We took some inspiration from the opening scene of an episode of Once Upon A Time [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndot6rngE-E] where there were a few features that we decided to include. These are features such as a childhood toy [a teddy bear/a kite] where it becomes broken, foreshadowing a dark event. Another is the children playing in the forest in daylight where it should be a cheerful scene but there is something hidden, watching them. Like in our opening scene, this includes the antagonist [or in our case, the shadow] appearing from behind a tree. Both this opening scene and our opening scene ends with a close up on the young child's face before flashing forward to present day on a close up of the older person’s face.
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For the costumes, I've suggested a typical outfit for both the teenage boy and the young boy. The costumes may look similar, to represent the fact they are the same person. The young boy wears light coloured clothes to show his innocence and then the teenage boy wears dark clothes to represent the transition from innocence to corruption.
Not including a list of actors, directors and release dates, I've drawn up a preliminary design including a main picture to suggest the nature of the film (lost childhood innocence), the title of the film (mysterious to make the audience want to watch the film to understand the meaning of the title), the production name (if it is a popular and recognisable company, the audience will be more inclined to watch it if they have produced other good films) and a tag line of 'if you go down to the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise...'. This ominous quote from the children's rhyme 'Teddy Bear's Picnic' connects to the main image and makes it clear to the audience that it is a dark film; broken innocence being a primary theme.
I was out yesterday and found a possible park nearby trees by Eton College (camera quality not so good as it was very dark and had to use the night filter)
Various other names that we discussed are displayed in a spider diagram below.
I was out and saw this forest, I thought it would be a good idea for a location. It has a clearing that we could use with a lot of space, but it also has a lot of trees, which has connotations of Thrillers, which forests are commonly used in. It is a big space so has connotations of the character being alone in a large space.
This tells us that our music is a big part of creating suspense. We asked a group of 10 people some questions that will help us when we come to make our Thriller. Our questions were: 1: how old are you? 2: do you enjoy watching Thrillers? 3:do you find it appealing for a film to create tension suspense? 4: what element do you find up suspense within a Thriller? (music, lighting, pace, camera work, sound, quick changes in the plot) 5: what is the most appealing factor in a Thriller? (suspense, confusion, mystery, hero vs villain, characters, plot) 6: what would make you watch a Thriller? (actors in the film, for the tension and suspense, the plot, the title of the film, the film poster) 7: do you prefer to watch thrillers at home or at the cinema? 8: what was the last Thriller you watched? We asked mainly 16-18 year olds, as they appear to watch a lot of Thrillers and we believe they will have a lot of opinions on Thrillers. Most of the people we asked answered "sometimes" for question 2. most of the rest of them answered "yes" with only a few people answering "no". Seeing as most of the people we asked enjoy watching Thrillers sometimes, most the age group we asked seem to watch a lot of Thrillers. Everybody we asked likes their films to create suspense. This tells us that we should use suspense in our Thriller as many people enjoy it. We know to use a lot of suspense in our Thriller, as this appears to be a popular factor, along with an element of mystery. The plot appears to be the most important thing if we want to get people to watch our Thriller. Half of the people we asked said they prefer to watch a film at the cinema, the other half said at home. The results of this were 50/50.
The answers to question 10 varied a lot, but the answers included Paranormal Activity , Saw 2, Final Destination, Ouji, The Woman In Black, American Horror Story and Saw. Final Destination and Paranormal Activity both appeared as answers more than once. As a group we discussed the potential names we could use for our thriller film. We thought of names that related to our storyline. We planned to use words that connoted mystery and suspense so the audience would know that the film is a thriller. Some ideas that we had are displayed in a spider diagram. The final name that we have chosen is 'The Wandering'. We have chosen this name because we think that it relates to our story and it is an original name. Wandering means to 'travel aimlessly from place to place' which is what the main character is going to do in our production.
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By studying the Mise-En-Scene in thrillers, we can use this to develop our own opening scene by including certain factors that can suggest other themes. For example, the bear would suggest innocence while a tattered and torn bear would suggest broken innocence, as would the juxtaposition between the two boys, one dressed in light coloured clothing, the older boy dressed in dark clothing, showing a transition from innocence to corruption.
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