Thriller opening ideas

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Outline Ideas• 1) a man being falsely accused of murder/rape. Walking to chair, legs in chains, in a orange suit/criminal. • Someone in prison read out his/her accusations• Sentenced guilty, judge, priest.• Therefore execution- electric chair.

• 2) a case being re-open after 20 years, and we tell the story from the criminals point of view and the goings on of that night.

• 3) An extraordinary man is in the park where he is in a standstill whilst the world blurs past time, the man has an eerie presence about him as the camera closes in on him you scars over his face with blood all over him, but as time moves on you tell it’s not his blood but the blood of someone or something, someone is following him he don’t see the person but can sense them like he has a sixth sense. As the person is in touching distance the man disappears all of a sudden leaving the follower angry and distressed.

• 4) Psychopathic serial killer breaks out of prison and tries to kill his father who he blames for the way he is. The father of this serial killer is the president of the United States. When this serial killer was a boy he was neglected by his father at the age of eleven and was put in a special home. Ten years later he would be the most dangerous serial killer in America. President tries to hide background and covers up everything. His son then announces his intentions to kill his father.

Thriller opening examplesThe Dark Knight

-Fast pace edits-First scenes a criminal act- Naturalistic sounds, minimal talking Se7en

-Loads of Extreme close ups-No Dialogue-Tense Music

Sleepy Hollow

-Close ups, established shots-Props- Book, detective- No dialogue

Target audience

“Contains strong bloody violence and frequent strong language”

Visual themes and style• Mood• eerie• horror• physiological mind games• Thriller• dark• Dramatic• Intense• creepy• Ominous

Location

• Around the park, the dark to make the audience feel scared and uneasy.

• In someone’s house to make the contrast between day and night.

• Also in the street in a very crowded area, to make the protagonist feel that he/she is being watched.

• In a school to create suspense during the school day.