My Proposal

By Rianna Victor

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Ideas Rejected……For my opening to be an action thrillerI rejected this idea because I found action thrillers not to be as interesting as horror thrillers. I found that movies such as Se7en, Silence of the Lambs, Final destination, Hide and Seek more interesting, as they consisted more suspense, tension and anxiety. The plots to most action thrillers I have seen have not had a lot of drama in it to grab my attention or awareness.

…For our opening to have too many characters in it

I found that opening sequences that have too many characters in them can make me not want to watch them, because opening sequences with few actors in them are usually more dramatic, especially when they are horror/psychological thriller films.

…For our opening to have death in it

I rejected this idea because I was worried that if I had death it would look amateur and that I may not be able to make it look effective or realistic enough.

Taglines

Sometimes change can make a dangerous difference.“

“Will he strike again?

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I chose this tagline because the woman chooses to go a different way to get home, so the tagline expresses her decision to go another way home.

TreatmentGenre: Thriller

Camera angles: Mid-shots and Close ups – to add to the aspects of tension

Costumes: A woman in a suit & the man dressed in all black with his hood up.

Special effects: Will be used when the titles enter.

Final IdeaA woman takes a different route home, left instead of right.

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A male, unknown and unseen (apart from his shadow) follows the woman along the dark road, as she is on her way home from work. She

doesn’t know he has been watching her lately.

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A shot of him in his house, in a room, looking at a wall of photos of women he has previously stalked, attacked and killed.

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He follows behind her, getting closer and closer.

Film StorylineThe rest of my film:

A man, bullied and abused at school and with psychological problems stalks, attacks and kills women, who resemble his childhood teacher.He has a job in a nearby Photoshop, however no one is aware of his

problems.

He stalks and keeps pictures of women who come into the shop along with resemblance of his childhood teacher, and often ends up killing

them, especially when they reject him.

However, he is eventually caught and put in a mental asylum where they study and try to get into his mind.

InspirationHorror thrillers which have inspired me:

- The Hills Have Eyes- The Ring- Signs

- One Hour Photo

These are inspiration films because they portray tension, drama and a sense of horror, which I want my opening thriller to contain. In these films the

attacker is always at first unknown.

This shot in One Hour Photo is a inspiration because I want one of my shots of the man looking at the women he’s stalked, attacked and killed to be similar

to this. However, my male character will be unknown.

Casting The woman will be played by a female aged approximately 16-18 years old, however will be approximately aged 20 in

the opening thriller.

The man will be played by a male aged approximately 16-18 years also, and will be aged approximately 20 in the

opening thriller.

The images of the women will be aged approximately 20 in the opening thriller.

MusicI want to use deep and slow music, which will cause tension

and a dramatic effect.

I chose to use soundtracks from Hide and Seek as my inspirations as they both had aspects which I want in my

soundtrack; drama, tension and anxiety.

I want my soundtrack to be similar to these when my shot of the man looking at the wall is seen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wU7wvzql4I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84J_0iM7ZnY

How it meets…

Thriller ConventionsMy opening thriller consists of:

- Suspense

- Tension

- Drama

- Anxiety

These are all aspects which are included in thrillers. Aspects in my opening such as danger, loneliness, stalking portray each of the aspects

above.

ThemesLoneliness is going to be one of my themes.

This is because the man is alone as he lives alone and feels it too.Loneliness is also portrayed when the woman walks alone.

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Danger is another theme, because the woman is in danger just by taking a different route home. Also, when the man has been previously

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Voyeurism is another theme as the man watches women without consent.