Initial creative ideas
As a group, we have chosen to create a thriller opening sequence by using some of the thriller conventions, for instance having two main characters- the 'good' one and the 'bad' one.
A mentally ill college student, Jefferson Ever, has a secret obsession with his classmate, Amy Line. To illustrate this, we have decided to include a bunch of scenes where Jefferson is in his room and photos and drawings of Amy are shown. We will be using low lighting, quick cuts, shadows and close ups during these scenes in order to hint the audience that something might go wrong later on in the movie and help them guess the genre. The props we are planning to use are also really important and take a big part in helping us to hook the audience, create tension and suspend their disbelief. For example, as Jefferson gets ready to leave his house, there will be a shot of him cleaning a knife, which will 'play' with the audience's thoughts and make them question themselves about what might happen to the victim.
This part of the opening sequence is influenced by the popular thriller 'Se7en', as the main character is clearly a serial killer, with an obsessive personality, planning his next murder.They also use a lot of close ups and low lighting. The second part of our opening sequence will include scenes of our main actress-Amy getting ready for college. We will use cross cut s of both actors getting ready and leaving the house. We are planning to have a shot where they both cross paths. When Jefferson sees her, he starts to follow her, she slowly realises as she walks to the elevator and takes her phone out to find out that it has no battery.
Amy walks inside the elevator and Jefferson is after her. The sequence ends as we see Jefferson's eye and the doors closing.
Another movie that influenced us was Obsession(1976), which is about a businessman who becomes fixated upon a woman who resembles his dead wife.
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