Thriller - Exploring/Developing

After forming an initial idea for a thriller I have been placed in a group that together with me will create an opening thriller sequence this school year. During the past couple of days we had the occasion of sharing our opening thriller concepts. Each of stated what it is that they enjoy about their thriller idea and what it is that they would like to contribute from their individual thrillers towards the group project. By doing so our group was able to distinguish what all of us would like to see within our groups thriller and blend together our ideas in a way that at the end we were left with a fixated and comprehensible idea that we could improve upon further. We have done this through deciding on a certain motive and feel to the main thriller that we would like to achieve prior to even sharing our ideas.  So far our group is set on creating an introduction to a psychological-thriller. Ultimately we generated an idea that was composed out of more or less my plot line, together with Kami’s thrilling tension builds and Victoria’s idea for the sounds within the thriller, as well as the make up and props. One major change our group agreed upon was to switch around the ending and have the protagonist meet his contractor in person, after which the girl would shoot him down in the back of his head. Additionally we have gone into detail as in what sounds and music should be present throughout the sequence as well as what lighting should there be so that it corresponds to the mood of the media piece. From that point we went on to talk about the possible mise-en-scene, editing, and camera angles/shots we could potentially use/incorporate in our thriller. Overall as a group we have been able to establish a clear and developed opening sequence through group collaboration.