AS Media Studies

Thriller Film Opening

Saturday, 16 January 2010

Plot Outline

Style:
  • No diegetic sound (soundtrack?)
  • Short scenes – jump cuts – dream sequence (haunting memories)
  • Style – Flashbacks (slow motion in parts)
First Part:
  • Car stops in front of camera (low angle)
  • Passenger (Jake) gets out of car (camera moves up [1 take] from previous)
  • Girl (Jenny) running through forest (low angle of feet, close up of looking over shoulder [profile])
  • Passenger looks over at driver's side of the car (same angle as previous similar shots)
  • Driver (Chris) exits the car in a rush and runs past the camera (low angle looking up)
  • Jenny running through woods (tracking shot?) and stopping in front of the camera.
  • Close up of Jenny as she looks around
  • Camera switches to POV and continues to look around
  • Jake and Chris entering woods, weapons drawn – cautious stance (tracking, low angle)
  • Jenny held by [unknown male 1] and struggling
  • Camera pans to the right to show [unknown male 2] walking forwards with and raising gun
  • Close up of UM2's face (?)
  • Jake is shot, (Chris is foregrounded in frame)
  • Slow motion, Chris (face in profile) looks over in Jake's direction and then back forward
  • Close up of Jenny screaming
  • Mid shot of UM2, moves gun in direction of Chris
  • Close up of Chris
  • Flash of light/fade out to white
Second Part:
  • Chris wakes up (suddenly) (high angle looking down)
  • Looks and stretches to the other side of the bed but there's no one there. (camera pan)
  • Looks up at ceiling
  • Sits up in bed (Camera looks directly at him)
  • Gets up and walks out of shot
  • Camera pans in opposite direction to a bedside table, and shows a police badge, a gun and a photograph of Chris and Jenny on which the camera stops before fading out to white and displaying the title.
Or, alternatively:
  • Chris wakes up (suddenly) (high angle looking down)
  • Looks and stretches to the other side of the bed where Jenny is sleeping. (camera pan)
  • Sits up in bed (Camera looks directly at him)
  • Gets up and walks out of shot
  • Camera pans in opposite direction to a bedside table, and shows a police badge, a gun and a photograph of Chris, Jenny, and Jake on which the camera stops before fading out to white and displaying the title.

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