relatable to thriller films as it contains certain elements and aspects to entice the audience and make them enjoy their experience of watching a thriller film. Therefore, this is the theory we decided to make our narrative mainly follow.