Thriller Opening Ideas
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The document provides several ideas for thriller openings that meet common conventions of the genre. Terence's idea involves a serial killer who was neglected by his father, the President, and seeks revenge. Gulaid's idea shows an ominous man being followed by an unseen figure in a park. Rahib's idea depicts flashes of a police interview followed by shots of a man meeting a woman and knives to set up a rape scene. Henna's idea starts with a gunshot and blood, then shows a woman running in heels pursued by an unseen man, changing her appearance before visiting a grave. The document also lists conventions thriller openings often use like minimal dialogue, hints of characters, tense music and lighting, and an unsettling tone.
Thriller Opening Ideas
- 1. Thriller OpeningDeath comes at a price
- 2. Thriller opening examplesThe Dark Knight-Fast pace editsFirst scenes a criminal act
- 3. Naturalistic sounds, minimal talkingSe7en-Loads of Extreme close ups-No Dialogue-Tense Music Sleepy Hollow-Close ups, established shots-Props- Book, detective- No dialogue
- 4. Terence’s ideaPsychopathic serial killer breaks out of prison and tries to kill his father who he blames for the way he is. The father of this serial killer is the president of the United States. When this serial killer was a boy he was neglected by his father at the age of eleven and was put in a special home. Ten years later he would be the most dangerous serial killer in America. President tries to hide background and covers up everything. His son then announces his intentions to kill his father.
- 5. Gulaid’s idea An extraordinary man is in the park where he is in a standstill whilst the world blurs past time, the man has an eerie presence about him as the camera closes in on him you scars over his face with blood all over him, but as time moves on you tell it’s not his blood but the blood of someone or something, someone is following him he don’t see the person but can sense them like he has a sixth sense. As the person is in touching distance the man disappears all of a sudden leaving the follower angry and distressed.
- 6. Rahib’s ideaPitch Black – credits will appear slow and fadedShort flashes of voice over of a police interview(no dialogue throughout rest of scene)Camera following a man from his house to road where he meets a girl, shots of knives, rape (not explicit) film grain affect. Black and whiteShots of police photography, taking fingerprints, evidence etc.
- 7. Henna’s ideaStarts off silent and a pan shot of park. Twilight time of the day. Then suddenly hear a gun shot and blood on the screen with the name of the movie. Then have a follow shot of a woman running wearing a long black coat and you only hear her heels hitting the floor and he breathing. She then get’s pulled into a ally way by a man, (you do not see the stranger’s face)they walk out as soon as another man (authority figure) passes the ally way with a gun and you see she has now changed her clothes and her hair (wig) and walk in the opposite direction. Then there is a cut to the cemetery during the day and the same girl at a grave stone on her knees. Names of actors flashing across the screen
- 8. Target audience“Contains strong bloody violence and very strong language”Release date: October 2010
- 9. Final IdeaRahib’s idea – Death Comes At a PriceCharacters – Man, woman, and figure of authority Setting – house, dark lit roadProps – knives, hoodieStoryline – a case being re-open after 20 years, and we tell the story from the criminals point of view and the goings on of that night.
- 10. Meeting the thriller conventionNo dialogueYou get small hint of what character is likeVery dark and mysteriousTense musicLow key lightingLeaves you at the edge of your seat