Planning: Final Idea: Mr Smith

The final Idea.

Possible Titles: Unknown. Red Flag. Alone.

Narrative/Plot:

There will be scattered pictures across the floor from the crime scene. The pictures will have the family and friends in them so they link and show relevance. There will be muffled sound of whispering and sirens. Also the sound of a camera flashing whilst it takes a picture. The scene then transitions into the young girl placed in a room being interviewed by the police. Whilst being interviewed the girl can hear voices and whispers in her head, you can see that she looks disturbed. As the tension increases the voices she can hear get louder and louder and faster and faster. She gets herself into an awful state and ends up having a fit. When she wakes up after fainting she finds herself handcuffed to a chair; at this point in time she is listening to her own thoughts and reflecting on her recent actions. This is when the door opens to the room she is in and the scene flips to a flashback of her killing her boyfriend, as you can hear the words, "our love died, so i guess he had to." 

Narrative Structure:

Todorov, Aristotle - provoking emotion which is conventional to a thriller. 

Characters: 

• nurses 
• teenage girl 
• two police officers 
• dead boy

Mise en Scene:

• Lighting - Low key, under lighting (when she wakes up after fainting), Top lighting (used for the interview scene) 
• The colours included should be dark however we plan to have the interview room all white to show contrast. 
• Setting - Hospital, Forest & Police station
• Body Language & facial expressions - The antagonist will be quite fragile and petite but shows bold confidence through body language.
• Costume, Hair and Make-up - Antagonist will wear dark colours to represent confusion and evil. Her hair will be messy and big but will also have dark make up that is quite simple. The nurses and police will wear their specified uniform so that it fits in with reality. 
• Iconongrapy - Blood, knives, ropes, pictures and medicine. 

Film Influences:

• se7en
• momento
• shutter island 
• identity

Why is this conventional to a thriller opening?

It is conventional because it builds tension that will make the viewing audience feel uncomfortable. It will also play psychological games with them which will leave them to draw meaning from what they are watching. Also the themes that are included and the iconography are all conventional to thrillers. 

Response from the audience?

The response i am looking to get from the audience is one where they feel highly uncomfortable. I do not want them to predict what is going to happen. My goal is to have them sitting on the edge of there seats because the amount of tension that is building up within the opening. However i want them to enjoy what they are watching as well.