This document contains a group's draft for a psychological thriller opening sequence assignment. It includes 3 potential sequence ideas from group members and discussions of their strengths and weaknesses. The group's chosen genre of psychological thriller is described. Films like Funny Games and Hard Candy are discussed as inspirations for their use of shots, settings, and portrayals of characters. Considerations around titling, credits, and music are also presented. The group plans to feature original music at key points in their proposed sequence.
1. Psychological Thriller Opening Sequence Assignment 16:
Group Presentation (Draft 3 Final
Part A Draft)
Group work
is Grey
Paula D Mickella S Cerise C
Red Green Blue
2. Part B
Part B (Paula) 1st Idea For Opening
Sequence
• Starts with the mother of the main
character having a go at her, asking what • WWW
does she plan to do with her future.
• It was a good concept and we had a ideal plan
• Girl storms to her room and writes in her of how it was going to be filmed.
diary all the anger, depression and
loneliness she is experiencing and breaks • But we resulted in not using this idea for the
down. opening sequence.
• She phones her friend to tell her she needs
someone to talk to as she is feeling very • EBI
down, However she has a argument with
her friend and her friend tells her to just • This was a good idea but it didn’t quite match
leave her alone. our genre.
• She runs home and as she steps out in the • It was more of a drama sequence, but it could
road she gets knocked over. have been better if we had more of a
“psychological” concept
• Introduce the film title at the end of
opening sequence to let the audience calm
down after seeing the accident.
3. (Mickella) 2nd Idea For Opening
Part B
Sequence
• Starts off with main character on her way to
school. WWW
There is a lot of suspense and mystery which are
• She arrives at the school and sees her best conventions of psychological thrillers.
friend they have a conversation together The storyline was very interesting and it would have
and everything seems normal. kept the audience entertained
• A car drives up in slow motion towards
them and the scene turns black and white. EBI
It would have been better if there was more action,
• Then the car purposely runs over the main it was almost too basic.
character and drives off. Because of how this opening sequence is set it would
have been a low grade because it wouldn’t have had
• The best friend starts smiling at laughing a range of shots.
and the scene ends.
4. (Cerise) 3nd Idea For Opening Sequence
Part B
• Girl is working on her laptop in her WWW
house alone Good concept of the genre, it also has
• She receives a letter through the elements of making the eerie and
letter box
• The letter contains little bits of EBI
paper that spell out “Knock
If we add more confusion and put more
Knock”
elements of psychological.
• Then gets a knock on the door but
when she goes to open no one is
there
• She Opens the door And Finds A
Creepy Doll Sitting On Her
Doorstep
5. Chosen Genre :Psychological
Part C
What our genre is all about?
Thriller
We choose this genre because its doesn’t only make the
audience jump like other thrillers it has a sense of
mystery that the human mind needs to solve.
Example of Hard candy of chat
Psychological
conversation
Thrillers cause
frustration Mind
Games
Psychological thriller
is a sub genre of
Thriller it often
involves the
elements of mystery,
suspense with a few
mind games.
7. Part C
Conventions Of A Psychological
Thriller
Mickella Swaby
8. Part C Psychological Thriller
They Are A Sub-Genre of Horror And Thrillers
Psychological – Elements that are related to the mind or processes
of the mind
Thriller- A book, film or play showing crime, mystery, or espionage
in an atmosphere of excitement and suspense.
Devices and Techniques;
Stream of consciousness
First-person narrative
Back-story
10. Part D
Films we got inspired by and why
(Funny Games)
A range of
shots they
I like the concept of
used would
playing games to
suit with
make protagonists
our
feel threatened in
sequence.
their own home.
Mentally and It relates to our
physically torturing the opening sequence
innocent for pleasure. Psychological thrillers because it all happens
don’t always end in in the comfort of
harmony. somebody’s home.
11. Part D
Funny Games (Print Screens)
Protagonists – Vulnerable family
moving into a new house. Mum,
Dad and Son (Nuclear Family)
(Little boy’s
behaviour) Hostile
scared behaviour
(close up shot)
showing emotion
of fear or disturbed
Antagonists – Unknown
neighbours, young men who
want to have fun. Possibly
looking for trouble
I liked the characterisation between 2 groups. So you know who the “baddies” are.
12. Films we got inspired by and why
Part D
(Hard Candy)
●
It met the
conventions of I like the range of
Mystery , shots that was
Suspense due to used especially the
though out the ones that show
whole movie I was emotion and
at the edge of my reaction.
seat not knowing
what was going to
happen next.
The
representation
of the characters
A lot of mind games where was interesting
portrayed in this film, just focusing of 2
which we want to show in people. Shows
our sequence. I like the settings of the mental like
film. In very isolated behaviour.
lonely areas.
13. Part T
Style of Titling and Credits
In a motion picture, television
program, or video game, the
opening credits are shown at
the very beginning
Titling and Credits list the most
important members of the
production.
They are now usually shown as text
on a blank screen or static
pictures, or sometimes on top of
action in the show.
Sometimes there may or may not be
accompanying music.
14. Part U
This was used in the Movie “Dead
We will make our own and not copy anything
on this slide due to copyrights but these was a Silence” starts off slow (then after
inspiration to our group 26 seconds) it speeds up
Music That inspired me
…
I liked the different This was used in the grudge gaves us
range of the creeps which we thought was
instruments used I effective
thought it would
be effective to use
something similar
to be played in the This was used in “nightmare on elm
open sequence street” this was inspiring because it
when the credits matches our idea it uses young girls
are on when (Around 5-7 years )saying horrific stuff
everything was in the tune of a nursery rhyme
suppose to be calm
15. Part U
Music That Will Be Featured In
Our Open Sequence
• 2. When the post comes
• 1. For the Beginning of the
scene where Lia is coming and she see pictures of
downstairs into the kitchen aborted baby and when
on the laptop with her scrap Lia comes in contact of
book due to the sounds are the doll for the first
calm brings a sad mood
which is what we wanted time this would be
played
• 3.When the doll reappears
from the bin & Lia
recognises something
ain't right + scene ends
