Setting and Iconography
For our setting we will be using an isolated forest because help is always quite far away or just never around or near enough. Havering atte bower as this forest secluded and it will be seen throughout the whole sequence as this is where the sequence will take place. The use of this forest is conventional to a thriller as again it means that help is always far away which puts our victim in peril.
With the iconography we will use knife for the killer. The reason for this is because in our target audience research we found that most people prefer a killer with a gun as it shows more dominance and puts characters in more danger, but a knife seems associated with stabbing a death which can be quite gory for our audience. We will use this when the killer strikes the victim or Cathryn. This is conventional to a thriller because it shows the victim is in danger or peril which will make the audience side with her. The next use of iconography is her phone/torch that she will use to light her pathway and to see where she is going after she branched down the alternate pathway than her friends in the forest. This is conventional to a thriller as when it becomes too dark in thrillers, one of the characters has a light source on them that is their only bit equipment and help that they have which makes the audience feel as if they're not going to be able to protect themselves.
Costumes, hair and make-up
The antagonist will wear dark clothing, baggy and a hoodie at least, his face won't be seen so not much for hair and make up to be said but his hair will be messy. This will be throughout the introduction sequence to our thriller film. The reason he will wear dark clothing is because this makes him seem dark and scary but as the audience cannot see him, as in his face, it insinuates that he is rather mysterious creating enigma for the audience which is conventional in thriller films.
The victim on the other hand will have light colored clothes on with a pair of jeans, her make-up will be natural or subtle and her hair will be neat. this again will be throughout the whole sequence. This is conventional as in thrillers the victim is always seen as innocent as she is a girl this can further connoted by the color she will wear, white or light colors, these also represent innocence.
Facial expressions and body language
The facial expressions of the antagonist will be kept hidden from the audience as we still want to him to strike the audience as mysterious but his body will be bold and tall. This will be when he is first seen by Cathryn. This is conventional as it shows the antagonist to be more fearsome and mysterious which is conventional to the thriller genre.
In contrast the victim or Cathryn's facial expressions will be worried or upset and her body language will be sheltered of fragile. This will happen when the antagonist has seen her in the forest and is looking down at her, just after she has seen him. This will make the audience feel sympathy towards her character as the odds of her survival from this are quite low which is conventional to a thriller as the victim always seems to have slim odds of getting out of the situation alive.
Lighting and color
Lighting throughout the sequence will be low key. The reason behind this is because light sometimes suggests hope and little lighting can symbolize little hop, it can connote as well that the themes behind the rest of the film are dark or that the antagonist has dark intent with Cathryn.
The colors throughout will be dark during the whole opening sequence to our thriller, more spcifically black and brown, brown is for the trees and the mud in the forest. This is conventional as the colors within thrillers are always dark or gloomy to the audience and this is something that we will focus on when attempting to create our opening sequence.
Personality of characters
Cathryn or the victim will always be centre screen as this would make the audience focus on her throughout the sequence. While she is walking through the forest will be the best example we will implement on her being centre of the frame. This is conventional because as she is centre screen the audience will be seeing her most of time almost as if they know her which builds up a relationship with the characters and the audience.
The antagonist on the other hand will always be positioned above the victim to make her seem smaller and make him appear to have the authoirty in the situation. This will be when they both see each other in the forest, as this would be the area of positioning of characters that could be most highlighted in the sequence. This is conventional as the anatgonist must seem fearsome in thrillers and his higher positoning will emphasize this.
Costumes, hair and make-up
The antagonist will wear dark clothing, baggy and a hoodie at least, his face won't be seen so not much for hair and make up to be said but his hair will be messy. This will be throughout the introduction sequence to our thriller film. The reason he will wear dark clothing is because this makes him seem dark and scary but as the audience cannot see him, as in his face, it insinuates that he is rather mysterious creating enigma for the audience which is conventional in thriller films.
The victim on the other hand will have light colored clothes on with a pair of jeans, her make-up will be natural or subtle and her hair will be neat. this again will be throughout the whole sequence. This is conventional as in thrillers the victim is always seen as innocent as she is a girl this can further connoted by the color she will wear, white or light colors, these also represent innocence.
Facial expressions and body language
The facial expressions of the antagonist will be kept hidden from the audience as we still want to him to strike the audience as mysterious but his body will be bold and tall. This will be when he is first seen by Cathryn. This is conventional as it shows the antagonist to be more fearsome and mysterious which is conventional to the thriller genre.
In contrast the victim or Cathryn's facial expressions will be worried or upset and her body language will be sheltered of fragile. This will happen when the antagonist has seen her in the forest and is looking down at her, just after she has seen him. This will make the audience feel sympathy towards her character as the odds of her survival from this are quite low which is conventional to a thriller as the victim always seems to have slim odds of getting out of the situation alive.
Lighting and color
Lighting throughout the sequence will be low key. The reason behind this is because light sometimes suggests hope and little lighting can symbolize little hop, it can connote as well that the themes behind the rest of the film are dark or that the antagonist has dark intent with Cathryn.
The colors throughout will be dark during the whole opening sequence to our thriller, more spcifically black and brown, brown is for the trees and the mud in the forest. This is conventional as the colors within thrillers are always dark or gloomy to the audience and this is something that we will focus on when attempting to create our opening sequence.
Personality of characters
Cathryn or the victim will always be centre screen as this would make the audience focus on her throughout the sequence. While she is walking through the forest will be the best example we will implement on her being centre of the frame. This is conventional because as she is centre screen the audience will be seeing her most of time almost as if they know her which builds up a relationship with the characters and the audience.
The antagonist on the other hand will always be positioned above the victim to make her seem smaller and make him appear to have the authoirty in the situation. This will be when they both see each other in the forest, as this would be the area of positioning of characters that could be most highlighted in the sequence. This is conventional as the anatgonist must seem fearsome in thrillers and his higher positoning will emphasize this.
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