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In this task we had to come up with our own individual ideas of what our thriller should be about. After this we then collated our ideas to come up with the final story line for our opening sequence.
My idea was that there could be a group of teenagers who go into the ‘no entry’ Fort, here there is a psychopathic old man who wants to relive the war. This means he is dressed in a soldiers uniform and wearing a gas mask. Once inside the Fort the teenagers begin to realise strange things are happening and eventually they come face to face with the ‘German soldier’. The Fort in this opening sequence appears quite dark, therefore this implies that there are dark shadows and alleys where the antagonist can lurk before attacking his victims.
Ellie’s idea was that there would be a couple of students that were going to the Fort to take a few pictures on their Polaroid camera. Once inside the Fort they put a printed picture down and turn their back on it. Eventually when they return to the image there is an ‘x’ mark through it, shortly after this they come face to face with the psychopath living there.
The idea that Morgan had, was that the Fort was being attacked by zombies where those who were still human were hiding. The Fort would act as the ‘safe place’ where the humans could protect themselves from the zombies. These humans would use the cannons and guns to shoot the zombies around the Fort and those who were climbing up the walls. In the Fort the humans are trapped as it is surrounded by zombies and therefore they live their lives there.
This task helped us because now we have a clearer idea of the story line we will be going for, this means we can now start to figure out a structure for our thriller opening sequence. Also, by having a clear story line from this point we can now work hard on making the best opening sequence possible, by focusing on different shots, music, mise-en-scene e.t.c.
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