Group Individual Narrative(AG)

Group Individual Narrative

To make our thriller opening the best it can be we have all written our own personal ideas on what we think a thriller should include. This should consider advantages and disadvantages of each idea. This will then lead to creating an opening that we have all agreed on relating back to our ideas.

Harriet Gold

Characters:

Stalker/Young Man - My idea for a thriller opening will consist of a young man who will be a stalker and also the boyfriend of the victim. He will be stalking her constantly which will be sticking to the conventions of a thriller.

Young woman - I have decided to use a young vulnerable female as the victim that will also be sticking to the conventions of a thriller.


Themes: 
The themes that will be presented in my thriller will be stalking/obsession. This will be shown by the boyfriend also known as the stalker constantly watching the victims every move. This can also be shown in the theme of phychological as of the mental instability of him stalking the victim.


Narrative:
In my idea there will be a young couple that have been together for 5 years and have lived with eachother for only a year. The woman thinks everything is normal and that they are going to be a happy family with there own children. What she doesnt know is her boyfriend infact has two identities and stalks her every move while shes out the house. Before they met he'd been stalking her for 3 years, taking photographs, taking pieces of her belongings whilst she was out the house, which was all part of the plan to get into her life. The woman starts to suspect things while shes at work or out for a cofee but doesnt think to mention anything. This then starts to panic her when she finds strange things happening in the house. The last thing she'd imagine it to be is a stalker when infact she's living with one right under the same roof.

Jagoda Jasionowska

Characters:
A fragile young girl dressed in a white gown (the colour white having a connotation of innocence)

The antagonist - a dark blurred shadow moving in sharp motions (hidden identity creating susoense as to what its intentions are)

Conventions:
-Low key lighting creating a tense atmostphere with the moon used as an alter
-Non-diagetic music increasing in volume used to build up the tension
-Exaggerated diagetic sounds such as the door slam to emphasize the aspect of fear.
-Long shot of the room to familiarise the audience with the current setting
-Close up shots capturing facial expression (conveying emotion)

Themes:
-Psychological trauma: Emphasized by rished heartbeat and heavy breathing
-Tention: A tense atomsphere is created by the intensifying background music
-Fear: Portrayed by the main characters shivering self

Narrative:
A young girl being awoken by a gentle voice repeatedlly whispering the same phrase which imitates a nightmare increasing in pace. The girls eyes open and a tear runs down her cheek. Shivering, she reaches over to the bedside table where an alarm clock showing the time is seen. The sound of wind rushes through the room as a dark blurred shadow moves across it. The door slamming shut disturbs the stillness of the night. The girl gets up and grabs her phone in which she dials the number 999 whilst struggling to open the door. Her breathing is rushed and uneven. The lighting is dim yet the moon light seeps through the window, creating suspense. As she forcefully opens the door she sees nothing but a photo laying on the floor. She picks it up, her hands shaking. The photograph is revealed to be of her sleeping peacefully; dressed in the same white gown. The words 'RIP' written across it in big bold letters.

Positive Feedback:
She has included a bedroom for the setting. This is conventional to a thriller as most people can relate to this which makes it seem more realistic and builds the tension of the viewer.

There has been an enigma created as to what is going to happen as she has engaged the viewers attention to this point without knowing too much of the story line.

Negative Feedback:
Using different settings to show more about the film by also still relating back to the conventions of a thriller.

Ella Sutherland

Characters:

Young Woman:

Within our thriller opening, a young woman will be portrayed as the victim. By using a character such a younger female to play the victim, this will stick to the conventions of the thriller genre as the famale will suggest innocence through her gender alone. 

Male Stalker/Murderer:

A male stalker will be used as the antagonist in our thriller opening. He will be shown as having an obsession with the victim and consequently stalks her every movement. Obsession is a conventional factor between antagonist and victim within the thriller genre. 

Narrative:

The narrative will consist of a young woman being stalked by an older male as he is shown to have an obsession with her. She is entirely oblivious of the stalker however begins to have dreams of the same nature suggesting she has become a victim. She later becomes suspicious and sub-consciously aware that she is not alone when thought to be. It is later revealed that the stalker is someone very close to her. 

Themes:

A main theme within the opening will be obsession. Obsession will be shown with the younger woman by the antagonist. This is conventional to a thriller to make the audience feel uncomfortable and plays on the vulnerability of the female/victim. 

Positive Feedback:

She has shown the theme of obsession by the antagonist and the victim which relates back to the conventions of the thriller genre. 

There has also been a sense of enigma regarding to who the stalker may be. There hasn't been too much given away but leaves the audience engaged as she has mentioned the stalker is very close to her. 

Negative Feedback:

The narrative lacks depth and detail of what is going to happen at each point of the opening. There has also been no settings included in the description.