During the one week holiday we was asked to start thinking of our own narrative for our thriller film, as when we came back we was going to be put into groups and start to discuss our proper narrative. During my free time in school I started to do some research because I wanted to get a start I started to research: Narrative / Age Ratings / Location / Sound / Actors / Camera Shots / Editing Techniques & Lighting.
On my own I started to look at different Thriller films aged between the age of 12 and 15 because those were appropriate age ratings because there are no Thriller films which are aged at U and PG. I didn't want my film to be an 18 either because then it would be being compared to a horror because most horror's are 18 so I decided a film between 12 and 15 was just right. However I wanted my film to be a 15 because that would be great because of the content I put in will be mild violence but the effect that I would use would be the Kuleshov effect so people expect it without having to see it, or something with a sexual nature but in discreet way.
The narrative I came up was with a new boy comes and makes friends, nobody knows nothing about this new guy but people begin to take a shine to him because he is a nice person, He makes a best friend called Luke. Luke begins to find out more stuff about this new person more or less the basic information and the new guy really starts to open up to Luke. One day the new guy asks Luke if he would like to see something cool, Luke says yes expecting to see something cool. Later on that day they meet up and the new guy makes a nasty change we find out that he is actually a serial killer who kills teenage boys. Luke desperately tried to make an escape but the new guy is too fast, the new guy drags him back to the forest and slaughters him. After that the body is discovered but they never find that killer. That was my own individual idea for making a thriller film, the reason I chose that was because it was different in terms of the narrative such as the killer walks away free.
I started to think about location from previous thriller movies, they are usually set in a house / flat / basement. These are because this relates to generic conventions of thriller film, which relates to a narrative. I decided that a flat or house would be the best location also when it comes to filming. The sound that I would was a creepy but an upbeat song because it would help when something scary is about to come up and I have an upbeat song it will add intensity to the film making the audience become aware and prepared that something scary was about to happen.
I did some research on YouTube to find some scary / creepy thriller soundtracks that I could use which would appeal to the audience. I found this link which I found helpful
I did some research on YouTube to find some scary / creepy thriller soundtracks that I could use which would appeal to the audience. I found this link which I found helpful
Furthermore in my research I had to think about camera shots because, they play a major role and they help portray what you want the audience to see and this helps because with different types of camera shot you can create different types of effects for the audience such as a establishing shot of a scary house, this helps because the audience can see the surrounding from there they can start to make judgements and ask questions which helps to intrigue the audience makes them want to watch more.
Lighting also plays a big role because lighting can also create different effects such as mysterious character you could use high key or low key lighting which makes the character look scarier. From my research that I did, I watched different types of thriller movies which allowed me look at the different types of lighting. I also notice that high key is made to look someone or a location look glamorous and low key to make someone look creepy / mysterious and scary.
