Film ideas
The letter-
This was our first film idea. Its story involved one character who receives a letter every day, each one getting more shocking and violent. This genre of film is similar to what our final film is. A horror/thriller. As we see the main character receiving each letter we see himself change. He becomes more anxious and nervous. His facial expressions become more frightened, he moves more cautiously. This idea did not seem original and did seem to work for our film for a number of reasons. Past media projects also included very similar ideas thus making our film not seem original. Also we felt the scenes with the letter would becomes to repetitive for the audience, and would lack the thriller element. The final reason as to why we didn't use this idea for our final film idea was because our last idea about kidnapping felt original, thrilling and unique.
The child-
This was our second idea. It story involved a couple who find a child in the garden, hear strange noises from the loft and also see strange occurrences in and around the house. This idea was our most complex idea. IT involved a lot of dialogue which was our first problem. Secondly it was difficult to generate a story, instead the idea felt like a lot of little ideas that didn't quite manage to merge into one. We thought of shooting the film but eventually it did not work out. The location, the lighting and the amount of actors required was too difficult. We needed a simpilar, less complex but more effective idea.
Deadliest-
This was our final idea and best idea. The story involved in our opening sequence was about a kidnapping. Its a phycological horror/thriller in wich the story was simple but effective (unlike the previous two).
Pitch-
Our idea for the film was initially going to be a slow paced
thriller type film called The Letter. The film was going to follow a man during
his day to day life and everyday he would get a mysterious letter counting
down. This idea then progressed and changed, the plot was changed to have a
mysterious child haunting the house and family. The more we thought about these
ideas the more we realized that they wouldn't work and we were finally able to
come up with our final idea. We sat down and discussed a way of incorporating
good ideas to make and intro for a film we will be able to make that will look
good and won’t seem thrown together. The hardest decision turned out to be
naming the film; we don’t want something generic and bland like the names for
the concept ideas.
The
final idea for the film is a thriller with many horror aspects that is very
atmospheric and takes time in building tension and suspense. The story will
follow a serial killer, focusing on his everyday life, showing his interactions
with his victim and using inner monologue as a way of telling the story. While
we will only have one victim other cases of murders will be implied. Dialogue
will be minimal to show the separation from our character with the rest of the
world. The film will focus on tense, slow paced music and cinematography to
build suspense and keep the audience engaged with what is happening on screen.
We will continue to keep the main character a mystery onscreen, not showing
much of him but making sure the audience knows he is dominant and there. His
identity will remain a secret and the film will end in a finale that ties
together any loose ends and completely explains the story but keeps a sense of
mystery.
The Opening-
The film opens with a series of shots from within the car;
we can see the road ahead but not much of the character. We then get to see the
surroundings, an isolated country road. It is mid to late evening, the sun is
setting. We see the car pull up outside a barn and a masked man step out.
Camera angles keep him looking mysterious. The masked man then enters the barn
where a victim is held captive. We see the victim dragged to the car and a high
angle shots shows him being thrown in the boot. We then follow the masked
character check his back seat where we can see a shovel. The character then
gets back in the car and continues to drive. We then see the car pull up on an
isolated road, a series of muffled screams can be heard from the boot. Over the
radio we are able to hear some back story talking about the disappearance of
the character in the boot. The masked man is never mention and therefore is
able to remain more mysterious and therefore scarier. The masked man grabs the
shovel and then takes the victim out of the boot. The victim is unable to
struggle but seems to have given up. The final shot shows the victim sat in a
field whilst in the background we are able to see the masked man digging a
hole. The camera then proceeds to fade to black.
