Thriller Synopsis

My opening for the thriller video pieces is about a 16 year old girl called Rebecca who is a self conscious girl whom realises that she is being stalked. Scared and Frightened she turns to the police, who are unable to help her. Rebecca realises that she will need to action into her own hands. unbeknownst to Rebecca is the fact that the man stalking her is a family man from a nice home, who believes that Rebecca is his soul mate from a previous life.Who is this stalker and what are his plans for the Rebecca? What will Rebecca uncover in her quest to find out who her stalker is?

My opening film will start with the stalker putting up pictures of rebecca on his wall in a closed of room in his house, which is always kept locked. I will build suspense by keeping the identity of the stalker hidden in the opening sequences of the thriller, and the audience will only be able to see the stalkers hands in a pair of see through gloves. The music will be carefully selected to ensure that it builds up tension and creates suspense, the music will most likely be slow and have an airy feel to it. The lighting in the film willl be well lit, especially the scenes in the dark where the stalker is putting up the pictures.

Video Project Location, Equipment and Prop List

Location:
• Norwood Junction in the Alley near train station
• Nikita’s house
• Cafe by Selhurst
Rebecca's house
Equipment and resources list:
• Booking Form
• HD camera
• Tripod
• Boom Mic
Tapes
Props: 
Mug, ripped pictures, digital SLR camera, blue tack
Pictures are to be done in black and white.
Location shots for blog
Filming Schedule:
Sunday night around Nikita's house
Monday around Rebecca's house
Tuesday by cafe selhurst

Thriller Conventions

• Black and White text in a plain font- adds to the simplicity of the film and makes sure attention from the shots in a scene doesn't draw the attention of the audience.
• Static- to focus on detail in what's going on in the film
• Fast cuts - often confuses the audience to build on suspense and tension
• Suspense- Often in thrillers peoples identities are kept hidden for a certain period of time in the film
• Mystery-Thrillers create mystery by not revealing the full story of the film e.g. twists in films, were the person who we thought was the killer in a film turns out to be different character
• Tension - Tension is built in thrillers through the low key lighting, minimal dialogue and suspenseful music.
  
• Low key Lighting- This lets the audience not see everything clearly in frame and leaves more to the mind.