Thriller Opening Planning

5/10/10
We were put into groups for our thriller openings. In my group is Holly and Daisy. We discussed lots of ideas, and eventually came up with an idea each.
Daisy's idea was an opening based around a girl biking home after work in the dark and its raining (running water- thriller theme). She is being followed by a car. She speeds up, and so does the car. As she stops, the car slows down to stop beside her. The scene cuts to black for a few seconds, then you see a quick glimpse of the car again, fades to black etc.
We discussed this idea, and about the background information of the girl, who was likable, but shy, works in a pub, goes to college. the character in the car is a drunk for the pub.
Holly suggested an idea of a girl walking her dog in the woods, and being followed by something mysterious. The dog senses something else, barks and runs off, leaving the girl very scared. there are shadows, heavy breathing, and twigs snapping. Then there is a black figure that runs past quickly right in front of the screen. Both these ideas are of the horror sub genre.
My idea was more action; there are four men sitting around a table, playing poker, smoking etc. Then one of then falls out of his chair, onto the floor, dead, after taking a sip of water. one of the other men turns over his cards, revealing a winning hand.


6/10/10
Today we chose which of our ideas we were going to develop further into a thriller opening. We decided that my idea would be too difficult to do, creating the right-looking characters, and the correct setting for that kind of film. We also said that Daisy's idea would also be quite difficult to do, as we don't know anyone that can drive that could do it, and it is also hard to film in the dark.
We then could develop Holly's idea further. We discussed the scene in more detail. We worked on some background detail, that the thing that's actually following the girl is not actually a being, but more of her conscience, because shes done something wrong (that would be shown in the rest of the film as it goes back on itself, a few days before). We began making a storyboard which we will complete next lesson using the Macs.